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[jianantonic]

I'm so tired. Jer accidentally unplugged the alarm clock last night, and neither one of us knew what time it was to reset the clock. We were half asleep and didn't feel like getting up, so Jer guessed at it, and I ended up waking up about half an hour before I had to:-/. I did get to take a longer shower that way. Remind me not to eat any more of Wayne's birthday cake, if there's any left. Last night was fartastic. I have a long day ahead of me at work - no need for that.

Shayla is trying to get a morning shift on Saturdays. I think I'd have to quit. She drives me up the walls. The only time in the five months that I've known her I've ever heard her talk about anything other than her stupid redneck boyfriend (that's not what she calls him) was when she said to me, "I don't eat sugar or fat, and I work out every day for an hour." This woman is easily 200 pounds, and she's about 5'2. She's not losing weight, either. And she interrupts. All the freaking time. That is easily my biggest pet peeve. How hard is it to let a person finish a sentence? Or even, let me talk to my own guests without any interjecting from the left. And don't even get me started on how I had to wait until 8:30 to go on break on Friday night because she was gone for an hour. My point it, I cannot stand this girl. I'm pretty sure she hates me, too, because I told her the diamond she wanted from Kay's (no less than 3 carats, of course) was an overpriced piece of crap. It's not like she bought it already. It was a buyer beware statement that she should be glad about. However, I could have been more sensitive. But the bitch is 19 and has her head so far up her boyfriend's ass it's ridiculous. They're not in love - he's in it for the ass (which there is a LOT of) and she's in it for the money. All she ever talks about is how rich he is. He makes $27.50 an hour and everyone at the front desk knows it. Meanwhile, when she comes to work for $7/hour, she pays a babysitter $10/hour to watch her nephew. Do you fully understand yet that this is a very stupid person? Stupidity in small doses can be fun, like when I talk to a stupid guest on the phone for five minutes. "I'm at a huge sign that says Massanutten Four Seasons Resort. Is this where I turn?" "Oh, no, ma'am, that's our decoy sign." See, that's fun. Hearing about some stupid redneck and the diamond he'd better buy her (her own words) for 8 hours a day is excruciating and I think I should start a petition against it.

By the way, ladies. If you demanded the diamond, the only way your marriage will ever last is if you have him whipped so much that he's afraid to leave you. Real marriages are not the result of a forced engagement or the most expensive ring he can afford. Ok it's time for me to get off my stump and go to work.

Peace.

Comments

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

No fat and no sugar, eh? Poor woman. I suppose there are medical conditions that might allow her to be telling the truth, but... sounds suspicious!

Oh - demanded the diamond? Wow! And 3 carats? Double wow!! My (romantic, traditional) husband felt it was something he wanted to do, so I'm blessed with a (tiny, yet beautiful) diamond engagement ring. He bought it (deeply discounted, of course) from a friend at Kay's, coincidentally, and oh my does that store take advantage of people!! Now, I'd agree if demanding is going on, and the poor guy goes along with it, then you have some serious red flags there!!

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed...
I managed a jewelry store for two years and I have a degree in gemology from GIA, so I felt like it was my responsibility to tell this girl that she'd be overpaying. After months more of this non-stop yak, I hope she does get screwed...is that so wrong?

[harri-cady.livejournal.com]

Nice of you to try I guess. A lot of times I think people want things because they feel they should - how silly!

[oobermeister.livejournal.com]

yea, one thing u learn in general chemistry is that a diamond is not forever...it is apparently less stable at 1 atm pressure than graphite...and both are just good 'ol carbon (they just have different lattice arrangements or somethin like that)

i do say, if you want to say it's forever, buy a graphite ring.

...because only graphite is forever.

also i understand the diamond business is rigged...apparently debeers has a large stockpile of diamonds that they are slowly distributing to keep the prices up, so i've heard...

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

Ok, um, not exactly. Diamonds are the hardest possible chemical arrangement known to man. I don't know how that relates to stability, but I'm pretty sure it is more stable than graphite. I *know* it's harder than graphite. Also, the industry isn't *rigged* per se. De Beers has always kept a stockpile, but with the discoveries of the Ekati mine in Canada and the Argyle mine in Australia, they no longer have a major hold on the supply. However all the producers tend to stockpile to keep demand high. The thing is, if all the diamonds were released immediately, it would flood the market and prices would drop. However, the supply would run out almost immediately and would never keep up with demand again. There just isn't much production anymore. Anyway, it's not like you care, but I have to defend my industry a bit;)

[oobermeister.livejournal.com]

although diamonds are very hard, that doesn't mean they're stable...the lattice formation that carbon takes depends on the pressure and temperature and the diamond formation of carbon is most ideal at a much higher pressure than we exist in. so over time a diamond would turn into graphite (but very very slowly...so it's not like you're diamond will dissapear anytime soon).

graphite can be turned into diamonds by subjecting it to very high pressure at a very high temperature...but i guess so far no one has done this on a large production scale...would prolly put debeers out of bidness. not that i give a crap one way or another.

so by "stability" i mean a substance's ability to remain in its current physical state in our conditions. so although graphite will crumble while a diamond will cut right through your nipple, the diamond wants to be graphite and the graphite just wants to be itself at regular atmospheric pressure.

so in conclusion, i will buy my future wife a graphite ring instead of a diamond ring.

because buying her a diamond is like saying ok, this is gonna last for a while but it's not really all that stable.

but only graphite is forever. sound catchy eh?

[oobermeister.livejournal.com]

diamonds are kind of like this (sort of):

u have a big motha fuckin chunk of ice sitting out in 50 degrees fareignheit. no arguement that ice is much harder than water. but at that temperature the ice is less stable than the water since it will tend to want to melt.

diamonds and graphite are kinda like that i guess...they're different phases of matter of carbon.

ok i think i've coughed up enough general chemistry for one day.

[oobermeister.livejournal.com]

and my understanding was that debeers bought out the rest of the competition and therefore was the only one with the massive stockpile...i haven't heard about the other mines. and i may have heard wrong, i dunno.

but the new graphite crazy ought to put em out of bidness anyway.

u guys should start selling graphite jewelery.

becoz graphite is the future of jewelery. i can feel it.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

DeBeers used to be the monopoly holder, but not anymore.