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Hai! It's Friday! And this weekend is my birthday weekend! Awesome times ahead! ♥

I'm not planning on doing anything special for the occasion since it's on Sunday and I hate doing stuff on Sunday, but I'm going out with couple of friends tomorrow. We'll just chill and eat sweets and hang out ~~ Good times...

I can't wait for this day to be over so I can go home, take a shower, watch Vampire Diaries (and Nikita) THEN I SHALL WRITE! I won't be able write as much as I want this weekend, I feel it. On top of it, next weekend there's a wedding and our house will be full of guests. No writing at that time either. So tonight's the night. I should at least finish 2 chapters to cover for next weekend's "planned unproductiveness".

Lately, when I look around all I can see is enagaged people. Wtf. I'm kind of depressed. I'm single and probably will be single in the near future and most of my friends -- even the ones who said they'd never get married -- are getting serious with their boyfriend/girlfriends. Meeting with parents, enagement rings, promise rings, etc. etc. And my long-time-single cousin is getting married next weekend. What the F, big time!

The thing I'm dreading the most about that wedding is this question: "So Dilek, when are we going to see your boyfriend?" Urgh, I hate it. I don't have a boyfriend and honestly if there's a store where you can buy one, just gimme the address and I'll gladly pay for it. Yeah, I admit, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MEET THIS ONE PERSON I'LL SPEND MY ENTIRE LIFE WITH. Can't he just come by my house and knock the door? I promise I'll fall in love in first sight! I can do that! I just need him to find me. Pathetic. I know.

Yeah whatever. This post wasn't intended to be about my woes of being single. I shall put an end to this and go back to work.

11:11 *makes a wish*

7 more work hours to go...

The project I've been waiting for since last year has finally arrived and I am one of the core developers! First meeting is next Monday and we immediately start working after the meeting! My head is buzzing with excitement! *wants to jump up and down*

I'm so happy guys, you can't imagine! This is extremely good news. I won't be a useless net-surfer all day anymore! Oh god yes, thank you!

Yup, that was by far the best work related news I got this week--month--hell even year!

- I started watching Being Erica and it's delighful. I can really relate to Erica being extremely qualified, but still not being able to get what other people have. I don't have as many bad choices as her in my past, but I would love to have a chance to go back and change some stuff. (Although her meddling with the past doesn't necessarily impact her present, but she learns things in the end.)

- I also checked out half of Burn Notice 1x01 but I wasn't in the mood for spy shenanigans so I left it for later. I have the full season 1 on my computer, I'm sure the time will come :) (I promised katayla that I'll give it a shot!)

- I brought Prisoner of Azkaban with me to work. I really don't care what others think of my "reading activities", if you give me something to do I'd gladly put my extra-curricular activities aside and serve the purpose, but I'll go crazy (or seriously depressed) if I spend another day surfing the internet.

- I'm mildly depressed this week, I think it's because of the huge gap I had to leave between my birth control pills. My hormones are kind of confused. I'll never do that again.

- I can't stop listening to Lady GaGa. I thought I was over her, but apparently not. Show me your teeth.

- I'm so looking forward to the concert tomorrow. I really need to be around people I love. My brother will be there too! Yay! (Except I had to buy the tickets for him as well. Working big sister is spending money for her little brother. I'm awesome.) I hope he doesn't forget to pick up the ticket though...

- It's crazy hot outside and deadly cold inside. I'm going to be sick and then I'll have to cut a bitch. I have to cover my arms and chest at work to avoid the freezing breeze of the AC.

- I've been reading MARK READS TWILIGHT for two days and it was a both fun and scarring experience. I now don't have any idea why I enjoyed those books. Fandom ruins everything.

If you want to read, start from August 2009 and go from there, it's so much fun (and sometimes dark when he mentions his abusive past and how it's so hard to be adopted, gay and a Christian at the same time) and even more amazing if you actually hate Twatlight.

Twilight.

Sorry.

Oh and S. Meyer wrote another book novella to accompany the other 4 and a half. It's about a character named Bree Tanner (whom I have absolutely no memory of) who appreared in Eclipse and got killed by one of the Volturri.

So sad.

It's about her short period of time as a vampire. How interesting!

Not.

edit: Amazon has just sent me an email

As you've shown an interest in Stephenie Meyer's books, we thought you'd like know about the exciting release of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner on 5th June 2010.

Fans of the "Twilight" saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character introduced in "Eclipse". With an irresistible combination of danger, mystery and romance, Meyer tells the devastating tale of Bree and the newborn vampire army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens.

Don't make me regret the day I bought those books, Amazon. It was a very vulnarable period of my life! I was moving back home and my life was changing, BUT NOW, IN MY RIGHT MIND, NO.

- He'll start reading Harry Potter soon and I'll be following that as well! I'm still waiting for my books to arrive. COME ON AMAZON, DELIVER THEM ALREADY!

- It smells like a bakery in here, wtf! I shouldn't eat anymore. I've gained so much weight it's crazy.

- Speaking of weight; I started exercising last week and in my first day of actually walking on the treadmill my sneakers blistered my poor ankles so bad, it was crazy. I'm now wearing high ankle socks to the gym.

And apparently I can't run for more than a minute. My heart literally aches. Plus, yesterday after a 30 minute work out I felt extremely bloated. What's up with that!? It was like my muscles were swollen and I couldn't stand straight.

I think that's what happens after sitting on my ass for 1.5 years without doing anything other than using stairs.

- It's mom's birthday this Sunday, happy times. And it's also awakencordy's birthday this month (22nd), festive times. Plus two other friends. So many people were born in April.

- Next week (and the week after) will be about training training training! There will be so much training that two of them will overlap. Crazy times. I wonder what purpose will they serve considering I still haven't received any analysis on any of the projects we're supposed to be doing in the near future. Lazy times.

- I have nothing else to add. I'm hungry. Eating apples make you even more hungry.

Today is not my day. It started bad and going on pretty bad in general.

( Oh luck, where are you today? )

>> I can't believe it's the last week of 2009. Time goes by so fast, it's crazy! What are you planning for New Year's eve? For me, it's home, fireplace, TV, food, board games with family, PJs and Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in midnight. Pretty classic.

>> Two people from work apparently were engaged in the weekend and the bride was serving some chocolate to people (some kind of a tradition here, I had absolutely no idea.) and I'm 100% left out. That's pretty rude. I mean you ask people in the next cubicle and you intentionally skip my cubicle? What's up with that?
And I think this officially makes each and every eligible men around me ENGAGED or MARRIED. Thanks, Universe.

>> My brother made me watch this awesome video yesterday. It explains all dimensions from 1 to 10 in such a simple and fun way, take a look:



>> I watched Invention of Lying and Adventureland last night. Both were extremely boring and pointless movies, I had to skip the last 45 mins. or so just to see how they ended. I was expecting more from Invention of Lying, but Ricky Gervais is such a repelling person for me, even Jennifer Garner couldn't save the movie. The ideas were pretty awesome though, I wish it could be done by some other group of people... As for Adventureland, Kristen Stewart and Ryan Reynolds? Ugh, please no. Seperately they're okay (Ryan Reynolds is more than okay!), but together, ugh, no, a big no.

Eta: Oh great, I ordered new year presents online and they completely messed up the order. I hate it when it happens. Now I have to send some stuff back and wait for them to deliver the new ones which will probably happen after New Year's. Damn.

I had the best day today, yay! ♥ It was my day off and it was totally worth it...

- My last driving lesson was a brilliant success! I actually drove all the way back from the driving course to the city! It was exciting! I think the key to "relaxed driving" is having someone with you who doesn't panic and doesn't give you some kind of advice after your each and every move. I actually made peace with the clutch pedal as well.

- I wrote. Yes, I actually sat down in the afternoon and wrote almost 1400 words without interruption ♥

- Have a downside to all of this as well, but it's not so important. I got my swine flu vaccine shot today and my left arm is extremely sore. It even hurts a little bit when I type... If I can get by tommorrow without any fever or fatigue, I'll be fine.

- The project I've been working on is officially over! My boss called me today and asked me something about it and I'm 90% sure that they deployed it without me and it.is.over. *happy sigh*

- Well, my arm hurts really bad at the moment so I'll stop using it for a while. I have a ton of stuff to download! I've been offline allday! D:

Excellent start to a weekend: I'm here at the office, troubleshooting something that isn't quite relevant to my work. I'm not complaining that much, YET, but if it's not resolved until 1pm, I'll be mad. I have to leave for my driving lesson and I will.

Aside from work, this is one of the most beautiful couples I know ♥ (I'm not sure if they're dating in RL, but they should!) Thanks to jenniferkaos for the picture :)