Said Jeb about me at work today. Apparently it's my new nickname. No idea where it originated.
Only in Nebraska can it jump from 60 degrees to 30 within minutes. Ridiculous. At noon everyone was walking in in shorts. Then suddenly it's dark and windy. Yikes.
Today was another great day. My boss - the one that called me capable yay! - called in sick today so Girlscout from the other branch came over and helped me open. We call ourselves "Team Awesome" which Superwoman thinks is funny, as do we. But we are awesome.
And since Superwoman grades me - it's part of my training that's kind of stuck around, I think she enjoys it - I asked what my current score was. 95 is passing so it's hardcore. I currently have a 115 out of 100. Mostly because I've covered for everyone and their mother since a plague of disease wiped out everyone the smaller branch. Crazy hours. But still fun. Also because I sent the email commending my coworker and for testing my supervisor aka Girlscout which apparently was a secret test for me. Hmmm... my boss is too smart for me.
After small branch was larger branch, more fun, and driving home to the farmhouse. Carter was so excited to see me.
The quote of the day besides Girlscout's "We are Team Awesome," which also made me feel special, comes from my mother who let my cat out accidently. "I don't know that I can catch him. He's so stupid." Ouch. He may be stupid but he's still super cute. And fat. But cute.
Okay, so we're watching the Husker game and the weirdest thing just happened. Martinez our star quarterback just threw the ball straight to the defender, it bounces off the defender straight back to Martinez who grabs it and runs out of bounce. Weirdness. "Are you gonna watch or are you gonna talk?" My dad to my mom. BRING OUT THE WILDCAT! Go with Burkhead!
Hahahahahaha, my sister-in-law just texted me that my brother is cussing up a storm, "can you hear him over there?" As we live only a few miles apart. Hilarious.
Okay, so injuries and penalties are killing us but we will pull it off. I'm still sticking with my prediction. 40-10 us. Mom says 28-14 us. Kathy says 34-17. Sheri says 49-10. All for us.
And yikes for the UConn girls loss. 90 game win-streak is impressive. Wait, was that Condi Rice?!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Stop, Stop, Stop all the dancing give me time to breeeeeathe....
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing or I'll have to leeeeeeave..... stuck in my head.
Today was actually pretty great. This morning I got to open with one of my favorite coworkers. We got everything done way early. She's always efficient and fun. So I e-mailed my boss and said that, among other things. My boss e-mails back and says she showed the e-mail to the coworker, that they both enjoy working with me and get this, my boss's exact words: "I don't think we've ever had an aide who was so capable."
Awwww. I feel special.
After the opening of awesomeness I head to the other branch to eat lunch with other fun coworkers. I share some of my awesome Scooby Doo crazy bands with coworkers and security guard - I love our security guards - eat my chili and cheetos, then go to work. Got off at 4 because yesterday I went in three times, hooray for a quick day.
Meanwhile, get call from sister saying she and her husband brought me an extra tv and entertainment unit for my apartment. Yay for spare keys.
After work was supper with sister and family while we watched Dr. Who and the end of Pirates 3. It was so funny, we both stood up from the table at the same time to move where we could actually see the tv. It was, after all, the best part of the movie where *spoiler alert* Will and his ship basically rise from the dead, join up with the Black Pearl and take down Beckett and his ship. More awesomeness. Then we both sat back down like whatever. Haha. I took my drain cleaner and left. Which leads to the next exciting event.
My bathtub has stopped draining. Like for a while it just took forever but now it just stopped. So got some drain unclogging stuff from oldest sister. That didn't work. Went to target to go get more. Poured into tub, now am waiting for it to sit then I will drown it in hot water and see what happens. If nothing I get to call maintenance tomorrow, hooray?
My only real frustration of the day didn't happen until tonight. 8:30ish. Guy in target ticked me off. So here's your shoutout.
Dear Target dude. I'm not some teenager you can boss around. I'm an adult working two jobs in grad school to get my masters. You're a jerk. Thank your coworker for taking over so I didn't have to yell at you.
And that's my day. Excitement. I'd give it a 8/10 on my scale of awesome.
Now I'm out and looking forward to the Husker game tomorrow night!
My pick Huskers 40 - Washington 10
Today was actually pretty great. This morning I got to open with one of my favorite coworkers. We got everything done way early. She's always efficient and fun. So I e-mailed my boss and said that, among other things. My boss e-mails back and says she showed the e-mail to the coworker, that they both enjoy working with me and get this, my boss's exact words: "I don't think we've ever had an aide who was so capable."
Awwww. I feel special.
After the opening of awesomeness I head to the other branch to eat lunch with other fun coworkers. I share some of my awesome Scooby Doo crazy bands with coworkers and security guard - I love our security guards - eat my chili and cheetos, then go to work. Got off at 4 because yesterday I went in three times, hooray for a quick day.
Meanwhile, get call from sister saying she and her husband brought me an extra tv and entertainment unit for my apartment. Yay for spare keys.
After work was supper with sister and family while we watched Dr. Who and the end of Pirates 3. It was so funny, we both stood up from the table at the same time to move where we could actually see the tv. It was, after all, the best part of the movie where *spoiler alert* Will and his ship basically rise from the dead, join up with the Black Pearl and take down Beckett and his ship. More awesomeness. Then we both sat back down like whatever. Haha. I took my drain cleaner and left. Which leads to the next exciting event.
My bathtub has stopped draining. Like for a while it just took forever but now it just stopped. So got some drain unclogging stuff from oldest sister. That didn't work. Went to target to go get more. Poured into tub, now am waiting for it to sit then I will drown it in hot water and see what happens. If nothing I get to call maintenance tomorrow, hooray?
My only real frustration of the day didn't happen until tonight. 8:30ish. Guy in target ticked me off. So here's your shoutout.
Dear Target dude. I'm not some teenager you can boss around. I'm an adult working two jobs in grad school to get my masters. You're a jerk. Thank your coworker for taking over so I didn't have to yell at you.
And that's my day. Excitement. I'd give it a 8/10 on my scale of awesome.
Now I'm out and looking forward to the Husker game tomorrow night!
My pick Huskers 40 - Washington 10
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Things that make you go hmmm....
Thing 1 - (yes I'm going Dr. Seuss on you)
Come out to car for lunch break and find mysterious envelope on windshield. A little creepy. Upon opening text possible person of origin and get it confirmed. Not a stalker. Yay for small victories.
Thing 2 - Almost got shmeered *smeared? **shmeared?? ***schmeared??? on route back to work. Truck pulled out in front of me, I slammed on my breaks (yay for new tires on a new car) as did the car immediately behind me. Both thankfully on time. Incident shook me up but Jarvis and I are okay. Yes I've settled on a name. He's Jarvis and he's still shiny. Sort of.
Thing 3 - Cousin whom I haven't seen in ages - like, literally ages cause she's freaky smart and goes to Yale - shows up mysteriously at library with my aunt! Total awesomeness! We talked school, roller derby - of course - family, future plans, dance dance revolution and the like. Was nice to see her again. Now flashing back to family roadtrips to Florida and California... writing songs about bears and listening to Shania Twain's "That don't impress me much" on repeat. I love both sides of my family but on that side I actually have cousins my own age so that's kind of nice. We do family reunions and weddings are a big deal and all that. It's fun.
Thing 4 - I'm debating New Year's Resolutions. I'm down to a few that are doable. I feel like I should make an official list. And like plan for that list. Because every year I say I'm going to do something and never even attempt to do it. I'm sure that's true for many people but I think now is the time I should change things in my life aka health and routine stuff.
Thing 5 - Missouri is playing Iowa. Since I'm technically going to grad school through the Univerisity of Missouri I feel obligated to cheer for them. Not that I'm a big fan of Iowa anyway. I will probably fall asleep by halftime anyway. Maybe I should add in a social life change to that resolution list as well.
Anybody out there have any good resolutions?
Out for the night.
Come out to car for lunch break and find mysterious envelope on windshield. A little creepy. Upon opening text possible person of origin and get it confirmed. Not a stalker. Yay for small victories.
Thing 2 - Almost got shmeered *smeared? **shmeared?? ***schmeared??? on route back to work. Truck pulled out in front of me, I slammed on my breaks (yay for new tires on a new car) as did the car immediately behind me. Both thankfully on time. Incident shook me up but Jarvis and I are okay. Yes I've settled on a name. He's Jarvis and he's still shiny. Sort of.
Thing 3 - Cousin whom I haven't seen in ages - like, literally ages cause she's freaky smart and goes to Yale - shows up mysteriously at library with my aunt! Total awesomeness! We talked school, roller derby - of course - family, future plans, dance dance revolution and the like. Was nice to see her again. Now flashing back to family roadtrips to Florida and California... writing songs about bears and listening to Shania Twain's "That don't impress me much" on repeat. I love both sides of my family but on that side I actually have cousins my own age so that's kind of nice. We do family reunions and weddings are a big deal and all that. It's fun.
Thing 4 - I'm debating New Year's Resolutions. I'm down to a few that are doable. I feel like I should make an official list. And like plan for that list. Because every year I say I'm going to do something and never even attempt to do it. I'm sure that's true for many people but I think now is the time I should change things in my life aka health and routine stuff.
Thing 5 - Missouri is playing Iowa. Since I'm technically going to grad school through the Univerisity of Missouri I feel obligated to cheer for them. Not that I'm a big fan of Iowa anyway. I will probably fall asleep by halftime anyway. Maybe I should add in a social life change to that resolution list as well.
Anybody out there have any good resolutions?
Out for the night.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Work rocks, I know
You know your work is exciting when you get to see someone being led out in handcuffs. I love my job. It's never boring. Ever. Like, it'll be slow one second and then the next you'll be surrounded by crazies asking if you keep track of what books they check out, or a patron pukes in the back stairwell then barricades themself inside the men's restroom, or another patron walks up and says "someone tried to flush a copy of the economist down the toilet" (then yourself and your supervisor laugh hysterically at the irony), or you get hit on repeatedly by the little shelver boy. There's never a dull moment.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Text if you make it to your apartment, call if you go to the hospital
My mother said to me so lovingly as I left tonight. She's going to bed early understandably. Long day tomorrow, taking her mom to her sister's funeral. Alzheimer's is not a fun disease. They've told her twice and she's forgotten both times. I can only imagine how hard tomorrow will be. Grams is one of my favorite people. She's the nicest lady, so patient - although I guess you'd have to be if you had eight kids, madness - and really funny. I think I talked about her comments about 'old people' at her 'apartment.'
I'm being spontaneous. I'm typing this on the floor while listening to Weird Al on cassette tape. Found my Doris Day!!
Today was awesome. I laid around in my pajamas and watched a marathon of World's Dumbest. I used to watch (fall asleep) to that show practically every night of my senior year of college. When it was on at least. It was either that or Pastor Melissa Scott. Gotta love televangelists. Even though it's where celebrities' careers go to die I think it's hilarious. Judy Gold, Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Tonya Harding, Daniel Baldwin, although Brad Loekle is the best. Today's were World's Dumbest Performers 3, Drivers 11 and 15, and Brawlers like 2 and 3 I think. I love that show, and I'm not ashamed. Even though it's awful. But today's were grand, mostly because I missed it so much. One of the performers was this lady who had a show about the importance of cat massaging.
"And the mountain gods said we will spare your life!!!....but we're taking your jeep!" - Jaime Andrews she's one of the good ones.
Here's an example of the stupid/funny
Carter is staying with mom and dad this week since I'm going back out there for New Years. It's so weird, I can actually stretch out my legs without him at the bottom of the couch and I won't wake up to him laying on my stomach or have to barricade the door every time I leave so he doesn't pounce on it and make noise.
Okay, back on the couch watching The Nanny and eating goldfish. My spontaneity can only last so long. Tomorrow is full day of work then the Closer then Castle. Hopefully. Plus have to go get food, and the only liquid in my fridge is alcoholic. Which is why right now I'm drinking a strawberry margarita out of a bottle - thanks to the grab bag and Teina.
Alright, I'm out. Hope you all had a fun and safe holiday.
I'm being spontaneous. I'm typing this on the floor while listening to Weird Al on cassette tape. Found my Doris Day!!
Today was awesome. I laid around in my pajamas and watched a marathon of World's Dumbest. I used to watch (fall asleep) to that show practically every night of my senior year of college. When it was on at least. It was either that or Pastor Melissa Scott. Gotta love televangelists. Even though it's where celebrities' careers go to die I think it's hilarious. Judy Gold, Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Tonya Harding, Daniel Baldwin, although Brad Loekle is the best. Today's were World's Dumbest Performers 3, Drivers 11 and 15, and Brawlers like 2 and 3 I think. I love that show, and I'm not ashamed. Even though it's awful. But today's were grand, mostly because I missed it so much. One of the performers was this lady who had a show about the importance of cat massaging.
"And the mountain gods said we will spare your life!!!....but we're taking your jeep!" - Jaime Andrews she's one of the good ones.
Here's an example of the stupid/funny
Carter is staying with mom and dad this week since I'm going back out there for New Years. It's so weird, I can actually stretch out my legs without him at the bottom of the couch and I won't wake up to him laying on my stomach or have to barricade the door every time I leave so he doesn't pounce on it and make noise.
Okay, back on the couch watching The Nanny and eating goldfish. My spontaneity can only last so long. Tomorrow is full day of work then the Closer then Castle. Hopefully. Plus have to go get food, and the only liquid in my fridge is alcoholic. Which is why right now I'm drinking a strawberry margarita out of a bottle - thanks to the grab bag and Teina.
Alright, I'm out. Hope you all had a fun and safe holiday.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Came Indeed!
Even though I didn't watch the Grinch - will have to tomorrow - or listen to any Doris Day - left cd at apartment - or watch Home Alone - watched old dvr'd xmas episodes of favorite shows instead, Christmas did indeed come.
My great aunt came out after church and we played some pitch and watched the parade, (hooray for Amber Riley!!) Dad and I won 3 games out of 4. After she left we opened presents, ate more food, mom and dad danced to Squeezebox - long story - then we laid around and watched tv. Well, I laid around and watched, Mom fell asleep in her chair as usual, and I'm sure Dad watched football or something in the other room. We're very social. The presents were fun, Dad was excited about his The Who cd which he put in immediately and Mom liked all her stuff from me - asti, earrings and bath n body stuff. Some of my highlights were pajama pants, a sweatshirt with headphones in it as the strings, fancy vodka with shot glasses (my aunt picked out. mom was like "how does kathy know you collect shot glasses?" Cause I got one in Kansas when we went to the last Husker game down there. Mom thinks it's bizarre that I collect them but I got it from my brother - he does it too.) and wine in a bottle shaped like a cat. Seriously. It's awesome. I'm going to have to upload a picture.
All-in-all it was a good day.
Xmas episodes I've watched this weekend - NCIS, The Closer, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Glee, NCIS Los Angeles
Wow, I totally need a life. But it's Christmas. I'm entitled to be lazy, right?
I'm actually kind of sad that it's over. It always feels so weird, that you wait so long for it to come and in like 24 hours it's over. Oh well, technically ours isn't over since our family xmas isn't until New Years. Since all my siblings have in-laws and lives and stuff it was the only free day. This means I get to go back to work this week and buy more stuff, woohoo!
I'm still missing something for my sister. And I think I'm gonna go find more for mom since we're getting her one big thing - which she'll love - but I dunno how much other things they're getting her. And I gave her all my other stuff today.
I'm not allowed to buy my niece anything more - or so my sister says. I've spent far too much on her, but honestly I spoil her. It's true. She's the oldest and she thinks I'm the cool aunt and she's funny. So's my nephew. They're both really funny. But she takes after me with the writing and the one-liners she's stolen from me and the red highlights - her mother hates me for that last one. I hope she doesn't inherit my talent for procrastination. And she's taller than me already. I honestly can't stand next to her anymore.
I mentioned last time that I love the songs. That's one of my favorite parts of Christmas, right after crazy moments with family. My all-time favorite xmas song is Oh Holy Night - well, depending on who's singing it. Christina Aguilara's version isn't my favorite, Lea Michelle did it justice on the Glee xmas cd. Another gift from mom. But my second favorite is the 12 Days of Christmas. Relient K has a great version but no matter which version I listen to the only ones I end up singing over the actual lyrics are Jeff Foxworthy's or Janice Dickinson's. Weird combination, huh? Especially when it ends up as something like "5 Flannel Shirts, 4 Italian Suits, 3 Former Husbands, 2 Giant Breasts and some parts to a Mustang GT."
Since it's officially Christmas I'll share my favorites.
Number one xmas video on my list is of course Janice Dickinson's. I die every time I watch it. It's highly inappropriate but it's sooo funny.
I love 1:03 I literally fall over laughing at that part and 1:13...and 2:12...too funny.
Second is Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Xmas which you can find here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOe3CXE-mA
Is it just me or does the Mustang GT part recipient look suspiciously like Jim Carrey?
And a close third is the Indian 12 Days of Christmas. Very funny. And catchy...
Love the look on the wife's face.
Peace on earth.
My great aunt came out after church and we played some pitch and watched the parade, (hooray for Amber Riley!!) Dad and I won 3 games out of 4. After she left we opened presents, ate more food, mom and dad danced to Squeezebox - long story - then we laid around and watched tv. Well, I laid around and watched, Mom fell asleep in her chair as usual, and I'm sure Dad watched football or something in the other room. We're very social. The presents were fun, Dad was excited about his The Who cd which he put in immediately and Mom liked all her stuff from me - asti, earrings and bath n body stuff. Some of my highlights were pajama pants, a sweatshirt with headphones in it as the strings, fancy vodka with shot glasses (my aunt picked out. mom was like "how does kathy know you collect shot glasses?" Cause I got one in Kansas when we went to the last Husker game down there. Mom thinks it's bizarre that I collect them but I got it from my brother - he does it too.) and wine in a bottle shaped like a cat. Seriously. It's awesome. I'm going to have to upload a picture.
All-in-all it was a good day.
Xmas episodes I've watched this weekend - NCIS, The Closer, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Glee, NCIS Los Angeles
Wow, I totally need a life. But it's Christmas. I'm entitled to be lazy, right?
I'm actually kind of sad that it's over. It always feels so weird, that you wait so long for it to come and in like 24 hours it's over. Oh well, technically ours isn't over since our family xmas isn't until New Years. Since all my siblings have in-laws and lives and stuff it was the only free day. This means I get to go back to work this week and buy more stuff, woohoo!
I'm still missing something for my sister. And I think I'm gonna go find more for mom since we're getting her one big thing - which she'll love - but I dunno how much other things they're getting her. And I gave her all my other stuff today.
I'm not allowed to buy my niece anything more - or so my sister says. I've spent far too much on her, but honestly I spoil her. It's true. She's the oldest and she thinks I'm the cool aunt and she's funny. So's my nephew. They're both really funny. But she takes after me with the writing and the one-liners she's stolen from me and the red highlights - her mother hates me for that last one. I hope she doesn't inherit my talent for procrastination. And she's taller than me already. I honestly can't stand next to her anymore.
I mentioned last time that I love the songs. That's one of my favorite parts of Christmas, right after crazy moments with family. My all-time favorite xmas song is Oh Holy Night - well, depending on who's singing it. Christina Aguilara's version isn't my favorite, Lea Michelle did it justice on the Glee xmas cd. Another gift from mom. But my second favorite is the 12 Days of Christmas. Relient K has a great version but no matter which version I listen to the only ones I end up singing over the actual lyrics are Jeff Foxworthy's or Janice Dickinson's. Weird combination, huh? Especially when it ends up as something like "5 Flannel Shirts, 4 Italian Suits, 3 Former Husbands, 2 Giant Breasts and some parts to a Mustang GT."
Since it's officially Christmas I'll share my favorites.
Number one xmas video on my list is of course Janice Dickinson's. I die every time I watch it. It's highly inappropriate but it's sooo funny.
I love 1:03 I literally fall over laughing at that part and 1:13...and 2:12...too funny.
Second is Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Xmas which you can find here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOe3CXE-mA
Is it just me or does the Mustang GT part recipient look suspiciously like Jim Carrey?
And a close third is the Indian 12 Days of Christmas. Very funny. And catchy...
Love the look on the wife's face.
Peace on earth.
Friday, December 24, 2010
We can hardly stand to wait, please Christmas don't be late.....
Is it honestly Christmas Eve already? It so doesn't feel like it. Or like it'll be Christmas in half an hour. Crazy. It doesn't really even feel like December, it feels like August! I mean, not weather-wise, but...I don't really know how to explain. It just doesn't feel like Christmas. Maybe it's just because I haven't done any of my ritual things.
Usually, at this exact moment, I sit in my living room and play pool online with a friend while watching the santa tracker on msn - that's not happening. I haven't watched any of my favorite Christmas movies - Home Alone 1, The Grinch - the original animated classic - let alone listen to any Doris Day. Another ritual. I think it's the whole not being in school thing. I don't really have a calendar to live by. Work is the same almost every day and I'm guessing that since Grad School is just going to be a show up once a month thing that's not going to help either.
I love Christmas. Everything about it actually. The snow, the family, the music that continues to play on my ipod through at least July, the spiced tea, the candycanes especially, presents are fun, peanut-butter balls yum, good food. Listening to my mom trying to persuade me to watch It's a Wonderful Life which I can only put up with once every five years - too depressing. I'm going with Phoebe on that one. Although I did get to listen to my parents bicker about the food. It was actually kind of funny. "Oh god, not pizza again!" "We don't want old chicken!" My favorite was, "You drink anymore of that you'll be all giggly in church!" "I can be all giggly, no one else will be there!" Which is true most years since our Christmas Eve service is rarely on Christmas Eve as families usually have their own routines. This year there were a lot of people there. And I got to see an old classmate so that was fun.
Instead of the usual holiday traditions I spent today sleeping in, watching movies, cleaning my room and going to church. We watched Night and Day then Get Smart then Killers. All very similar with the secret agent thing. Get Smart is my favorite of the three but I originally just wanted to compare Night and Day to Killers. I think I like the latter better. I mean, I love Cameron Diaz. She was excellent in Charlie's Angels and she's really funny in real life - plus best friends with Drew - but I think I'm going with Katherine Heigl on this one. I've never really been a big fan of Tom Cruise. I mean, I don't have a problem with him but he's not my favorite actor. Ashton playing someone different than his usual crackhead was nice to watch. It was funny and the parents were hilarious - Catherine O'Hara was drinking in every scene! Every time I see her I just want to scream KEVIN!!! and Tom Selleck was excellent as always. And don't get me wrong, Night and Day was good also, pretty funny but not as good as Killers. I think my Scale of Awesome ratings would go something like:
Get Smart 10/10
Killers 8/10
Night and Day 7/10
All in all not bad.
Tomorrow is presents in the morning with parentals, then watch parade - perhaps while opening presents - then food followed by the probability of more movies - I'll have to throw in Home Alone (KEVIN!!! good weekend for Catherine O'Hara) and The Grinch.
Alright, signing off as the countdown continues...
13 minutes...
Usually, at this exact moment, I sit in my living room and play pool online with a friend while watching the santa tracker on msn - that's not happening. I haven't watched any of my favorite Christmas movies - Home Alone 1, The Grinch - the original animated classic - let alone listen to any Doris Day. Another ritual. I think it's the whole not being in school thing. I don't really have a calendar to live by. Work is the same almost every day and I'm guessing that since Grad School is just going to be a show up once a month thing that's not going to help either.
I love Christmas. Everything about it actually. The snow, the family, the music that continues to play on my ipod through at least July, the spiced tea, the candycanes especially, presents are fun, peanut-butter balls yum, good food. Listening to my mom trying to persuade me to watch It's a Wonderful Life which I can only put up with once every five years - too depressing. I'm going with Phoebe on that one. Although I did get to listen to my parents bicker about the food. It was actually kind of funny. "Oh god, not pizza again!" "We don't want old chicken!" My favorite was, "You drink anymore of that you'll be all giggly in church!" "I can be all giggly, no one else will be there!" Which is true most years since our Christmas Eve service is rarely on Christmas Eve as families usually have their own routines. This year there were a lot of people there. And I got to see an old classmate so that was fun.
Instead of the usual holiday traditions I spent today sleeping in, watching movies, cleaning my room and going to church. We watched Night and Day then Get Smart then Killers. All very similar with the secret agent thing. Get Smart is my favorite of the three but I originally just wanted to compare Night and Day to Killers. I think I like the latter better. I mean, I love Cameron Diaz. She was excellent in Charlie's Angels and she's really funny in real life - plus best friends with Drew - but I think I'm going with Katherine Heigl on this one. I've never really been a big fan of Tom Cruise. I mean, I don't have a problem with him but he's not my favorite actor. Ashton playing someone different than his usual crackhead was nice to watch. It was funny and the parents were hilarious - Catherine O'Hara was drinking in every scene! Every time I see her I just want to scream KEVIN!!! and Tom Selleck was excellent as always. And don't get me wrong, Night and Day was good also, pretty funny but not as good as Killers. I think my Scale of Awesome ratings would go something like:
Get Smart 10/10
Killers 8/10
Night and Day 7/10
All in all not bad.
Tomorrow is presents in the morning with parentals, then watch parade - perhaps while opening presents - then food followed by the probability of more movies - I'll have to throw in Home Alone (KEVIN!!! good weekend for Catherine O'Hara) and The Grinch.
Alright, signing off as the countdown continues...
13 minutes...
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Happy Christmas Eve Eve!
Friends Phoebe reference.
Another journey back home means another list of artists my cat does not enjoy. The new list includes Bonnie Tyler, All American Rejects, Snoop Dogg, Owl City, Cobra Starship, and yet he went completely silent for Dracula from Houston - was he in shock or did it drive him crazy? Oh Carter.
So, home for the holidays, woohoo! The trees are set up, my presents are almost all wrapped, my cat is sleeping happily in the basement (his favorite room of the house) and I'm off to bed.
Today was great - line of the day came from my boss. First thing she says to me, comes up behind me and whispers "Do you have a hangover?" "WHAT?!" I told her about the pitch tournament yesterday and how there's usually a lot of drinking. It was just funny at the time because I was like, "Do I look that bad?!" Oh Superwoman.
The pitch tourney was still the highlight of the week. That and Grams opening presents. She ended up with a Huskers sign for her "apartment" door compliments of the grab bag. She said she'd put it up and then said "They probably don't even know who the Huskers are. They're OLD People!" The tone of voice when she said 'old people' made me keel over. I wasn't the only one. Oh Grams.
But tonight when I got home Dad of course made me watch some dude playing guitar on HeeHaw which is what he does every time I come home, and Mom all the sudden broke out with "These are old people! Who are the Huskers?!" Hilarious.
Hope you have a happy christmas eve eve. And that I remember to post again tomorrow night.
This is me, signing out.
-guy said that to me on the phone today at the library after I answered his reference question
Another journey back home means another list of artists my cat does not enjoy. The new list includes Bonnie Tyler, All American Rejects, Snoop Dogg, Owl City, Cobra Starship, and yet he went completely silent for Dracula from Houston - was he in shock or did it drive him crazy? Oh Carter.
So, home for the holidays, woohoo! The trees are set up, my presents are almost all wrapped, my cat is sleeping happily in the basement (his favorite room of the house) and I'm off to bed.
Today was great - line of the day came from my boss. First thing she says to me, comes up behind me and whispers "Do you have a hangover?" "WHAT?!" I told her about the pitch tournament yesterday and how there's usually a lot of drinking. It was just funny at the time because I was like, "Do I look that bad?!" Oh Superwoman.
The pitch tourney was still the highlight of the week. That and Grams opening presents. She ended up with a Huskers sign for her "apartment" door compliments of the grab bag. She said she'd put it up and then said "They probably don't even know who the Huskers are. They're OLD People!" The tone of voice when she said 'old people' made me keel over. I wasn't the only one. Oh Grams.
But tonight when I got home Dad of course made me watch some dude playing guitar on HeeHaw which is what he does every time I come home, and Mom all the sudden broke out with "These are old people! Who are the Huskers?!" Hilarious.
Hope you have a happy christmas eve eve. And that I remember to post again tomorrow night.
This is me, signing out.
-guy said that to me on the phone today at the library after I answered his reference question
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Pitch tourney + The Hero of Canton, the Man They Call Jayne.....
Ohhh, emotional high. Such a good day. Went to work downtown this morning, and aside from the creepy guy in the lab staring at me (like i moved and his eyes followed, it was creepy) that was fun. Short and sweet. Then went to Barnes and Noble for some last minute shopping, then came home to wrap and THEN family xmas at my aunts! Not like immediate family but aunts and uncles xmas. We used to have these big pitch tournaments that lasted all night and we thought we should bring them back. It was awesome. I got partnered up with my cousin and we finished the night at the winner's table! Yeah!! Took down my undefeated sister and brother but then lost to my nephew and sister-in-law. My nephew somehow ended up with the perfect hand on the last hand. AKQJJ2. Seriously. Who gets those? Ever?! So they won toasters for being "hot" and my dad and sister got snowmen for being "cold". They were the ultimate losers. Ha. Too much fun.
And I got some awesome presents. This wicked cool hat from my aunt. I loved it so much I wore it for the rest of the night - tournament included. Got a bunch of pics taken, will have to upload one. It's very "the man they call jayne" except black and multi-colored instead of yellow and orange. If you get the reference.
Tomorrow is work then head to the farmhouse with my cat and all my presents since I have 24-26th off. Woohoo!
Now is eating breadsticks, watching the Nanny and then crashing.
In case you don't get the reference, here's Adam Baldwin singing the song from his favorite episode and wearing his hat. Video of the week.
Have a merry xmas!
And I got some awesome presents. This wicked cool hat from my aunt. I loved it so much I wore it for the rest of the night - tournament included. Got a bunch of pics taken, will have to upload one. It's very "the man they call jayne" except black and multi-colored instead of yellow and orange. If you get the reference.
Tomorrow is work then head to the farmhouse with my cat and all my presents since I have 24-26th off. Woohoo!
Now is eating breadsticks, watching the Nanny and then crashing.
In case you don't get the reference, here's Adam Baldwin singing the song from his favorite episode and wearing his hat. Video of the week.
Have a merry xmas!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Well, at least the baby stopped crying...
So, I suck at this whole posting thing. I've been crazy busy which really isn't an excuse because I've made time to do other things.
In an attempt to make up for lost time I will come up with a list of the random events that have occurred throughout the week.
1. Had a conversation with coworkers about the fashion of troll dolls. Apparently their bold fashion statement of flamboyant hair and shirts that show off their big stomachs are making a comeback. That's what you get when you work downtown and see all the crazies. Thankfully they are wearing pants. Well, most of them.
2. Went to see Harry Potter 7 again, this time with Nic and Megan. Still awesome. And we ran into Becky so that was cool. We sat in the back and made sarcastic comments - mostly because people kept going up and down the stairs to the balcony and it constantly sounded like a stampede and because someone brought their baby. Why would you bring a baby to Harry Potter? It's loud and scary! Strange, right? Anyway, the kid cried a lot and the best line of the whole experience took place in the middle. Nicole and I were making faces about the stampede and Nic leans over and says, "well, at least the baby stopped crying." I died. I think that's one of those you have to be there moments, but it made my night.
3. Vicki and I have either been working too much lately or we just need to get more sleep. Every morning we've worked together we've both been completely out of it. I'm like a walking zombie and she almost falls asleep at the desk. She has declared us to be sleep-deprived space cadets. Today was fun though because she decided we should box up all the donations - both of us - so I commented that maybe between the two of us space cadets we could form one fully functional human being. That worked well.
4. Xmas program at church was Sunday. They decided to do it early this year because last year it almost didn't happen. With all the snow and power outtages - it was a mess. But this year's went well. My niece was the best. And I'm not saying that because of favoritism. She said her line loud and clear and not too fast. I was quite proud actually. Everyone else mumbled theirs. I remember that though, you're nervous cause everyone is staring at you. I looked everywhere but the crowd. This time I just got to sing in the choir. Dad gave me crap for never looking up from my music but it was the first time I'd sang it! I didn't practice with them, I just show up and sing since I can't make it to practices. It was easy enough. After that it was Pizza Hut for lunch then practice to sing at Heritage. We went gypsy caroling. We call it gypsy caroling because earlier in the year we had gone around Heritage singing camp songs on family day. One of our friends called us the gypsies. Liz became our "gypsy leader" and now that nickname is totally going to stick. I'll make it stick. Camp should be fun.
5. Along with being a sleep-deprived space cadet I am also very giggly at inappropriate times. It's bizarre. I was trying to tell a story to a coworker in the staff room and I couldn't get through it. I laughed so hard I started crying. It was bad. But the story was just funny, because I can still picture... okay, so this dude was on one of the internet computers and his phone rang. Meanwhile, we have this amazing older lady who comes in and volunteers at the smaller branch. She processes new materials and does the holds and yeah. She's awesome and hilarious. She was attempting to use the self-check and even though it hates me I was trying to help. (it's new and never accepts my barcode. evil.) We couldn't get it to work so we stood there for a while. Back to the guy, his phone rings, he answers, and the speaker is set on like high so you can hear everything the person on the line is saying. At first it's all hi, how are you. Then out of nowhere she's like "I have diahrrhea...bad!" And the volunteer turns to me and makes this face like she's like scandelized or something. I seriously died on the spot. That expression will come to mind every time I see her, I swear it's burned into my brain. So I tried to tell that story at work, and just like now when I was typing it out, it took me a couple tries to make all the way through it without collapsing on myself. Too funny.
6. Speaking of the smaller branch, we had our xmas party today. I brought the silverware and plates and stuff and I found these napkins that say, "what happens at the holiday party stays at the holiday party!" They were a big hit. We're sending one to our boss who was sick and couldn't make it. I love those people, they're too fun.
7. Another thing this sleep-deprived space cadet couldn't stop laughing at inappropriately was this line from Just Shoot Me. It's a Nina Van Horn specialty, she always had the best ones, but I died. I couldn't stop. It was endless, but I had to hold it in as I was up in the lab and it was like dead silent. I'm sure my coworker thought I was going nutso. Maybe I am nutso. Here's the short version, Nina and Maya went walking somewhere and Maya sees a guy juggling. Nina turns up at the office with a cast on her arm. When asked why she replies, "Little tip: never yell, 'Look, he's got six balls!' at someone who's about to step off a curb."
Today was not a serious day for me at all.
8. I actually got to watch Mike and Molly. Mom dvr'd a few, they are pretty funny. I'm glad, I like Melissa McCarthy, I hope it stays on. It had some good one-liners as well. "You're a closed book!"
"No, I'm not! I'm an open catalogue laying on the night stand!"
"I don't know what that means, I'm lost!"
or
"You wanted space, go sit on a missile!"
9. Another fun library moment - a coworker of mine is a true librarian. In like the truest sense. A patron returned a book - big picure of Lana Turner on the cover. She picks up the book and says, "look at this binding!" "Yeah, who's that on the cover?" "I don't know, I was just admiring the binding." I noticed. But I love this woman. She's great with the patrons and answered every one of my stupid questions during training.
10. Fun reference questions I've had lately - "what is the average salary of an roman emporer?"
"what is the opposite of pianissimo?"
"when does that green lantern movie come out?" He asked mainly because I was wearing a green lantern shirt. I wear fun shirts when I'm an aid.
11. Got to play video games with my niece and nephew - TMNT mostly. We love it - and while hitting robots with my big stick (i'm donatello...always. we have our usual characters. joe likes to fly so he's mikey. mandy likes red so she's rafael.) I frequented the response "yeah! stick that in your speedo jacuzzi bob!" thank you Big Bang Theory.
12. I got to catch up on The Closer - I'm about to watch the new one right now - and NCIS when I went home so that was nice. I liked serious Tony in this one. I thought he was pulling a prank, good ending, good ending.
13. Isn't it unlucky to end on 13? Oh well. I'm taking the chance. I'm off for the night to watch The Closer and Castle. Then more work tomorrow, hooray! I'm crazy. It's official.
ps- why is the bad guy from ncis and literally every other show he's in watching robots break through walls on the directv commercials? isn't he in jail? didn't they just lock him up?
In an attempt to make up for lost time I will come up with a list of the random events that have occurred throughout the week.
1. Had a conversation with coworkers about the fashion of troll dolls. Apparently their bold fashion statement of flamboyant hair and shirts that show off their big stomachs are making a comeback. That's what you get when you work downtown and see all the crazies. Thankfully they are wearing pants. Well, most of them.
2. Went to see Harry Potter 7 again, this time with Nic and Megan. Still awesome. And we ran into Becky so that was cool. We sat in the back and made sarcastic comments - mostly because people kept going up and down the stairs to the balcony and it constantly sounded like a stampede and because someone brought their baby. Why would you bring a baby to Harry Potter? It's loud and scary! Strange, right? Anyway, the kid cried a lot and the best line of the whole experience took place in the middle. Nicole and I were making faces about the stampede and Nic leans over and says, "well, at least the baby stopped crying." I died. I think that's one of those you have to be there moments, but it made my night.
3. Vicki and I have either been working too much lately or we just need to get more sleep. Every morning we've worked together we've both been completely out of it. I'm like a walking zombie and she almost falls asleep at the desk. She has declared us to be sleep-deprived space cadets. Today was fun though because she decided we should box up all the donations - both of us - so I commented that maybe between the two of us space cadets we could form one fully functional human being. That worked well.
4. Xmas program at church was Sunday. They decided to do it early this year because last year it almost didn't happen. With all the snow and power outtages - it was a mess. But this year's went well. My niece was the best. And I'm not saying that because of favoritism. She said her line loud and clear and not too fast. I was quite proud actually. Everyone else mumbled theirs. I remember that though, you're nervous cause everyone is staring at you. I looked everywhere but the crowd. This time I just got to sing in the choir. Dad gave me crap for never looking up from my music but it was the first time I'd sang it! I didn't practice with them, I just show up and sing since I can't make it to practices. It was easy enough. After that it was Pizza Hut for lunch then practice to sing at Heritage. We went gypsy caroling. We call it gypsy caroling because earlier in the year we had gone around Heritage singing camp songs on family day. One of our friends called us the gypsies. Liz became our "gypsy leader" and now that nickname is totally going to stick. I'll make it stick. Camp should be fun.
5. Along with being a sleep-deprived space cadet I am also very giggly at inappropriate times. It's bizarre. I was trying to tell a story to a coworker in the staff room and I couldn't get through it. I laughed so hard I started crying. It was bad. But the story was just funny, because I can still picture... okay, so this dude was on one of the internet computers and his phone rang. Meanwhile, we have this amazing older lady who comes in and volunteers at the smaller branch. She processes new materials and does the holds and yeah. She's awesome and hilarious. She was attempting to use the self-check and even though it hates me I was trying to help. (it's new and never accepts my barcode. evil.) We couldn't get it to work so we stood there for a while. Back to the guy, his phone rings, he answers, and the speaker is set on like high so you can hear everything the person on the line is saying. At first it's all hi, how are you. Then out of nowhere she's like "I have diahrrhea...bad!" And the volunteer turns to me and makes this face like she's like scandelized or something. I seriously died on the spot. That expression will come to mind every time I see her, I swear it's burned into my brain. So I tried to tell that story at work, and just like now when I was typing it out, it took me a couple tries to make all the way through it without collapsing on myself. Too funny.
6. Speaking of the smaller branch, we had our xmas party today. I brought the silverware and plates and stuff and I found these napkins that say, "what happens at the holiday party stays at the holiday party!" They were a big hit. We're sending one to our boss who was sick and couldn't make it. I love those people, they're too fun.
7. Another thing this sleep-deprived space cadet couldn't stop laughing at inappropriately was this line from Just Shoot Me. It's a Nina Van Horn specialty, she always had the best ones, but I died. I couldn't stop. It was endless, but I had to hold it in as I was up in the lab and it was like dead silent. I'm sure my coworker thought I was going nutso. Maybe I am nutso. Here's the short version, Nina and Maya went walking somewhere and Maya sees a guy juggling. Nina turns up at the office with a cast on her arm. When asked why she replies, "Little tip: never yell, 'Look, he's got six balls!' at someone who's about to step off a curb."
Today was not a serious day for me at all.
8. I actually got to watch Mike and Molly. Mom dvr'd a few, they are pretty funny. I'm glad, I like Melissa McCarthy, I hope it stays on. It had some good one-liners as well. "You're a closed book!"
"No, I'm not! I'm an open catalogue laying on the night stand!"
"I don't know what that means, I'm lost!"
or
"You wanted space, go sit on a missile!"
9. Another fun library moment - a coworker of mine is a true librarian. In like the truest sense. A patron returned a book - big picure of Lana Turner on the cover. She picks up the book and says, "look at this binding!" "Yeah, who's that on the cover?" "I don't know, I was just admiring the binding." I noticed. But I love this woman. She's great with the patrons and answered every one of my stupid questions during training.
10. Fun reference questions I've had lately - "what is the average salary of an roman emporer?"
"what is the opposite of pianissimo?"
"when does that green lantern movie come out?" He asked mainly because I was wearing a green lantern shirt. I wear fun shirts when I'm an aid.
11. Got to play video games with my niece and nephew - TMNT mostly. We love it - and while hitting robots with my big stick (i'm donatello...always. we have our usual characters. joe likes to fly so he's mikey. mandy likes red so she's rafael.) I frequented the response "yeah! stick that in your speedo jacuzzi bob!" thank you Big Bang Theory.
12. I got to catch up on The Closer - I'm about to watch the new one right now - and NCIS when I went home so that was nice. I liked serious Tony in this one. I thought he was pulling a prank, good ending, good ending.
13. Isn't it unlucky to end on 13? Oh well. I'm taking the chance. I'm off for the night to watch The Closer and Castle. Then more work tomorrow, hooray! I'm crazy. It's official.
ps- why is the bad guy from ncis and literally every other show he's in watching robots break through walls on the directv commercials? isn't he in jail? didn't they just lock him up?
Friday, December 17, 2010
Sketch and Edit Bake a Pie
since today was the holiday breakfast at work and there was awesome food leftover i figured i'd post this. plus i've been gone since sunday so gotta make up for it.
Bake a Pie
S – “What are you doing in the kitchen?”
E – “What do you mean?”
S – “You’re never in the kitchen.”
E – “Yes I am.”
S – “Why are you wearing an apron? And why does it smell like smoke in here? What did you do?”
E – “I’m making a pie.”
S – “You don’t make pies.”
E – “Well now I do.”
S – “Right.”
E – “In fact I’ve already made 3 today.”
S – “What are we going to do with all that pie?”
E – “I threw them out.”
S – “What, why?”
E – “I said I made them I didn’t say they came out right.”
S – “Ugh.”
Bake a Pie
S – “What are you doing in the kitchen?”
E – “What do you mean?”
S – “You’re never in the kitchen.”
E – “Yes I am.”
S – “Why are you wearing an apron? And why does it smell like smoke in here? What did you do?”
E – “I’m making a pie.”
S – “You don’t make pies.”
E – “Well now I do.”
S – “Right.”
E – “In fact I’ve already made 3 today.”
S – “What are we going to do with all that pie?”
E – “I threw them out.”
S – “What, why?”
E – “I said I made them I didn’t say they came out right.”
S – “Ugh.”
Sleep-Deprived Space Cadets
So, I'm falling asleep as I type this and Carter is laying on my stomach so I'll make this short. It's not easy to type. He loves being the center of attention. Like, I've been wrapping all my xmas presents and he lays down on the wrapping paper. My friend attempted to wrap him and he jumped out so fast he ripped the paper.
Life has been good. Kind of a blur actually. All that covering for people did actually burn me out. And people are sick at the other library as well. I can't escape it. I don't know how I have so far. I hadn't been to that one since the 5th. I went back to it yesterday. My boss got back from her vacation and I was gone longer than she was. Madness.
As I mentioned earlier I am exhausted. All the time. The title came from a coworker. Her and I have been kind of out of it all week and she said we were space cadets since our heads weren't there. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when I'm only working for three hours. Then headed home for xmas program and possibly harry potter yet again. Woohoo!
Now I have a craving for cheetos. Mmm...cheetos. Then I will crash and sleep.
Over and out.
Life has been good. Kind of a blur actually. All that covering for people did actually burn me out. And people are sick at the other library as well. I can't escape it. I don't know how I have so far. I hadn't been to that one since the 5th. I went back to it yesterday. My boss got back from her vacation and I was gone longer than she was. Madness.
As I mentioned earlier I am exhausted. All the time. The title came from a coworker. Her and I have been kind of out of it all week and she said we were space cadets since our heads weren't there. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when I'm only working for three hours. Then headed home for xmas program and possibly harry potter yet again. Woohoo!
Now I have a craving for cheetos. Mmm...cheetos. Then I will crash and sleep.
Over and out.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
"I'm getting the pig!"
So, yesterday's half day got turned into a whole day, not surprising, but not bad. I actually don't mind spending time there. At one point there was no one else there besides myself and my coworker. It snowed and was windy and cold and blah. But then everyone came in at once so we were pretty busy. What is surprising is that I didn't get called in today! So this is what a day off feels like. Wow.
Fun fact #1 - I saw "Red" twice this weekend. Once last night with my brother and again tonight with two friends. So funny. Would totally give it a 9/10 on my Scale of Awesome. "Moldova sucks!"
Today was nice and relaxing. Slept in, went to church, caught up on tv episodes I've missed aka NCIS and The Closer. I watched a Criminal Minds one too, back when it was still good aka pre AJ/JJ incident. Creative Differences whatever.
Tomorrow I'm only scheduled in the morning but it wouldn't be surprising if that changed. I have the afternoon off only because of how many hours I've worked this past week. Gotta make up for it so I don't get past my 20 hours. It's crazy, I haven't been to the big library since the 5th and I'm not scheduled to go back until the 16th! Madness, I'm telling you.
"This is just like Love's Savage Secret!"
Fun fact #1 - I saw "Red" twice this weekend. Once last night with my brother and again tonight with two friends. So funny. Would totally give it a 9/10 on my Scale of Awesome. "Moldova sucks!"
Today was nice and relaxing. Slept in, went to church, caught up on tv episodes I've missed aka NCIS and The Closer. I watched a Criminal Minds one too, back when it was still good aka pre AJ/JJ incident. Creative Differences whatever.
Tomorrow I'm only scheduled in the morning but it wouldn't be surprising if that changed. I have the afternoon off only because of how many hours I've worked this past week. Gotta make up for it so I don't get past my 20 hours. It's crazy, I haven't been to the big library since the 5th and I'm not scheduled to go back until the 16th! Madness, I'm telling you.
"This is just like Love's Savage Secret!"
Friday, December 10, 2010
"Yeah, but what's the long name of it?"
So, it's official. I've covered for all of my coworkers at one of the branches. There's some kind of virus plague going around or something because everyone's been out and since I work as an LA2 at the other library I just basically get promoted when I walk through the door. But not a big deal, I'm getting paid more and it's not like I have something else to do really. Yesterday I went in three times. 9-12 1-3 then 6-8. Today was just 9-6. Which is still busy, especially since there was just two of us all day. But since it's so fast if you're there yourself the day flies by pretty quickly. My highlight though was when this older lady called and was like,
"which branch is this one?" i told her
"is it the one by the pizza place?" i suppose that's us
"what's the name of it" i repeated the name
"yeah, but what's the long name of it?" what? then it hit me, the other branches are named after people but we're just named after the street we're on. so i was like, Nope, we're not that creative.
Then she wanted to buy the new George Bush book from us. Again, not booksellers so had to find her the number for Barnes and Noble. But she ended the call with a "oh, bless your heart" so i feel pretty special.
The best part of the whole thing were the other patrons reactions as they were clearly eavesdropping on the conversation and my coworker was on break so it was just me. The guy was like "you should tell her it's the George (street name) branch."
In other news, I get to sleep in tomorrow so I just watched the Bones episode and the Glee episode that I missed. Both very emotional. I actually cried at like each scene that Coach Beiste was in. Damn these strange girl emotions. I'm not sure if I like this season as much as last year. I bought the Xmas album last week tonight I bought the volume 4 soundtrack.
Bones was excellent as always, Enrico Colantoni guest starred!!! and all I could think of was Elliot from Just Shoot Me. I love that show. I like that even Brennan has a little crazy to her.
Tomorrow planning on going to see RED with my brother. Hooray! Gotta love small town theaters that get the movies 3 months after they've been released. But the Deathly Hallows is next week already so that one came pretty quickly. Should be fun. My oldest sister makes fun of me when I go with him though. "Are you that hard up for a date?!" Nope. Just like going to see movies with him. He's a good brother.
"which branch is this one?" i told her
"is it the one by the pizza place?" i suppose that's us
"what's the name of it" i repeated the name
"yeah, but what's the long name of it?" what? then it hit me, the other branches are named after people but we're just named after the street we're on. so i was like, Nope, we're not that creative.
Then she wanted to buy the new George Bush book from us. Again, not booksellers so had to find her the number for Barnes and Noble. But she ended the call with a "oh, bless your heart" so i feel pretty special.
The best part of the whole thing were the other patrons reactions as they were clearly eavesdropping on the conversation and my coworker was on break so it was just me. The guy was like "you should tell her it's the George (street name) branch."
In other news, I get to sleep in tomorrow so I just watched the Bones episode and the Glee episode that I missed. Both very emotional. I actually cried at like each scene that Coach Beiste was in. Damn these strange girl emotions. I'm not sure if I like this season as much as last year. I bought the Xmas album last week tonight I bought the volume 4 soundtrack.
Bones was excellent as always, Enrico Colantoni guest starred!!! and all I could think of was Elliot from Just Shoot Me. I love that show. I like that even Brennan has a little crazy to her.
Tomorrow planning on going to see RED with my brother. Hooray! Gotta love small town theaters that get the movies 3 months after they've been released. But the Deathly Hallows is next week already so that one came pretty quickly. Should be fun. My oldest sister makes fun of me when I go with him though. "Are you that hard up for a date?!" Nope. Just like going to see movies with him. He's a good brother.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sketch and Edit Decorate a Tree
Today was awesome. Only had to work until 1 then I met up with my grad advisor and we basically planned out the next couple years of my life. Serious weight off my mind. I'm still freaking out about the whole grad school thing but knowing which classes to take and when helps a lot.
Tomorrow is back to work as usual, but in the mean time here's another Sketch and Edit to get you into the holiday spirit. This was actually the first one I ever wrote. It's kind of funny that this is where they originated and it went on from here. Hope you enjoy.
Sketch and Edit Decorate a tree
S – “Got the lights?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Tinsel?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Ornaments?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Booze?”
E – “Check.” *gets on chair*
S – “You’re not going to fall again this year are you?”
E – “That was one time! Two years ago! You were the one that spiked my cocoa! I was helpless.”
S – “You took out the tree!”
E – “Again, you spiked my drink.”
S – “You crushed the ornaments!”
E – “They were ugly, still your fault.”
S – “You killed the reindeer!”
E – “They were staring at me, again your fault.”
S – “Then the lights went psycho and caught the tree on fire.”
E – “Which I successfully put out!”
S – “With the tree skirt!”
E – “It was in grabbing distance.”
S – “Now the tree doesn’t even stand straight anymore.”
E – “Still your fault.”
S – “And it makes the room smell like smoke.”
E – “New tradition, part of the Christmas spirit.”
S – “We need a new star.”
E – “Why?”
S – “Because this one’s old and cracked from when it broke your fall.”
E – “Can I light it on fire?”
S – “Sure pyro…as long as you stay away from the house…”
E – “Sweet!”
S – “Be sure to grab the hose to put out the grass fire!”
E – “Haha, very funny.” *grabs matches, lights on fire, drops it, starts grass fire* “Crap!”
ps- Apparently I say the word "crap" a lot at work which Chris thinks is funny and Superwoman also said it so he claims it stands for Chris Really Acts Professional. Gotta love fun coworkers.
Tomorrow is back to work as usual, but in the mean time here's another Sketch and Edit to get you into the holiday spirit. This was actually the first one I ever wrote. It's kind of funny that this is where they originated and it went on from here. Hope you enjoy.
Sketch and Edit Decorate a tree
S – “Got the lights?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Tinsel?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Ornaments?”
E – “Check.”
S – “Booze?”
E – “Check.” *gets on chair*
S – “You’re not going to fall again this year are you?”
E – “That was one time! Two years ago! You were the one that spiked my cocoa! I was helpless.”
S – “You took out the tree!”
E – “Again, you spiked my drink.”
S – “You crushed the ornaments!”
E – “They were ugly, still your fault.”
S – “You killed the reindeer!”
E – “They were staring at me, again your fault.”
S – “Then the lights went psycho and caught the tree on fire.”
E – “Which I successfully put out!”
S – “With the tree skirt!”
E – “It was in grabbing distance.”
S – “Now the tree doesn’t even stand straight anymore.”
E – “Still your fault.”
S – “And it makes the room smell like smoke.”
E – “New tradition, part of the Christmas spirit.”
S – “We need a new star.”
E – “Why?”
S – “Because this one’s old and cracked from when it broke your fall.”
E – “Can I light it on fire?”
S – “Sure pyro…as long as you stay away from the house…”
E – “Sweet!”
S – “Be sure to grab the hose to put out the grass fire!”
E – “Haha, very funny.” *grabs matches, lights on fire, drops it, starts grass fire* “Crap!”
ps- Apparently I say the word "crap" a lot at work which Chris thinks is funny and Superwoman also said it so he claims it stands for Chris Really Acts Professional. Gotta love fun coworkers.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
"You get the jerky, I'll get the nuts."
So I was actually productive today. Shocker for a day off. I got to see my best friend this weekend, hooray! We watched a movie that we both don't remember the plot - I totally konked out of the couch.
Then I got my car registered, it didn't take as long as I thought it would. But I'm just comparing it to what it looks like in the movies and how the lines are so long. Apparently they usually are but at 10:30ish there's kind of a break. There you go, Tip #1, if forced to go to the DMV, do so more than an hour after opening but more than an hour before lunch. Everyone tries to fit it in in the morning or during their lunch hour.
Then I met up with my sisters and got a lot of christmas shopping done. We went to like four places that were on completely different sides of town. Madness. But awesome. It's exciting, I love christmas. And now I have the kids - aka my nieces and nephews - done so all I have left are the brothers and sisters plus my parents. And my cat. But he's not picky. I'll buy him treats and he'll love me forever.
So I bought a lot of books, legos, mario brothers stuff, crafty things and clothing. The hardest part was carrying everything all the way up the stairs in my apartment by myself. I got everything in one trip which was ridiculous but it's freezing outside and I seriously just wanted to be done.
Now I just have the adults to worry about. They're harder than the kids. My sisters usually give me hints or tell me what they want, but what do you get for grown men for christmas? Like brothers-in-law? Other than like socks, which is usually what my mom does. And like pajama pants or something. Sarah says to get her husband "snacky" foods. That's her word not mine. (that's where the title came from.) Which I guess is easy enough and every year I get my other b-i-l coffee from starbucks - like a set of coffee beans, he likes the ethiopian blend - so maybe I'll do that again.
Then there's the parentals. Mom always says she doesn't need anything. And Dad I'm never sure about but I want to get them something good because I just got a car with a lot of their help. They are hard to buy for. But I look forward to the challenge.
Now I'm exhausted. We were all over the place today, hence the tired ramblings. I'm gonna konk out here again soon. Hope you all had a great Monday.
"Cause you were just too busy being fabulous..." That's an actual song? Really? I had never heard of it until today in Sarah's van. Seriously?
Then I got my car registered, it didn't take as long as I thought it would. But I'm just comparing it to what it looks like in the movies and how the lines are so long. Apparently they usually are but at 10:30ish there's kind of a break. There you go, Tip #1, if forced to go to the DMV, do so more than an hour after opening but more than an hour before lunch. Everyone tries to fit it in in the morning or during their lunch hour.
Then I met up with my sisters and got a lot of christmas shopping done. We went to like four places that were on completely different sides of town. Madness. But awesome. It's exciting, I love christmas. And now I have the kids - aka my nieces and nephews - done so all I have left are the brothers and sisters plus my parents. And my cat. But he's not picky. I'll buy him treats and he'll love me forever.
So I bought a lot of books, legos, mario brothers stuff, crafty things and clothing. The hardest part was carrying everything all the way up the stairs in my apartment by myself. I got everything in one trip which was ridiculous but it's freezing outside and I seriously just wanted to be done.
Now I just have the adults to worry about. They're harder than the kids. My sisters usually give me hints or tell me what they want, but what do you get for grown men for christmas? Like brothers-in-law? Other than like socks, which is usually what my mom does. And like pajama pants or something. Sarah says to get her husband "snacky" foods. That's her word not mine. (that's where the title came from.) Which I guess is easy enough and every year I get my other b-i-l coffee from starbucks - like a set of coffee beans, he likes the ethiopian blend - so maybe I'll do that again.
Then there's the parentals. Mom always says she doesn't need anything. And Dad I'm never sure about but I want to get them something good because I just got a car with a lot of their help. They are hard to buy for. But I look forward to the challenge.
Now I'm exhausted. We were all over the place today, hence the tired ramblings. I'm gonna konk out here again soon. Hope you all had a great Monday.
"Cause you were just too busy being fabulous..." That's an actual song? Really? I had never heard of it until today in Sarah's van. Seriously?
Friday, December 3, 2010
Here's a little segment called: "My boss is cooler than your boss."
She called me four times this morning and we figured out my schedule. Apparently I'm working too much! Or so she says. How cool is that? Who's boss says that, seriously?
And she called me sidekick. Woohoo! I love my boss. She's Superwoman.
And she called me sidekick. Woohoo! I love my boss. She's Superwoman.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sketch Gets Some Flowers
This is the real life Sketch's favorite.
S&E Get Some Flowers
E – “What’s with the flowers?”
S – “Just this guy’s demented way of apologizing.”
E – “‘Sorry I tried to run you down with my car?’ I bet the florist doesn’t get to write that one very often.”
S – “Yeah, I thought it was pretty catchy. He’s probably just trying to avoid a lawsuit.”
E – “You gonna tell me what’s going on?”
S – “I can’t right now.”
E – “Why not?”
S – “I gotta go.”
E – “Trolling for Saders? What’s with the outfit?”
S – “I have a date.”
E – “With whom?”
S – “Him.”
E – “The guy who tried to run you down?”
S – “Yeah.”
E – “I’m confused. Who is this guy?”
S – “He’s a jerk. How do I look?”
E – “I don’t like secrets.”
S – “Just the ones you aren’t in on.”
E – “How come you haven’t mentioned him before?”
S – “There was nothing to say.”
E – “He’s not Michael Jackson with a facelift is he?”
S – “No, that card would read ‘I’m sorry I dangled your child off my balcony.’”
E – “Or it’s an invitation to Neverland Ranch.”
S – “I gotta go.”
E – “Watch out for cars...”
S – “Yeah, yeah.”
I'm exhausted, but it was a good day. Tomorrow should be too, I'm off at noon and nothing to avoid!
S&E Get Some Flowers
E – “What’s with the flowers?”
S – “Just this guy’s demented way of apologizing.”
E – “‘Sorry I tried to run you down with my car?’ I bet the florist doesn’t get to write that one very often.”
S – “Yeah, I thought it was pretty catchy. He’s probably just trying to avoid a lawsuit.”
E – “You gonna tell me what’s going on?”
S – “I can’t right now.”
E – “Why not?”
S – “I gotta go.”
E – “Trolling for Saders? What’s with the outfit?”
S – “I have a date.”
E – “With whom?”
S – “Him.”
E – “The guy who tried to run you down?”
S – “Yeah.”
E – “I’m confused. Who is this guy?”
S – “He’s a jerk. How do I look?”
E – “I don’t like secrets.”
S – “Just the ones you aren’t in on.”
E – “How come you haven’t mentioned him before?”
S – “There was nothing to say.”
E – “He’s not Michael Jackson with a facelift is he?”
S – “No, that card would read ‘I’m sorry I dangled your child off my balcony.’”
E – “Or it’s an invitation to Neverland Ranch.”
S – “I gotta go.”
E – “Watch out for cars...”
S – “Yeah, yeah.”
I'm exhausted, but it was a good day. Tomorrow should be too, I'm off at noon and nothing to avoid!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thank God the Dog Days Are Over
Today and yesterday were kind of crappy. I told my grad rep why they were crappy, because apparently I like to ramble to people who have nothing to do with the situation but are very supportive, (which suddenly sounds a lot like a blog) And she said, and I quote, "You do more things right than wrong. Your colleagues speak highly of your energy, good ideas and work ethic." Awwwww... right? Totally lying, but I'll take it. She's awesome. Jalapeno Margaritas awesome! Which is like a 10/10 coming from me.
Hmmm... maybe I should make an official "Scale of Awesome". That might be interesting. Like a 7/10 would be the NCIS marathon that was on tv today. They were all seasons 3 and later and although Ziva is awesome I love Sasha Alexander and Kate was my favorite character until they killed her off. So, good episodes but I had seen them all. Which, I guess, makes sense since I own all the seasons. But there were commercial breaks which seriously made me want to pull out the dvds and watch those episodes without them. And usually I do. But today I cleaned instead.
A 5/10 would be the average day - not too awesome but not crappy enough that I want to yell and throw things.
A 3/10 would be today and yesterday because of the incident, but also because it was good day up until that point.
And a -10/10 would be the movie Rushmore. Two hours of my life that I want back. Seriously. I compare all crappy movies to it.
On a different subject, you know, it's amazing how many chores you can get done when you're avoiding doing something else. Like usually, I put off cleaning my apartment. Because it takes forever and I have no motivation unless my mother is coming to visit. Today, after putting it off for weeks, I needed to register for my grad school class. But, since I didn't want to do that because it involved calling the IT people and having them walk me through it, my apartment is now practically spotless. Like, you can actually see the floor, like all of it! My cat walked around meowing like, "whoa? what's going on? what's that big gray loud thing she's pushing around? maybe i should run and hide in the closet." Which he did, so I vacuumed and now it's all pretty. Don't worry, I'm sure it won't last long.
And, because it's been a crappy week so far, I watched Glee and here's the clip of the week. I bought the song on itunes and have had it blasting in my headphones on repeat. I feel it fits my life at this time.
It's reversely screened but it does the trick. Is that a word? Reveresly? I'm making it one. It seems to me that it's the cast singing it as themselves instead of their characters and that it's not really choreographed. Which I loved.
Hmmm... maybe I should make an official "Scale of Awesome". That might be interesting. Like a 7/10 would be the NCIS marathon that was on tv today. They were all seasons 3 and later and although Ziva is awesome I love Sasha Alexander and Kate was my favorite character until they killed her off. So, good episodes but I had seen them all. Which, I guess, makes sense since I own all the seasons. But there were commercial breaks which seriously made me want to pull out the dvds and watch those episodes without them. And usually I do. But today I cleaned instead.
A 5/10 would be the average day - not too awesome but not crappy enough that I want to yell and throw things.
A 3/10 would be today and yesterday because of the incident, but also because it was good day up until that point.
And a -10/10 would be the movie Rushmore. Two hours of my life that I want back. Seriously. I compare all crappy movies to it.
On a different subject, you know, it's amazing how many chores you can get done when you're avoiding doing something else. Like usually, I put off cleaning my apartment. Because it takes forever and I have no motivation unless my mother is coming to visit. Today, after putting it off for weeks, I needed to register for my grad school class. But, since I didn't want to do that because it involved calling the IT people and having them walk me through it, my apartment is now practically spotless. Like, you can actually see the floor, like all of it! My cat walked around meowing like, "whoa? what's going on? what's that big gray loud thing she's pushing around? maybe i should run and hide in the closet." Which he did, so I vacuumed and now it's all pretty. Don't worry, I'm sure it won't last long.
And, because it's been a crappy week so far, I watched Glee and here's the clip of the week. I bought the song on itunes and have had it blasting in my headphones on repeat. I feel it fits my life at this time.
It's reversely screened but it does the trick. Is that a word? Reveresly? I'm making it one. It seems to me that it's the cast singing it as themselves instead of their characters and that it's not really choreographed. Which I loved.
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