up and at'em

I used to hate it when my mom would say that to me. Especially when it was on a saturday morning and all I wanted to do was sleep in...

anyways.

I'm at work today (hooray...)

I no longer feel like I'm dying and I actually might make it to the MuteMath concert tonight

Dear Flu,

Please don't kill me. That's what it feels like you're trying to do.
I hate you. Please leave.
Sincerely,
Amber

Dear Sour Skittles,

You've changed. I'm not a fan.

I miss sour orange. and lime. and grape.

Sour Green Apple and Sour Watermelon taste like feet. It makes me sad because I really liked you and now you're all Sour-greenappley and watermelony.

Dissapointedly,

Amber

my weekend (because I know you care)

Friday- ate chineese food with my parents, watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mean Girls with my mom. I was trying to stay up until time for broomball at midnight- I couldn't do it... I'm an old lady....
Saturday- had lunch with Jon and Brent, went to HockeyMonkey, watched Brent fix our router problems like a champ, went to Sarah's birthday dinner then went to Brent's hockey game (Brent scored a goal, Jon had an assist and I didn't fall asleep!! Yay!)
Sunday- Roommate breakfast, watched Ugly Betty, lunch with Brent and then we watched ALL of season one of Arrested Development...

So basically my weekend was made up of eating and watching tv. . . . .

it was awesome.

wish list

*an illegal baby turtle (preferably from chinatown) that i will name jezebel
*new jeans
*a pink helecopter with matching helecopter pad installed on top of Courtney's house so my commute will be like three minutes (i do not need one installed at my work- i can use the helepad next door at the police station)
*the book that that guy read from last night at epic
*an oxygen mask because someone just spilled paint thinner in my office (truth be told: i tagged the back room- if you don't know what that means, chances are you grew up in south orange county or were homeschooled... no offense)
*a pink floyd cd to listen to... don't want the effect from the fumes to go to waste!
*tea from CFA
*a new purse- preferably the one from ugly betty
*for my brother to call me...
*Derek Webb's 3 newest records
*financial independence... make that independently wealthy so I could travel and volunteer
*a dog that will fit in my purse who I will call Pandora
*my grandma's ring
*the metabolism to eat whatever i want
*pink toenails
*perfect hair

what do you wish for?

this is me today....

right now: blogging
in 46 minutes: eating free pizza and ice cream (eating healthy has clearly gone out the window for the day)
in 1 hour and 46 minutes: back to blogging
in 5 hours and 46 minutes: getting in my car, driving somewhere to get something to drink (and by that I mean an iced tea or a slurpee)
6 hours from now: fighting friday traffic and going home to nurse this nasty nasty headache/cranky attitude and maybe go dancing or watch a movie... we'll see how I feel...

can I be mushy for five seconds?

Ugly Betty

"Real women snort when they laugh, have fat asses, wobbly upper arms and get PMS"

I love that show- I feel about as awkward as her half the time...

yup. that's right. i'm getting paid to sit here and answer the phone that's rung FOUR TIMES TODAY and watch tv on the internet.

nothing to do

This is how I feel. It's 9:05am and the phone has rang once. ONCE. I had two emails when I got into work and now I'm studying for the A+ exam and blogging...

lame-o

oh yea, and I'm the only one in the office, which means I have to STAY PUT.
double lame-o

Ain't that a kick in the head?

In the past week I've learned...


*I can't keep candy in my desk... I'll eat it all...

*Can't keep crackers here, either....

*Apparently people just can't help themselves... [there is a sign on my desk that says "ring bell for service" and nine times out of ten people feel the need to look me in the eye and ring the bell in defiance] I've almost bitten a hole in my tongue to keep from threatening to cut off their fingers...

*I can "hold it" longer than I ever thought possible... (I miss Bob and Wayne)

*Kim and Stacy were right... I do miss my parents

*I'm much more socially awkward than I thought I was... I get nervous and say weird things...

*Microsoft Office 2007 isn't as horrible as I thought it would be

*Tee shirts with inappropriate messages make me laugh out loud.... "HA!" (that's for you, annie)

*I wouldn't change the place I'm in for anything. even if it did mean not having to eat burnt leftovers from dinner because I have to save money ;) "it builds character" heck yes it does!

*this will always be my favorite movie scene: Preface- Sam's mom/Daniel's wife just died...

Daniel: So what's the problem, Sammy-o? Is it just Mum or is it something else? Maybe... school - are you being bullied? Or is it something worse? Can you give me any clues at all?
Sam: You really want to know?
Daniel: I really want to know.
Sam: Even though you won't be able to do anything to help?
Daniel: Even if that's the case, yeah.
Sam: Okay. Well, the truth is... actually... I'm in love.
Daniel: Sorry?
Sam: I know I should be thinking about Mum all the time, and I am. But the truth is I'm in love and I was before she died, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Daniel: [laughs] Aren't you a bit young to be in love?
Sam: No.
Daniel: Oh, well, okay, right. Well, I mean, I'm a little relieved.
Sam: Why?
Daniel: Well, because I thought it would be something worse.
Sam: [incredulous] Worse than the total agony of being in love?
Daniel: Oh. No, you're right. Yeah, total agony.

*my favorite part of the day is when my boss blasts "Everything I do, I do it for you" at 3:40 and lip syncs into a ruler

He is...

I know now Lord, why you utter no answer. You yourself are the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?
C.S. Lewis

why you shouldn't act like an idiot....

because you might hurt yourself.
Yesterday Brent and I had an AWESOME time at Disneyland, hanging out with friends, laughing and having tons of fun. we decided to leave around nine- we took the tram back to the parking structure. we were parked on the very top level, which means you take the one LOOOOONNNG escalator and then one baby escalator to get to the top level. the "up" side wasn't moving, but the "down" side was- so.... Brent started climbing the "up side" and i (like an idiot) decided i was going to run and beat him by going twice as fast up the "down" side, that was moving down....
yea... i got to the top and ate it... i pretty much belly flopped right onto the landing. (look for the video on youtube... the security guys probably peed themselves laughing at my wipeout watching it over and over and over again...)
i jammed my shoulder cut my elbow, both knees (one of which is swollen and i'm icing it periodically), i hurt my wrists and bonked my head on the side of the escalator... all in the name of.... not thinking

so if you see me walking around today- this is why i'm walking like THAT...

that's not my name

so today, I was sitting at my desk, minding my own beeswax, and one of my co-workers walked into my "area" and introduced me to two independant contractors who'll be working here with us for the next few weeks. Here's how the conversation went:
Ken: "Karen, Alexis, I would like to introduce you to our front office receptionist, Beth."
Karen and Alexis: "HI BETH! HI BETH! It's so great to meet you!"
I smile. "It's nice to meet both of you"
We shake hands.
Karen and Alexis both simultaneously look from my eyeballs, to my nametag (which says AMBER BAKER) back up to my eyeballs, confusedly smile (is confusedly a word? if not, it should be) look at each other, look back at Ken and he leads them next door to introduce them to everyone else in the office. by their correct name.

lame-o.

i'm a ten

Yes, it's 10:30 in the morning and I'm eating french onion flavored multigrain chips whilest drinking a Mountain Dew Code Red...
next is a twix bar... however, i might wait on that one until after lunch.
i have three good reasons to be stress eating. actually, not three. more like two. both of which will have bloggs dedicated to them later in the day.

outcast genius...

The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test
Your Score: Outcast Genius60 % Nerd, 52% Geek, 60% Dork



For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius.

Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject).

Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius.

Congratulations!

cutest girls ever

Amber, Amber and Lisa- we thugs.

i think we were pretending to scream....

tag tag tag

Miss Heather tagged me...so I'm tagging Brent, Jon, Stacy, Jessica, and ARR!
It's fun! You have to use 3 words to answer each question. No more, no less. It's harder than you think!
1. Where is your cell phone? in my pocketbook
2. Who is your boyfriend/girlfriend or Husband/Wife? Brent Russell Wessberg
3. Where is one of your parents? working at church
4. Cheesecake? i love it
5. Your favorite thing to do? Cherry on Top
6. Your dream last night? didn't have one
7. Your favorite drink? really cold water
8. The room you're in? arctic cold office
9. George Bush? he's the president
10. What you're good at? being totally ridiculous
11. One of your wish list items? a better car
12. Where did you grow up? mostly southern california
13. The last thing you did? high fived adrian
14. What are you wearing? black and white
15. Who stole your sunglasses, amber? stupid Indiana Jones....
16. Ketchup? absolutely love it
17. Your computer? Microsoft Office 2007
18. Your life? learning so much
19. Your mood? I'm a seven
20 your next blog? probably about caffeine
21. Your car is? on the brink
22. Your summer? hardest one ever
23. Your relationship status? so much fun
24. Your favorite color(s)? pink pink pink
25. When is the last time you laughed? three minutes ago
Ok...get blogging people!

Dear HelpDesk...

Dear Help Desk,

My computer, I believe, has fried. It smelled like burning plastic and now it won't turn on. Can you please come fix it?
Thanks!

Oh, and could you please fix it by tomorrow? Thanks!


*this is the second computer she's melted

Dear Help Desk,
I have a random question: we have a radio that was taken out of our car….what should I do with that???
Thanks!
*what??

Hi Helpdesk!
I just got a call that said that my computer is ready to be picked up and I wanted to email you to check to make sure that it really was ready... let me know if it's really ready and I'll come get it...
*what??? Why would we call you and say your computer is ready if it's not really ready?

This is an actual work request we received...

Room 202: Someone took a poop outside the window of room 202 on the ledge of the residence hall and it is sitting there. It would be very nice to have it removed before new students come in. Also. It would be nice to have the ledge around the residence hall cleaned of random trash items.... slightly large... for instance a sandal, hand cream, and previously mentioned poop. Thank You.

*WHAT?? in case you didn't catch it, this would mean that someone would have had to lean OUT THE WINDOW and do their business...

Dear Help Desk,
Is there any way for my email address to be changed? It's too hard for me to remember.
Thanks
-dumb student

*Their email address is lastname.firstname... but that's too difficult to remember

Dear HelpDesk-
I'm having trouble getting my computer to connect to the internet, do you mind if I bring it down and have Jon take a look at it?
-Lola
Hi Lola- Sure, no problem. Anytime this afternoon would be fine.


this is what she brought in to my office....



this is what i do every day....

shotgun?

A few weeks ago, I picked up dinner for a friend at Daphne's in Foothill Ranch. While waiting for her food, I decided to take care of my business or "pay my water bill" and I opened the door to the ladies room and this is what I saw:


um.... what?

I miss...

This guy.

so fun

So friday night I went with Brent, Andrew, Amber, Jon, Hayley and Lisa to Lauren's sports themed birthday party. We had so much fun playing catch phrase (on the sports category, of course!)

I even won a prize for guessing the the third closest guess to how many basketball shaped chocolates were in the bucket! My prize was a water game where you pump the little rings to get them to all line up on the bowling pin... I think I left it in Brent's car though... Brent won a headband. Actually, I think I won the headband but we traded. Brent's cool like that.


Saturday afternoon, Jon and I had Amber (who had pure, natural, God given talent- she's incredible) do our hair, you can check out Jon's new do here.



Saturday evening I dragged Brent to my office BBQ- he's such a good sport- we had so much fun hanging out with my co-workers eating incredible food... I've decided to teach myself to cook mexican food... i'm sure several blogs will follow detailing my cooking disasters- stay tuned!



Saturday night I went to Jon and Brent's hockey game and managed to SLEEP THROUGH THE WHOLE THING! i know, i know... loud hockey game, freezing cold ice rink, and yes, i still managed to sleep right through it. i missed an almost fight and Brent's assist... i'm lame.

Sunday before church I went running, then on the way to the tent for service, we (Brent and I) ran into most of the remaining pastors in missions as well as their wives and the Elliotts... it was so great to see everyone. After church we (Brent and I- noticing a pattern here?) met my dad for lunch at Disneyland and spent the day running around riding our favorite rides (we rode the train and buzz lightyear TWICE!) Then we met up with Andrew and Amber and rode Indiana Jones where I abandoned my favorite sunglasses by mistake... they're gone forever. (see previous blog)

Such a fun weekend. Pictures to come!

Dear Sunglasses,

I miss you.
We've been through so much together. You survived our fall into the harbor when Brent tipped us on the kayak. When your arm fell off, we worked through it together and you healed beautifully. You've shielded my eyes from the sun for many months. When we were together, I felt like a movie star. I'm sorry I abandoned you on Indiana Jones. I was distracted. I'm sorry that some stranger came along and abducted you. Be brave. Be strong. Make me proud.
Yours Always,
Amber