Drama Drama Drama.
Started off the day overloaded with computer questions, then I was constantly running all over the building patrons to items and running supplies all over the place, after that I got yelled at - by a patron while I was helping another patron - it was one of those days.
And what's worse is that we called it as "one of those days" before 11AM. We open at 10.
But it's alright, I stayed busy which made the day move fairly quickly.
Plus Mom stopped by to pick up some books and drop off some fruit, woohoo! I love fruit. I'm weird like that, sorry.
And that was my day.
Aside from homework stuff - emailing my professor about an assignment - and summer reading stuff - emailing my contact about a presentation and getting that all finalized.
So I guess I was productive.
There's so much stuff on my to-do-list right now it's crazy.
First off there's class. Tons and tons of homework due in February, which is fine cause it's class. If there was no homework I wouldn't learn anything, you can only take away so much wisdom from a lecture. But this week I need to schedule an appointment to meet with a cataloger - one not from our system - to talk about the whole processing thing. Then add my input to a group MARC wiki thing, which hopefully I don't completely suck at. Plus read a chapter and some articles and write up a paper on those and submit it. And these are just things that I need to do within the next week and a half.
Then there's Summer Reading stuff, there's a serious amount of planning that goes into this whole extravaganza.
We've got a TAB meeting on the 7th to plan for more Summer Reading stuff, which means I need to make another phone call to a different contact tomorrow so I can figure out if they're interested.
I'm also supposed to be editing a story, well two, for a friend which I've started but am nowhere near finished.
Plus I got a call from my dentist and need to set up an appointment with him and one with Mom to meet with our tax dude cause apparently I need to learn how that works.
Then! There's camp! Which is fastly approaching, but before that even I need to scan all my sheet music, upload it, and e-mail to about 10 people. Yeah. Said I would do that back in August. Look how long it's been and I still haven't gotten to it.
AND! Second Sister is due next week and who knows when that is all going to happen.
So yes, my vacation is officially over and I'm back to the real world. Which isn't so bad. I kinda like the real world.
But it's busy.
And constant.
And constantly busy.
So I should sleep while I can.
"On Moonlight Bay" The Beatles with Morecambe and Wise
funny stuff. though doris day's is classic.
OUT!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Greetings from Boondocks, Iowa!
So Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure was this past weekend.
We rocked it.
Met up halfway between her place and mine, aka Williamsburg, Iowa. Which is like population 2000, but the home place of Roxy's Bar, the Sundown Lounge, a brand new public library, and the Tanger Outlet Mall. Plus, it's about 10 miles away from the Amana Colonies - which we drove through for fun.
We stayed at this Best Western - ya, for population 2000 the place had 3 hotels, 3 Casey's (no seriously, 3 Casey's), and an outlet mall. Where was all that in G-Town? Seriously? We had 1 hotel. Which actually makes me laugh cause there's a story about it involving my sister and a bird, but I'll let you read that here: My Life in Closed Captions: Joys of Small Town Nebraska
So yes, Best Western. And the Best part of all of its Western charm was the random assortment of items that decorated the rooms and hallways. It was like 7's, birds, pineapples and farm animals. Plus some wicker furniture. And a broken pool - not that we're really swimming people, but still.
There were 7's on all the lamps - there were 4 lamps in the room all with 7's and wings on them. I wondered if that was the number lamp they were on, you know with the rock and roll crazies who throw things out the window.
we were surrounded.
And there were pineapples everywhere. Like as fake candleholders in the hallway and decorative headpieces on the bed.
Why?
The lobby was covered in birds. Literally, they were sitting all over the place. All fake. I hope. But it was like we couldn't escape them.
I was a little disturbed by this one:
um? creep factor?
And the pictures were all of either birds or other farm animals. Which I guess makes sense since it was a Best Western, but still.
Remember the Victorian themed room that brought out the Whorehouse vs. Whore's House debate? go here: My Life in Closed Captions: I've liked you for a thousand years, a thousand ye...
Found it. But I'm pretty sure no whores were involved, there were maybe like 3 cars in the parking lot total the whole time we were there. If whores were involved I'm sure creepers of all ages would swarm all over the building.
I think there were more themed rooms than there were regular. We were sane so we went with the regular, but you could stay in the the Oriental Suite, the Hi-Tech Suite (which i wanted to check out), the Frontier Cabin Suite, the Huntsman Suite, the Prarie Cabin Suite, the American Suite, the Vintage Cabin Suite, and the Flyway Suite.
Weird factor.
Even weirder?
Remember how I said there were 3 hotels? 1 of them was in town - we were outside of town, but number 3 in that lineup was next door.
No, literally NEXT DOOR.
It looked like the two hotels were attached, but there was a line of trees between the properties. Reviews said that the people who work at Super 8 - the attached hotel - are super creepy. However, the people that worked in ours were nice so apparently the trees hold off the creeps for another few feet.
We're not big partiers, but it was cool to get together and jam out.
I was sick on Saturday. I get this thing once a year, usually around winter where I'm nauseous all the time for about a month. I went to the doctor once about it and he thought it was morning sickness. Which, obviously it was not, so now I no longer go to the doctor about it.
Here are some interestings notes, questions, quotes, and other random crap I learned on my journey to and from Iowa.
-"Interesting is code for Disgusting." but only when I'm talking about food. cause then I called someone interesting and it backfired on me. well. i guess it could work for some people. i'll work on that one later.
-"Funeral Advantage? Really? Why would you name your insurance that?" i'm still wondering.
-"Diplomat Coffee" yeah, our room rocked. we didn't get just any old coffee, we got diplomat coffee.
-There are apparently 100 things that make a guy undateable. Ask VH1. The countdown was highly amusing.
-"Speed Limit 70" do all states have 70 as the max on their interstates? is 75 just a Nebraska thing? is it because we learned to drive 5 years before everyone else? with all that farm equipment? does that give us the 5-mph-edge?
-What's with the white lines on the interstate in Iowa? I'm not talking about the ones down the middle, there's a white line in the left lane that goes perpendicular to the way you're driving and it's painted like every .2 miles. What's up with that?
-Subway Drama: so this dude I guess got locked in the bathroom at Subway when we were there. He and some other dude and chick went and complained the manager saying he was stuck in there - like Sketch and I got there, ordered, sat down, ate lunch, didn't see the guy this entire time until someone let him out so he must have been in there for a while - so I went over there and there's a sign on the door that said clearly "lock is broken, you may get locked in." so yeah. how he wasn't expecting that confused me. I told Sketch if that happened to me I would text her. She said she'd just laugh and leave me. Thanks for that btw. But I HAVE THE KEYS!
-There is one thing I can escape from if I'm locked in, Sketch's trunk! She has a glow in the dark handle you can pull on if you're locked in and it'll let you out.
i know that this happens all the time on TV, but do people really get locked in other peoples' trunks?
we just really enjoyed the picture because it's not like the guy is just pulling the tab and getting out, he's pulling the tab and running like hell!though i guess i would too if i were in his situation.
-I really can listen to my ipod without skipping songs after all. Turned the thing on when I left town, didn't mess with it at all until I pulled in the drive. 67 songs straight. I was proud. You would be too if you knew how many songs are on there and on average how many I skip to get to a good one.
So, now the prodigal Library Service Associate has returned to a life of library, a fat cat, and a very pregnant Second Sister. Woohoo! Telling you, if she has a boy I'm golden! I don't have to have any! Cause it'll even it out!
Not that I won't have any.
Just.
You know.
Not anytime soon.
Unless you want them to be named The Chad and Batgirl.
Moving on.
Ran into BK today at the library, showed her some good music biographies and introduced her to our music librarian. Was cool seeing her around, will have to meet up sometime for food and a movie.
Work was basically work today, stocking supplies, checking-in the backlog, working public service.
Took Squirt home today after work and got to eat ribs with Oldest Sister and family.
Quotes of the night:
Trivia King: "Math club boys need girlfriends too." apparently Squirt toured her future high school and the boys at the math club table were drooling over her.
Bubby when I was tickling him: "This is the Bubby merchandise, hands off!" the boy cracks me up.
alright, i'm off to bed. carter about tackled me when i got home last night, slept on my stomach and wouldn't get off. i have a feeling it's going to happen again soon within the next few minutes.
OUT!
We rocked it.
Met up halfway between her place and mine, aka Williamsburg, Iowa. Which is like population 2000, but the home place of Roxy's Bar, the Sundown Lounge, a brand new public library, and the Tanger Outlet Mall. Plus, it's about 10 miles away from the Amana Colonies - which we drove through for fun.
We stayed at this Best Western - ya, for population 2000 the place had 3 hotels, 3 Casey's (no seriously, 3 Casey's), and an outlet mall. Where was all that in G-Town? Seriously? We had 1 hotel. Which actually makes me laugh cause there's a story about it involving my sister and a bird, but I'll let you read that here: My Life in Closed Captions: Joys of Small Town Nebraska
So yes, Best Western. And the Best part of all of its Western charm was the random assortment of items that decorated the rooms and hallways. It was like 7's, birds, pineapples and farm animals. Plus some wicker furniture. And a broken pool - not that we're really swimming people, but still.
There were 7's on all the lamps - there were 4 lamps in the room all with 7's and wings on them. I wondered if that was the number lamp they were on, you know with the rock and roll crazies who throw things out the window.
we were surrounded.
And there were pineapples everywhere. Like as fake candleholders in the hallway and decorative headpieces on the bed.
Why?
The lobby was covered in birds. Literally, they were sitting all over the place. All fake. I hope. But it was like we couldn't escape them.
I was a little disturbed by this one:
um? creep factor?
And the pictures were all of either birds or other farm animals. Which I guess makes sense since it was a Best Western, but still.
Remember the Victorian themed room that brought out the Whorehouse vs. Whore's House debate? go here: My Life in Closed Captions: I've liked you for a thousand years, a thousand ye...
Found it. But I'm pretty sure no whores were involved, there were maybe like 3 cars in the parking lot total the whole time we were there. If whores were involved I'm sure creepers of all ages would swarm all over the building.
I think there were more themed rooms than there were regular. We were sane so we went with the regular, but you could stay in the the Oriental Suite, the Hi-Tech Suite (which i wanted to check out), the Frontier Cabin Suite, the Huntsman Suite, the Prarie Cabin Suite, the American Suite, the Vintage Cabin Suite, and the Flyway Suite.
Weird factor.
Even weirder?
Remember how I said there were 3 hotels? 1 of them was in town - we were outside of town, but number 3 in that lineup was next door.
No, literally NEXT DOOR.
It looked like the two hotels were attached, but there was a line of trees between the properties. Reviews said that the people who work at Super 8 - the attached hotel - are super creepy. However, the people that worked in ours were nice so apparently the trees hold off the creeps for another few feet.
We're not big partiers, but it was cool to get together and jam out.
I was sick on Saturday. I get this thing once a year, usually around winter where I'm nauseous all the time for about a month. I went to the doctor once about it and he thought it was morning sickness. Which, obviously it was not, so now I no longer go to the doctor about it.
Here are some interestings notes, questions, quotes, and other random crap I learned on my journey to and from Iowa.
-"Interesting is code for Disgusting." but only when I'm talking about food. cause then I called someone interesting and it backfired on me. well. i guess it could work for some people. i'll work on that one later.
-"Funeral Advantage? Really? Why would you name your insurance that?" i'm still wondering.
-"Diplomat Coffee" yeah, our room rocked. we didn't get just any old coffee, we got diplomat coffee.
-There are apparently 100 things that make a guy undateable. Ask VH1. The countdown was highly amusing.
-"Speed Limit 70" do all states have 70 as the max on their interstates? is 75 just a Nebraska thing? is it because we learned to drive 5 years before everyone else? with all that farm equipment? does that give us the 5-mph-edge?
-What's with the white lines on the interstate in Iowa? I'm not talking about the ones down the middle, there's a white line in the left lane that goes perpendicular to the way you're driving and it's painted like every .2 miles. What's up with that?
-Subway Drama: so this dude I guess got locked in the bathroom at Subway when we were there. He and some other dude and chick went and complained the manager saying he was stuck in there - like Sketch and I got there, ordered, sat down, ate lunch, didn't see the guy this entire time until someone let him out so he must have been in there for a while - so I went over there and there's a sign on the door that said clearly "lock is broken, you may get locked in." so yeah. how he wasn't expecting that confused me. I told Sketch if that happened to me I would text her. She said she'd just laugh and leave me. Thanks for that btw. But I HAVE THE KEYS!
-There is one thing I can escape from if I'm locked in, Sketch's trunk! She has a glow in the dark handle you can pull on if you're locked in and it'll let you out.
i know that this happens all the time on TV, but do people really get locked in other peoples' trunks?
we just really enjoyed the picture because it's not like the guy is just pulling the tab and getting out, he's pulling the tab and running like hell!though i guess i would too if i were in his situation.
-I really can listen to my ipod without skipping songs after all. Turned the thing on when I left town, didn't mess with it at all until I pulled in the drive. 67 songs straight. I was proud. You would be too if you knew how many songs are on there and on average how many I skip to get to a good one.
So, now the prodigal Library Service Associate has returned to a life of library, a fat cat, and a very pregnant Second Sister. Woohoo! Telling you, if she has a boy I'm golden! I don't have to have any! Cause it'll even it out!
Not that I won't have any.
Just.
You know.
Not anytime soon.
Unless you want them to be named The Chad and Batgirl.
Moving on.
Ran into BK today at the library, showed her some good music biographies and introduced her to our music librarian. Was cool seeing her around, will have to meet up sometime for food and a movie.
Work was basically work today, stocking supplies, checking-in the backlog, working public service.
Took Squirt home today after work and got to eat ribs with Oldest Sister and family.
Quotes of the night:
Trivia King: "Math club boys need girlfriends too." apparently Squirt toured her future high school and the boys at the math club table were drooling over her.
Bubby when I was tickling him: "This is the Bubby merchandise, hands off!" the boy cracks me up.
alright, i'm off to bed. carter about tackled me when i got home last night, slept on my stomach and wouldn't get off. i have a feeling it's going to happen again soon within the next few minutes.
OUT!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
"It's not in your face it's in my hand."
Went to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows tonight.
Is was...
Well.
Different from what I was expecting.
And not bad different, just different. Dark but not too dark, intense but not overwhelmingly intense. Lots of comedy, well-written and acted.
I'd give it an 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome.
Just not as fantastic as the original, that one's hard to beat.
I did love Noomi Rapace, she was fantastic and it was good to see her do some comedy totally different from the Millennium Trilogy, plus Robert Downey Jr. is quickly rising to the top of my favorites list as well. And Stephen Fry as Mycroft, oh my god so funny.
Song of the night:
"Satisfaction" Rolling Stones
jam session
actually today i kept jumping back and forth between willie nelson and merle haggard, drove me nuts.
"If you've got the money honey I've got the time" "roaring engines heading somewhere in flight..."
Alright, I'm taking a posting hiatus for the weekend. Yay for Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure! Found some restaurants and all that, should be fun.
You guys deserve a weekend away from me anyway. Reading about my crazy must drive you there as well.
Is was...
Well.
Different from what I was expecting.
And not bad different, just different. Dark but not too dark, intense but not overwhelmingly intense. Lots of comedy, well-written and acted.
I'd give it an 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome.
Just not as fantastic as the original, that one's hard to beat.
I did love Noomi Rapace, she was fantastic and it was good to see her do some comedy totally different from the Millennium Trilogy, plus Robert Downey Jr. is quickly rising to the top of my favorites list as well. And Stephen Fry as Mycroft, oh my god so funny.
Song of the night:
"Satisfaction" Rolling Stones
jam session
actually today i kept jumping back and forth between willie nelson and merle haggard, drove me nuts.
"If you've got the money honey I've got the time" "roaring engines heading somewhere in flight..."
Alright, I'm taking a posting hiatus for the weekend. Yay for Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure! Found some restaurants and all that, should be fun.
You guys deserve a weekend away from me anyway. Reading about my crazy must drive you there as well.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
It ain't me, It ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one
Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure is quickly approaching.
Which is awesome as I haven't seen her in months.
We're gonna jam out, drink, eat, take some pictures...I'll come back with quotes and stories of pure awesomeness. Even though we don't have any definite plans, we're better at just making it up as we go along.
As for today, it was awesome. I guess. Not like stellar awesome, but not awful, okay so it was more like mediocre. According to Ellie if you use the word "awesome" for everything it becomes mediocre. She's the one engaged to "Captain Awesome" on Chuck, he calls him that because everything he does is awesome, even flossing.
So I guess my day was mediocre.
I got all the way through the Summer Reading manual. It gives all these activity ideas. Our theme is darkness and night, but their ideas are completely morbid like tour a morgue, talk to a coroner, design your tombstone, write your epitaph... seriously? Creep factor.
Also switched out my display and cleaned the YA area. I had a books to movies display, now it's "The Name is the Game" where I went through and pulled a bunch of books with clever titles, "Jesus in your Backpack", "Death by Latte", "Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers" - i have no idea what that one's about but I'm intrigued.
I also ran into a bunch of fun titles about getting over your ex, I'm saving those for Valentine's Day, that should be fun.
So that was work, after that I watched Castle - oh my god hysterical when they find the hidden camera I died at their conversation - then finished my homework, woohoo! We had to evaluate 3 online catalogs and make a chart.
I actually ran in to the easiest catalog I've ever seen which was new and exciting, but also - and this is a shocker - a catalog from hell.
THE catalog from hell.
It's pure evil.
And it's not ours.
OH MY GOD, you can't place holds through it, you can't tell what format an item is unless you go into the physical record, the search results aren't sorted, you can't limit your findings, there's not advanced search option, I was like seriously?
I mean, I know our catalog is confusing, but at least it gives you results, with this one you're screwed if you don't know the exact title and author.
Anyway, rant over.
I still have to add some stuff to a group discussion thing but the physical assignment is done and posted, woohoo!
"Fortunate Son" Bruce Springsteen & John Fogerty
live 25th anniversary rock and roll hall of fame concert
amusing to see these old guys jamming like they're teens, but they still rock.
great version, and even though the original is the best, my favorite is still: Jeffster on Chuck They're in full protest mode at the Buy More.
Dude, Hetty just kicked Callen's butt on the climbing wall. She's old but she's fast.
Yeah, I'm back to NCIS:LA cause I went all the way through SVU, don't feel like watching American Pickers which means it's either this or Kitchen Confidential and that was one requires me to stay awake as I haven't seen it.
Out!
Which is awesome as I haven't seen her in months.
We're gonna jam out, drink, eat, take some pictures...I'll come back with quotes and stories of pure awesomeness. Even though we don't have any definite plans, we're better at just making it up as we go along.
As for today, it was awesome. I guess. Not like stellar awesome, but not awful, okay so it was more like mediocre. According to Ellie if you use the word "awesome" for everything it becomes mediocre. She's the one engaged to "Captain Awesome" on Chuck, he calls him that because everything he does is awesome, even flossing.
So I guess my day was mediocre.
I got all the way through the Summer Reading manual. It gives all these activity ideas. Our theme is darkness and night, but their ideas are completely morbid like tour a morgue, talk to a coroner, design your tombstone, write your epitaph... seriously? Creep factor.
Also switched out my display and cleaned the YA area. I had a books to movies display, now it's "The Name is the Game" where I went through and pulled a bunch of books with clever titles, "Jesus in your Backpack", "Death by Latte", "Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers" - i have no idea what that one's about but I'm intrigued.
I also ran into a bunch of fun titles about getting over your ex, I'm saving those for Valentine's Day, that should be fun.
So that was work, after that I watched Castle - oh my god hysterical when they find the hidden camera I died at their conversation - then finished my homework, woohoo! We had to evaluate 3 online catalogs and make a chart.
I actually ran in to the easiest catalog I've ever seen which was new and exciting, but also - and this is a shocker - a catalog from hell.
THE catalog from hell.
It's pure evil.
And it's not ours.
OH MY GOD, you can't place holds through it, you can't tell what format an item is unless you go into the physical record, the search results aren't sorted, you can't limit your findings, there's not advanced search option, I was like seriously?
I mean, I know our catalog is confusing, but at least it gives you results, with this one you're screwed if you don't know the exact title and author.
Anyway, rant over.
I still have to add some stuff to a group discussion thing but the physical assignment is done and posted, woohoo!
"Fortunate Son" Bruce Springsteen & John Fogerty
live 25th anniversary rock and roll hall of fame concert
amusing to see these old guys jamming like they're teens, but they still rock.
great version, and even though the original is the best, my favorite is still: Jeffster on Chuck They're in full protest mode at the Buy More.
Dude, Hetty just kicked Callen's butt on the climbing wall. She's old but she's fast.
Yeah, I'm back to NCIS:LA cause I went all the way through SVU, don't feel like watching American Pickers which means it's either this or Kitchen Confidential and that was one requires me to stay awake as I haven't seen it.
Out!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
She's just the Flavor of the Weak
It was a day of assorted celebrations.
1. I SAW SPACE CADET TODAY!!
We had this database training at a branch that a bunch of us went to - I carpooled with Superwoman which is good cause I would have gotten lost in all that construction.
It was funny cause Space Cadet walked up to Superwoman and smiled and I ran at her. Superwoman was like "I thought she was smiling at me!" I almost tackled her. We sat together for the presentation. It was pretty fun. She gave me movie tickets and coupons, she knows me all too well.
I miss my Home Branch people man, I only get to see Joe Studley when I'm there and he's fun, but he's just one member of our gang. Even the Queen of Awesome is back at work! I haven't seen her since sushi months ago!
The database presentation was actually pretty helpful. I think there were about 20 of us there, plus more go tomorrow. The dude was a little weird, kept coming up with random searches and we figured out we were the raunchy bunch. Which was amusing.
But he did bring us cupcakes. One of them was maple bacon flavored. Seriously?
There was this segment on Rachel Ray once called, "I bet you didn't know you could wrap THAT in bacon." It's times like these that I'm reminded of that.
Also when my favorite Sister-In-Law brought little smokies wrapped in bacon to trivia night. That was awesome.
The database might actually prove useful on Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure, I'm stoked. 3 days! Gotta find places to eat and walk around and all that.
2. Heard back about a possible Summer Reading presentation.
Our theme for teens deals with night and darkness and all that. I took a Criminology class in college and I remember a cop who came to talk to us about forensics. I got the contact info from my prof and got in touch with the cop. She got back to me today, super exciting!
Think the kids will have fun with it, it was a lot of fun in college to learn about blood spatter, fingerprints, moldings and all that.
Plus Mentor was proud of me for taking initiative.
3. Then, I got a letter from the mayor.
Yes, the mayor, congratulating me for perfect attendance in 2011. I know, right?!
I opened it and was like "what?!"
Cause I never call in sick.
And when I do get sick it's on my day off.
Freaking Coach Otte and his "it's all mental" motto.
Stuck with me.
Power through it, it's what we do.
Though I've already killed mine for this year since I've been sick already in January. Bummer man.
After all that I got to jam with my cat and watch the rest of SVU season eight. Sensei is right, not only would Stabler be gone they'd all be gone. Except maybe Munch. Cause he's more about conspiracies than violence. The season finale was huge, bringing back Ludacris who digs up all their dirty little secrets. Big ending.
And of course I have to wait until the next season comes in on interlibrary loan. Which will be a few weeks. So I'll have to distract myself with something else.
Right now I'm back to American Pickers.
Something is seriously seriously wrong when I'm watching this and Red Green and Swamp People when my father isn't even around to make me watch them.
Sooner or later I'll be sitting here watching HeeHaw by myself.
When it comes to that point, someone please promise me you will change the channel.
Seriously.
Moving on, for tonight's music rec's of awesomeness.
"Here In Your Arms" Hellogoodbye
90's summer camp.
"Flavor of the Weak" American Hi-Fi
one of my favorites growing up
OUT!
1. I SAW SPACE CADET TODAY!!
We had this database training at a branch that a bunch of us went to - I carpooled with Superwoman which is good cause I would have gotten lost in all that construction.
It was funny cause Space Cadet walked up to Superwoman and smiled and I ran at her. Superwoman was like "I thought she was smiling at me!" I almost tackled her. We sat together for the presentation. It was pretty fun. She gave me movie tickets and coupons, she knows me all too well.
I miss my Home Branch people man, I only get to see Joe Studley when I'm there and he's fun, but he's just one member of our gang. Even the Queen of Awesome is back at work! I haven't seen her since sushi months ago!
The database presentation was actually pretty helpful. I think there were about 20 of us there, plus more go tomorrow. The dude was a little weird, kept coming up with random searches and we figured out we were the raunchy bunch. Which was amusing.
But he did bring us cupcakes. One of them was maple bacon flavored. Seriously?
There was this segment on Rachel Ray once called, "I bet you didn't know you could wrap THAT in bacon." It's times like these that I'm reminded of that.
Also when my favorite Sister-In-Law brought little smokies wrapped in bacon to trivia night. That was awesome.
The database might actually prove useful on Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure, I'm stoked. 3 days! Gotta find places to eat and walk around and all that.
2. Heard back about a possible Summer Reading presentation.
Our theme for teens deals with night and darkness and all that. I took a Criminology class in college and I remember a cop who came to talk to us about forensics. I got the contact info from my prof and got in touch with the cop. She got back to me today, super exciting!
Think the kids will have fun with it, it was a lot of fun in college to learn about blood spatter, fingerprints, moldings and all that.
Plus Mentor was proud of me for taking initiative.
3. Then, I got a letter from the mayor.
Yes, the mayor, congratulating me for perfect attendance in 2011. I know, right?!
I opened it and was like "what?!"
Cause I never call in sick.
And when I do get sick it's on my day off.
Freaking Coach Otte and his "it's all mental" motto.
Stuck with me.
Power through it, it's what we do.
Though I've already killed mine for this year since I've been sick already in January. Bummer man.
After all that I got to jam with my cat and watch the rest of SVU season eight. Sensei is right, not only would Stabler be gone they'd all be gone. Except maybe Munch. Cause he's more about conspiracies than violence. The season finale was huge, bringing back Ludacris who digs up all their dirty little secrets. Big ending.
And of course I have to wait until the next season comes in on interlibrary loan. Which will be a few weeks. So I'll have to distract myself with something else.
Right now I'm back to American Pickers.
Something is seriously seriously wrong when I'm watching this and Red Green and Swamp People when my father isn't even around to make me watch them.
Sooner or later I'll be sitting here watching HeeHaw by myself.
When it comes to that point, someone please promise me you will change the channel.
Seriously.
Moving on, for tonight's music rec's of awesomeness.
"Here In Your Arms" Hellogoodbye
90's summer camp.
"Flavor of the Weak" American Hi-Fi
one of my favorites growing up
OUT!
Monday, January 23, 2012
but you locked me out of your mind, and left me standing here behind...
Weird.
Pete from Private Practice is a priest on SVU.
But then Bob Saget was a murderer, Bernadette Peters was a lawyer, Paget Brewster was a grieving daughter...
The list goes on.
Though when I saw Paget I actually screamed at the TV. "Awesome!"
It's always fun to see your favorite people as guest stars on random shows.
Like when Angie Harmon turned all evil assassin chick on Chuck, totally did not expect that.
Anyway, SVU. I've made it through to season eight from the beginning.
Got them through the library, I don't think I could own them.
It's a great show, just nothing I want to watch over and over cause it's depressing.
So, Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure takes place in like less than a week.
We're meeting up halfway to celebrate our birthdays.
Stoked.
First vacation vacation I've taken since...oh jeez. I don't even remember the last time I left the state.
Well, that's depressing.
Think it was camping with Second Sister's family. And that was like 5 years ago.
All my other "vacations" are for camp - and that's everything but a vacation. Oh well, it's worth it.
So yes, I'm taking my camera - or my "hand attachment" as she calls it. Though I haven't taken pictures with it in like a year.
Like I said, not much time for a vacation when you're working 40 hours a week, plus taking classes, plus family stuff, plus camp stuff...
So I'm stoked.
Started my homework today, though I had more questions than answers. Glad I have smart friends also taking the class - that's helpful. We just started and I'm already totally lost.
Oh well, I just gotta figure out what books they're talking about so I can figure out how to catalog them. It's a group thing, they divided us up and we're all supposed to add in a bunch of stuff, work together and catalog items.
So if I do something wrong they can fix it. Huzzah!
Once I get that all sorted out I'll be ready to roll on the other stuff. Evaluating catalogs and making a chart.
Easy enough, I just gotta get it done before this weekend since I'll be gone.
I know, sorry, boring ramblings.
What else is exciting?
Umm...went in to work today for two hours. Taught Squirt how to do a trace list.
I used to love doing them at the home library. Kept me entertained for hours.
Though you rarely find anything.
Which is good and bad.
Good cause it means you're doing your job, bad because it gets old fast.
But, on the rare occasion you do find something - and these are things that were supposed to be pulled at one time or another and they weren't where they were supposed to be - you grab it and do a victory dance.
That was our motto when we were done with the lists as well.
Toss it and do a happy dance.
That's what I'll do when I'm finally able to graduate and be done done with school.
No homework, just work work. Though a doctorate sounds like fun.
Hey, a girl can dream.
But I don't want to be one of those lifetime students.
Be overloaded all the time.
Even though it'd be cool to throw "dr" in front of my name. or "phd" at the end of it.
Moving on, Carter and I are gonna jam out to some more Benson and Stabler kicking ass.
How they thought they could replace them I'll never know.
I think I'll stop working my way through the seasons when I get to that point.
They are the show.
Though I am curious as to how they have both Cabot and Novak as lawyers at the same time. Then they're turning into regular Law and Order.
But no, watching that would be promoting the new cast and I refuse.
It's like when all the Criminal Minds fans boycotted until they brought back both AJ and Paget.
I'm old fashioned like that.
More boring ramblings, sorry.
On to the music rec's before I think of something else to bore you with.
"Silver Wings" Merle Haggard LIVE
slowly fading out of sight
"Somebody Like You" Keith Urban
Hey, it's Sloan from Grey's.
Not like Mark Sloan, like Sloan Sloan, the obnoxious gets pregnant daughter.
Plus Sarah Drews in the same episode. Huh.
So far behind on Grey's it's ridiculous.
Apparently they're doing some alternate reality episode.
Or maybe they did and I'm behind on that too.
Anyway, Karev is supposed to be some total nerd.
Plus Bailey in dreadlocks.
Gonna have to tune in to that one.
More boring ramblings.
OUT!
Pete from Private Practice is a priest on SVU.
But then Bob Saget was a murderer, Bernadette Peters was a lawyer, Paget Brewster was a grieving daughter...
The list goes on.
Though when I saw Paget I actually screamed at the TV. "Awesome!"
It's always fun to see your favorite people as guest stars on random shows.
Like when Angie Harmon turned all evil assassin chick on Chuck, totally did not expect that.
Anyway, SVU. I've made it through to season eight from the beginning.
Got them through the library, I don't think I could own them.
It's a great show, just nothing I want to watch over and over cause it's depressing.
So, Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure takes place in like less than a week.
We're meeting up halfway to celebrate our birthdays.
Stoked.
First vacation vacation I've taken since...oh jeez. I don't even remember the last time I left the state.
Well, that's depressing.
Think it was camping with Second Sister's family. And that was like 5 years ago.
All my other "vacations" are for camp - and that's everything but a vacation. Oh well, it's worth it.
So yes, I'm taking my camera - or my "hand attachment" as she calls it. Though I haven't taken pictures with it in like a year.
Like I said, not much time for a vacation when you're working 40 hours a week, plus taking classes, plus family stuff, plus camp stuff...
So I'm stoked.
Started my homework today, though I had more questions than answers. Glad I have smart friends also taking the class - that's helpful. We just started and I'm already totally lost.
Oh well, I just gotta figure out what books they're talking about so I can figure out how to catalog them. It's a group thing, they divided us up and we're all supposed to add in a bunch of stuff, work together and catalog items.
So if I do something wrong they can fix it. Huzzah!
Once I get that all sorted out I'll be ready to roll on the other stuff. Evaluating catalogs and making a chart.
Easy enough, I just gotta get it done before this weekend since I'll be gone.
I know, sorry, boring ramblings.
What else is exciting?
Umm...went in to work today for two hours. Taught Squirt how to do a trace list.
I used to love doing them at the home library. Kept me entertained for hours.
Though you rarely find anything.
Which is good and bad.
Good cause it means you're doing your job, bad because it gets old fast.
But, on the rare occasion you do find something - and these are things that were supposed to be pulled at one time or another and they weren't where they were supposed to be - you grab it and do a victory dance.
That was our motto when we were done with the lists as well.
Toss it and do a happy dance.
That's what I'll do when I'm finally able to graduate and be done done with school.
No homework, just work work. Though a doctorate sounds like fun.
Hey, a girl can dream.
But I don't want to be one of those lifetime students.
Be overloaded all the time.
Even though it'd be cool to throw "dr" in front of my name. or "phd" at the end of it.
Moving on, Carter and I are gonna jam out to some more Benson and Stabler kicking ass.
How they thought they could replace them I'll never know.
I think I'll stop working my way through the seasons when I get to that point.
They are the show.
Though I am curious as to how they have both Cabot and Novak as lawyers at the same time. Then they're turning into regular Law and Order.
But no, watching that would be promoting the new cast and I refuse.
It's like when all the Criminal Minds fans boycotted until they brought back both AJ and Paget.
I'm old fashioned like that.
More boring ramblings, sorry.
On to the music rec's before I think of something else to bore you with.
"Silver Wings" Merle Haggard LIVE
slowly fading out of sight
"Somebody Like You" Keith Urban
Hey, it's Sloan from Grey's.
Not like Mark Sloan, like Sloan Sloan, the obnoxious gets pregnant daughter.
Plus Sarah Drews in the same episode. Huh.
So far behind on Grey's it's ridiculous.
Apparently they're doing some alternate reality episode.
Or maybe they did and I'm behind on that too.
Anyway, Karev is supposed to be some total nerd.
Plus Bailey in dreadlocks.
Gonna have to tune in to that one.
More boring ramblings.
OUT!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
"Go get your groove on somewhere else."
You know, I've heard a lot of excuses from patrons about breaking the rules.
But today's excuse was brand new.
There are a lot of situations that happen at the library that would make for really great sketches on SNL.
The New Girl and I have discussed this. We should just forward them some of our incident reports.
This incident didn't really warrant one, but still.
Guy was hitting on a chick in the lab.
The New Guy told him he couldn't be in the lab if he wasn't signed up to use a computer.
He followed him out and rambled on about him being free to do whatever and all that. "I was just getting my groove on..."
The New Guy was strong, he's a good supervisor.
I would have completely lost it at that point.
Wordie was there to witness it - as he always is.
I was on the phone but overheard the majority of the conversation so I didn't get to comment until after he had left.
Me: "I'm sorry, did he just tell you he was 'getting his groove on' in the lab?"
The New Guy: "Yeah, go get your groove on somewhere else."
Wordie: "You gotta leave your groove outside, inside you gotta be smooth."
He's a poet.
"Too mellow to be one fellow, should've been a dozen."
It's just little stuff like that that makes my day.
That and being semi-productive, even for a Sunday.
Heard back from my college professor today. I took Criminology in college and since the theme for teens summer reading stuff is going to be a night theme I asked about some of the presenters that came and spoke to us. She gave me some tips, I e-mailed them, now I just gotta wait to hear back.
Woohoo! Progress!
After work I headed back to my college town to babysit for Second Sister's children. We jammed at the house, played some Kirby on the wii, watched some Tom and Jerry. They're cute like that.
Even got soup out of the deal. She always makes homemade stuff - our grandma used to make the noodles and there would be so many of them that she had them like hanging off the backs of chairs cause all the tables were already covered with them.
We ate soup for weeks.
Then I got to drive back in the snow and only almost died twice, woohoo!
You know, there are few times in which taking the road untraveled is unwise.
Driving through unplowed snow is one of them.
I'm stoked I don't have to deal with it again until tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully by then the roads will be cleared.
Speaking of tomorrow, totally need to get started on all that homework stuff.
The first assignment isn't huge, but will be time consuming. Analyze three catalogs and compare and contrast under specific categories.
After that I gotta figure out this whole article thing, we're all supposed to find one or present one or I don't know, my brain is fried when I think about all the confusion that's going to take place in my near-distant future.
Music Rec's
I would post "groove is in the heart" to go with today's excitement but I just did that a few weeks ago.
I'll hit you with a classic.
"Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Baby
they look fantastic live. but they've got years of practice.
and one that's been in my head.
"Everything's Just Wonderful" Lily Allen
i call this one the "Grocery Store Song" cause the melody sounds like something you'd hear in the background while shopping. or riding an elevator. or something. but then the lyrics totally thwart that. love it.
Carter and I are gonna jam out, watch some TV then crash.
keep on rock'n me baby...keep on rock'n me baby...keep on rock'n baby...keep on rock'n me baby, baby baby baby...
But today's excuse was brand new.
There are a lot of situations that happen at the library that would make for really great sketches on SNL.
The New Girl and I have discussed this. We should just forward them some of our incident reports.
This incident didn't really warrant one, but still.
Guy was hitting on a chick in the lab.
The New Guy told him he couldn't be in the lab if he wasn't signed up to use a computer.
He followed him out and rambled on about him being free to do whatever and all that. "I was just getting my groove on..."
The New Guy was strong, he's a good supervisor.
I would have completely lost it at that point.
Wordie was there to witness it - as he always is.
I was on the phone but overheard the majority of the conversation so I didn't get to comment until after he had left.
Me: "I'm sorry, did he just tell you he was 'getting his groove on' in the lab?"
The New Guy: "Yeah, go get your groove on somewhere else."
Wordie: "You gotta leave your groove outside, inside you gotta be smooth."
He's a poet.
"Too mellow to be one fellow, should've been a dozen."
It's just little stuff like that that makes my day.
That and being semi-productive, even for a Sunday.
Heard back from my college professor today. I took Criminology in college and since the theme for teens summer reading stuff is going to be a night theme I asked about some of the presenters that came and spoke to us. She gave me some tips, I e-mailed them, now I just gotta wait to hear back.
Woohoo! Progress!
After work I headed back to my college town to babysit for Second Sister's children. We jammed at the house, played some Kirby on the wii, watched some Tom and Jerry. They're cute like that.
Even got soup out of the deal. She always makes homemade stuff - our grandma used to make the noodles and there would be so many of them that she had them like hanging off the backs of chairs cause all the tables were already covered with them.
We ate soup for weeks.
Then I got to drive back in the snow and only almost died twice, woohoo!
You know, there are few times in which taking the road untraveled is unwise.
Driving through unplowed snow is one of them.
I'm stoked I don't have to deal with it again until tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully by then the roads will be cleared.
Speaking of tomorrow, totally need to get started on all that homework stuff.
The first assignment isn't huge, but will be time consuming. Analyze three catalogs and compare and contrast under specific categories.
After that I gotta figure out this whole article thing, we're all supposed to find one or present one or I don't know, my brain is fried when I think about all the confusion that's going to take place in my near-distant future.
Music Rec's
I would post "groove is in the heart" to go with today's excitement but I just did that a few weeks ago.
I'll hit you with a classic.
"Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Baby
they look fantastic live. but they've got years of practice.
and one that's been in my head.
"Everything's Just Wonderful" Lily Allen
i call this one the "Grocery Store Song" cause the melody sounds like something you'd hear in the background while shopping. or riding an elevator. or something. but then the lyrics totally thwart that. love it.
Carter and I are gonna jam out, watch some TV then crash.
keep on rock'n me baby...keep on rock'n me baby...keep on rock'n baby...keep on rock'n me baby, baby baby baby...
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sail on, Silver Girl
All day at the home branch with Joe Studley. He would have rocked it at trivia night, he's all about that stuff. It'd be interesting to do a library version of that. I'm already thinking about doing one for camp.
It was a good day, flew by pretty quickly. Usually, Saturdays are pretty slow, but today was ridiculously packed with people. And always when there was just one of us at the desk.
But Mom stopped by with some food for my fridge. She rocks. Or maybe she's just worried about my eating habits. Last time she checked my fridge it was filled with nothing but liquor. But that's cause I rarely drink it so it builds up.
Anyway, she brought me food.
And pop.
Best Mom ever.
After that it was movie night with the boyfriend. Or, TV on DVD night with the boyfriend.
Chuck Season One.
Cause it's awesome.
I miss this show, it was my life for months, got all the way to season three but had to wait for season four. Somewhere along the way I got distracted.
Anyway now I'm exhausted, so I'm out.
Songs of the Day:
"Jet Airliner" Steve Miller Band
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
It was a good day, flew by pretty quickly. Usually, Saturdays are pretty slow, but today was ridiculously packed with people. And always when there was just one of us at the desk.
But Mom stopped by with some food for my fridge. She rocks. Or maybe she's just worried about my eating habits. Last time she checked my fridge it was filled with nothing but liquor. But that's cause I rarely drink it so it builds up.
Anyway, she brought me food.
And pop.
Best Mom ever.
After that it was movie night with the boyfriend. Or, TV on DVD night with the boyfriend.
Chuck Season One.
Cause it's awesome.
I miss this show, it was my life for months, got all the way to season three but had to wait for season four. Somewhere along the way I got distracted.
Anyway now I'm exhausted, so I'm out.
Songs of the Day:
"Jet Airliner" Steve Miller Band
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
Friday, January 20, 2012
"Hey, I got flax!"
Oldest Sister screams as my brother drives away. He claimed that tonight proved who was smartest.
Oh my god.
Trivia night was awesome!
We walked in and people were decked out in costumes, apparently some sort of theme competition, we threw out some possibles for next year mostly retro TV related.
The team that one called themselves "Cheeses of Nazareth" you know, as opposed Jesus of Nazareth. They were all in yellow with cheese hats and certain types of cheese written on their backs. One of them was "Shredded" and her shirt was all cut up.
We voted for the "Almost Heroes" team, which included a guy wearing an ironing board on his back for Iron Man, one dressed as Batman who turned out to be an old friend of my brother's, and an old guy dress entirely in green carrying around a lantern for Green Lantern.
The night itself went smoothly, flew by pretty quickly even though it was like 3 hours, or longer.
There were 28 tables, and we didn't get last.
Or second to last.
Or third to last.
Notice how I'm stopping there?
But we weren't aiming to win, just to have fun.
We ended with a 63, which is actually pretty impressive because those questions were about the most obscure group of information, seriously. It was our first year, we'll do better next year. Technically we were a man down compared to the other teams, next year with the Trivia King we'll dominate.
Okay, so there were ten rounds with ten questions each. We had ten sheets of paper with lines on them, we wrote in our answer them took them to the front for the judges to keep count and put the totals on the projector.
Between rounds you were encouraged to drink at the cash bar - btw it was at the fairgrounds and not my nephew's school total bummer cause that would have been funnier - vote in the silent auction or pay to play "Dead or Alive" or "Heads or Tails". This gave the judges time to go over the answers and come up with a talley.
Here were the categories:
State of the Union
-Okay, who knows which bird is the most common State Bird in the United States? Seriously?
Syndication Nation
-We rocked this category. I think we got 9 out of 10. AND! Remember how I said in Friends Trivia we would dominate? Yeah, "Which Friends character is played by actress Lisa Kudrow?" was amongst the questions. We kind of wanted to put down Regina Falange, but refrained.
Also, remember how I had the Gilligan's Island theme song stuck in my head for like an entire day? It paid off, one of the questions was "what was the name of the ship from Gilligan's Island?" "if not for the courage of the fearless crew the Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost." Rocked it.
Logo Land
-This one was cool, they put pictures up on the screen - well all the questions were put on the screen as they were asked but this was an actual image - of logos that represent certain companies or websites or cars or whatever. I think we missed like 2out of that one.
Fabric of Society
-"I got flax!" Oldest Sister was pretty proud of that answer, and seriously, as the officially knitter in our family she owned this one. Along with Second Sister and Favorite Sister-In-Law. I'm not so much for fabric, as you could probably tell as today I was dragged clothes shopping.
Acting Uncivil
-Favorite Sister-In-Law told my brother that this was his category. I don't think we did so well with this one.
Red Heads
-Yeah. Not what you think. As we are Nebraskans, it was all Husker related. Which was basically all my big brother. And me. I got the volleyball question, he was all over the football and the baseball and all that. Wrestling? Did anyone get that one right?
Faithful and True
-It was sponsored by a Lutheran grade school so you knew they'd have to throw in some bible trivia. I am proud to say that I dominated this category. Correcting Oldest Sister and the boyfriend. Which patriarch had his name changed to Israel? Abram changed to Abraham but it was JACOB that was changed to Israel after he wrestled with God. I told Sister-In-Law to change the answer as she was our scribe. They were like, "if it was Abraham..." yeah they announced it as Jacob and I rocked it.
Our Hometown
-Second Sister lives there now but yeah, I think we got like 4 out of 10 on this one. It wasn't pretty. I lived in this town for four years and I still couldn't answer a single question. Aside from bank clocks, have many clock faces can you see from the Town Square? What graphic is posted on this building? The boyfriend and I teamed up for the library question, I was proud.
The Year That Was
-These were all questions about events that happened last year, we did okay.
Grab Bag
-Was the definition of random trivia. It was like, okay these questions don't really fit into any category so we'll group them together and call it a grab bag. Makes sense.
So we all had our own specialized areas.
Oldest Sister dominated the fabric one. She was also good at the bible stuff and threw out some syndication stuff. Retro sitcoms mostly.
Second Sister was proud of her answers when she answered, though one of them was actually mine. It was about a bookstore that closed it's doors, she looks at me and says "It wasn't Barnes and Noble what's the name of the other one?" "Borders." "Woohoo!" She brought the majority of the food - cause you brought your own as they just provided drinks.
My Brother-in-Law did well with geography and also the hometown category. It was interesting because I lived there for four years and he's noticed a lot more stuff for just being there three. Granted he's more visual and observant than me, plus college was not exactly a highlight of my existence.
Favorite Sister-in-Law and I teamed up for a lot of the syndication stuff. She was also our scribe.
Older Brother rocked the sports stuff and he was good with geography and history as well.
As for me, I had book and bible-related stuff, plus some random sports and I was all over the syndication stuff. I was also what they loving referred to as "The runner" where I would grab our answers and run them up to the judges table. They picked me because I got new jeans and they apparently wanted to look at my butt. I told the boyfriend he wasn't allowed to stare at my ass in front of my siblings.
Then The Boyfriend had everything else.
Literally.
They called him "Answer Boy". When he got up from the table they were scared he wouldn't be back in time for the next round.
I was super proud and very impressed. Geography, TV, car logos, husker stuff, bible stuff, Seward stuff, and history he did really well. We said that him and the Trivia King would dominate.
I was also told that if for some reason we were to break up he was still coming next year.
It was funny cause when we were introduced to Second Sister's friends he was named as my "special friend", yeah he's special alright. Joking.
And he did really well while being thrown to the vipers. Second Sister asked for his intentions right away, we told him about my ex sending her a two page letter. He joked and said he's send her a three page one, or a video.
Quotes of the Day:
Squirt: "I don't need makeup, I'm a lovely person!" I was talked into putting some on, but this is what Second Sister at one point said to Squirt.
"Hurry up, my sparkles are freezing off!" she has sparkle butt jeans. and it was cold walking back to the car.
"I always thought it was 'Letter B'" instead of "Let It Be" by the Beatles. There will be an answer, Letter B.
Rec's
"The Middle" Jimmy Eat World
"Little Bitty Pretty One" Huey Lewis and the News
Oh my god.
Trivia night was awesome!
We walked in and people were decked out in costumes, apparently some sort of theme competition, we threw out some possibles for next year mostly retro TV related.
The team that one called themselves "Cheeses of Nazareth" you know, as opposed Jesus of Nazareth. They were all in yellow with cheese hats and certain types of cheese written on their backs. One of them was "Shredded" and her shirt was all cut up.
We voted for the "Almost Heroes" team, which included a guy wearing an ironing board on his back for Iron Man, one dressed as Batman who turned out to be an old friend of my brother's, and an old guy dress entirely in green carrying around a lantern for Green Lantern.
The night itself went smoothly, flew by pretty quickly even though it was like 3 hours, or longer.
There were 28 tables, and we didn't get last.
Or second to last.
Or third to last.
Notice how I'm stopping there?
But we weren't aiming to win, just to have fun.
We ended with a 63, which is actually pretty impressive because those questions were about the most obscure group of information, seriously. It was our first year, we'll do better next year. Technically we were a man down compared to the other teams, next year with the Trivia King we'll dominate.
Okay, so there were ten rounds with ten questions each. We had ten sheets of paper with lines on them, we wrote in our answer them took them to the front for the judges to keep count and put the totals on the projector.
Between rounds you were encouraged to drink at the cash bar - btw it was at the fairgrounds and not my nephew's school total bummer cause that would have been funnier - vote in the silent auction or pay to play "Dead or Alive" or "Heads or Tails". This gave the judges time to go over the answers and come up with a talley.
Here were the categories:
State of the Union
-Okay, who knows which bird is the most common State Bird in the United States? Seriously?
Syndication Nation
-We rocked this category. I think we got 9 out of 10. AND! Remember how I said in Friends Trivia we would dominate? Yeah, "Which Friends character is played by actress Lisa Kudrow?" was amongst the questions. We kind of wanted to put down Regina Falange, but refrained.
Also, remember how I had the Gilligan's Island theme song stuck in my head for like an entire day? It paid off, one of the questions was "what was the name of the ship from Gilligan's Island?" "if not for the courage of the fearless crew the Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost." Rocked it.
Logo Land
-This one was cool, they put pictures up on the screen - well all the questions were put on the screen as they were asked but this was an actual image - of logos that represent certain companies or websites or cars or whatever. I think we missed like 2out of that one.
Fabric of Society
-"I got flax!" Oldest Sister was pretty proud of that answer, and seriously, as the officially knitter in our family she owned this one. Along with Second Sister and Favorite Sister-In-Law. I'm not so much for fabric, as you could probably tell as today I was dragged clothes shopping.
Acting Uncivil
-Favorite Sister-In-Law told my brother that this was his category. I don't think we did so well with this one.
Red Heads
-Yeah. Not what you think. As we are Nebraskans, it was all Husker related. Which was basically all my big brother. And me. I got the volleyball question, he was all over the football and the baseball and all that. Wrestling? Did anyone get that one right?
Faithful and True
-It was sponsored by a Lutheran grade school so you knew they'd have to throw in some bible trivia. I am proud to say that I dominated this category. Correcting Oldest Sister and the boyfriend. Which patriarch had his name changed to Israel? Abram changed to Abraham but it was JACOB that was changed to Israel after he wrestled with God. I told Sister-In-Law to change the answer as she was our scribe. They were like, "if it was Abraham..." yeah they announced it as Jacob and I rocked it.
Our Hometown
-Second Sister lives there now but yeah, I think we got like 4 out of 10 on this one. It wasn't pretty. I lived in this town for four years and I still couldn't answer a single question. Aside from bank clocks, have many clock faces can you see from the Town Square? What graphic is posted on this building? The boyfriend and I teamed up for the library question, I was proud.
The Year That Was
-These were all questions about events that happened last year, we did okay.
Grab Bag
-Was the definition of random trivia. It was like, okay these questions don't really fit into any category so we'll group them together and call it a grab bag. Makes sense.
So we all had our own specialized areas.
Oldest Sister dominated the fabric one. She was also good at the bible stuff and threw out some syndication stuff. Retro sitcoms mostly.
Second Sister was proud of her answers when she answered, though one of them was actually mine. It was about a bookstore that closed it's doors, she looks at me and says "It wasn't Barnes and Noble what's the name of the other one?" "Borders." "Woohoo!" She brought the majority of the food - cause you brought your own as they just provided drinks.
My Brother-in-Law did well with geography and also the hometown category. It was interesting because I lived there for four years and he's noticed a lot more stuff for just being there three. Granted he's more visual and observant than me, plus college was not exactly a highlight of my existence.
Favorite Sister-in-Law and I teamed up for a lot of the syndication stuff. She was also our scribe.
Older Brother rocked the sports stuff and he was good with geography and history as well.
As for me, I had book and bible-related stuff, plus some random sports and I was all over the syndication stuff. I was also what they loving referred to as "The runner" where I would grab our answers and run them up to the judges table. They picked me because I got new jeans and they apparently wanted to look at my butt. I told the boyfriend he wasn't allowed to stare at my ass in front of my siblings.
Then The Boyfriend had everything else.
Literally.
They called him "Answer Boy". When he got up from the table they were scared he wouldn't be back in time for the next round.
I was super proud and very impressed. Geography, TV, car logos, husker stuff, bible stuff, Seward stuff, and history he did really well. We said that him and the Trivia King would dominate.
I was also told that if for some reason we were to break up he was still coming next year.
It was funny cause when we were introduced to Second Sister's friends he was named as my "special friend", yeah he's special alright. Joking.
And he did really well while being thrown to the vipers. Second Sister asked for his intentions right away, we told him about my ex sending her a two page letter. He joked and said he's send her a three page one, or a video.
Quotes of the Day:
Squirt: "I don't need makeup, I'm a lovely person!" I was talked into putting some on, but this is what Second Sister at one point said to Squirt.
"Hurry up, my sparkles are freezing off!" she has sparkle butt jeans. and it was cold walking back to the car.
"I always thought it was 'Letter B'" instead of "Let It Be" by the Beatles. There will be an answer, Letter B.
Rec's
"The Middle" Jimmy Eat World
"Little Bitty Pretty One" Huey Lewis and the News
Thursday, January 19, 2012
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
Oh my god.
Ranger Gord is an idiot.
So I'm watching more Red Green, yes without my father. What is wrong with this picture?
But it's due next week and I have all this stuff checked out that I need to get through, plus I should really start on some of that homework. Maybe I'll consider looking it over tomorrow.
Even though it's my day off.
Technically nothing is due until like the 29th, but I should start earlier.
Cause that was one of my resolutions, avoid procrastination if at all possible.
Which it usually is.
But where's the fun in that?
Today was interesting.
Remember the crazy obnoxious stalker dude from yesterday?
Yeah, ran into him again today. at lunch. shaking everybody's hand in the place. I freaked. But the employee kicked him out before he could make it to our table.
That would have been really bad.
We have another new guy at the library. First day today, I got to train him on the desk. He picked it up pretty quickly, although with the new system there's a lot of stuff to pick up all at once.
I'll have to come up with a nickname for him cause I already have The New Guy. Though he's not so new anymore. But he's newer than me. So that makes him still new.
And the New New Guy would just sound redundant. I'll work on that.
Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!
Sleeping in, awesomeness, but then of course Oldest Sister is dragging me clothes shopping cause apparently I need new jeans.
They don't like it when I drag my feet and it tears the bottoms to shreds.
It's habit, sorry.
But then after that is some sort of trivia night at my nephew's school. I really REALLY enjoy that there's going to be a cashbar... at his school. That really just makes me laugh.
We might need it.
The Boyfriend is braving the wild and joining our team. As in me and my siblings.
Viper pit much?
Should be interesting.
Not that any of them are bad, they're just protective and sarcastic.
For instance, Second Sister - on her wedding day, at her reception, during the dollar dance - asked my boyfriend of the time what his intentions were. And that was at her wedding. Granted he was goofy right back and wrote her a two page letter.
For serious.
I'm sensing a theme for her meeting my boyfriends. Cause then she was getting married.
Now she's pregnant.
And with either of these times she's allowed to be crazy, cause it's either Her Day or Hormones as excuses to blame it on.
No, I'm not worried.
They're protective but when it's all of us together we're just goofy. It can get pretty hysterical. I have a lot of one-liners to prove that. Set for life in that aspect.
Though I am bummed cause my oldest brother-in-law won't be able to make it, and he's like the trivia king. With him we would dominate.
But we're not aiming to dominate, just to have fun and drink lots.
Gotta support the school, you know?
Sorry, that's still funny.
Anyway, I'm gonna get back to my Red Green then konk out.
I'll let you know how tomorrow goes, in the meantime jam out to these.
Throwback Thursday
"Johnny B. Goode" Elvis
you know, if i didn't already know the lyrics i would be completely lost by this version. especially that first verse, i think i could only make out a few words.
Down to Louisiana...New Orleans...Johnny B. Goode...so well...guitar...
and that's all i got out of that verse.
"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash
love him live. they came out with a new video for this song and put it on vevo, it's AWFUL! they put a backbeat to it, made it sound like a rap, completely killed the song.
he's johnny cash. give him a guitar and that's all you need.
"You've Lost that Loving Feeling" The Righteous Brothers
whoa, that loving feeling...
Ranger Gord is an idiot.
So I'm watching more Red Green, yes without my father. What is wrong with this picture?
But it's due next week and I have all this stuff checked out that I need to get through, plus I should really start on some of that homework. Maybe I'll consider looking it over tomorrow.
Even though it's my day off.
Technically nothing is due until like the 29th, but I should start earlier.
Cause that was one of my resolutions, avoid procrastination if at all possible.
Which it usually is.
But where's the fun in that?
Today was interesting.
Remember the crazy obnoxious stalker dude from yesterday?
Yeah, ran into him again today. at lunch. shaking everybody's hand in the place. I freaked. But the employee kicked him out before he could make it to our table.
That would have been really bad.
We have another new guy at the library. First day today, I got to train him on the desk. He picked it up pretty quickly, although with the new system there's a lot of stuff to pick up all at once.
I'll have to come up with a nickname for him cause I already have The New Guy. Though he's not so new anymore. But he's newer than me. So that makes him still new.
And the New New Guy would just sound redundant. I'll work on that.
Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!
Sleeping in, awesomeness, but then of course Oldest Sister is dragging me clothes shopping cause apparently I need new jeans.
They don't like it when I drag my feet and it tears the bottoms to shreds.
It's habit, sorry.
But then after that is some sort of trivia night at my nephew's school. I really REALLY enjoy that there's going to be a cashbar... at his school. That really just makes me laugh.
We might need it.
The Boyfriend is braving the wild and joining our team. As in me and my siblings.
Viper pit much?
Should be interesting.
Not that any of them are bad, they're just protective and sarcastic.
For instance, Second Sister - on her wedding day, at her reception, during the dollar dance - asked my boyfriend of the time what his intentions were. And that was at her wedding. Granted he was goofy right back and wrote her a two page letter.
For serious.
I'm sensing a theme for her meeting my boyfriends. Cause then she was getting married.
Now she's pregnant.
And with either of these times she's allowed to be crazy, cause it's either Her Day or Hormones as excuses to blame it on.
No, I'm not worried.
They're protective but when it's all of us together we're just goofy. It can get pretty hysterical. I have a lot of one-liners to prove that. Set for life in that aspect.
Though I am bummed cause my oldest brother-in-law won't be able to make it, and he's like the trivia king. With him we would dominate.
But we're not aiming to dominate, just to have fun and drink lots.
Gotta support the school, you know?
Sorry, that's still funny.
Anyway, I'm gonna get back to my Red Green then konk out.
I'll let you know how tomorrow goes, in the meantime jam out to these.
Throwback Thursday
"Johnny B. Goode" Elvis
you know, if i didn't already know the lyrics i would be completely lost by this version. especially that first verse, i think i could only make out a few words.
Down to Louisiana...New Orleans...Johnny B. Goode...so well...guitar...
and that's all i got out of that verse.
"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash
love him live. they came out with a new video for this song and put it on vevo, it's AWFUL! they put a backbeat to it, made it sound like a rap, completely killed the song.
he's johnny cash. give him a guitar and that's all you need.
"You've Lost that Loving Feeling" The Righteous Brothers
whoa, that loving feeling...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Let's Go To The Hop
There are no words to describe today.
Well, maybe a few.
But they are of the four letter variety.
And they weren't said by me. Just crazies who yell them in the library.
It was a day for incident reports.
Serious serious serious incident reports.
Seriously.
Like, I've been followed to the cash register, I've been hit on by old ladies, I've been slipped phone numbers by homeboys that call me "shortie" and all that crap, but today just...
I was creeped out.
Literally creeped out.
Have you ever seen that episode of Grey's Anatomy when Meredith is on morphine for her appendectomy? And George and Finn and McDreamy are all there and she looks at Bailey and says, "All my boyfriends are here!" all dreamily.
I said that today.
But instead of boyfriends it was "All my stalkers are here!" I did my best Meredith on morphine imitation.
As I hid in the back room.
First, this drunk dude comes up to me at the desk, tells me he doesn't have a card, he doesn't want to look at books, he wants to look at me. Then asks me for money or something cause he was hungry.
Thank god for John Boy, seriously, knight in shining armor. I took off but the dude followed me.
So yeah, I ran.
To Superwoman.
Which is actually who I run to most of the time when I'm being stalked or feel totally creeped out. Cause she's awesome like that.
Although today when I walked in she was like,
"Wow, you haven't had someone follow you around in a while."
"Yeah, a whole two days, WOOHOO!"
Cause there's serious need for celebration when that lasts longer than 24 hours.
Anyway, then I go back out to the desk where I run into the old lady who searches me out and all that, then the foreign dude who's always hitting on me and talking about my jewelry.
I feel like I should just stop wearing jewelry.
But then I'm sure he would comment on that!
So yes, all my stalkers were there.
Well, most of the current ones.
Yes, there are more than one, and no I'm really not so appreciative of that.
Though, with the New Girl today, we did have fun writing our incident reports.
Mostly because we started singing The Beatles but changed it to "Can't Find Me Love" cause that's what the dude said somewhere amongst his drunken ramblings.
Then just as we were singing it the awesomeness that is Barb walked by, paused, turned around and we just laughed. Busted. Told her she'd understand when she checked her e-mail the next day.
Quote of the day:
Me: "They made a version of that for kids?"
Trainee: "Yeah, they probably have one for dogs too."
gotta love it when an adult book is so popular they put it in kids format and shelve in the jNonfiction. "Heaven Is For Real", that book is freakin' everywhere.
Actually, there are more quotes from today but the majority came from the 2 hour conversation I just had with Sketch and therefore I can't repeat a lot of them...
I had some sort of epiphany and realized that all of my ex-boyfriends hate her. They don't dislike her, they actually hate her.
Not that she doesn't hate them back, so yeah, we were talking about the current boyfriend and I told her she wasn't allowed to threaten his manhood.
Cause I actually like this one.
We'll see how long that lasts.
Songs of the day: Cause you can never go wrong with the classics,
Way Back Wednesday
"At The Hop" Danny & The Juniors
okay, what is going on at 1:23 exactly?
"Dream Baby" Roy Orbison
it's like a game of "name that artist!" i do enjoy jennifer warnes' dance moves as a backup singer. but you've got springsteen, costello, waits, raitt, lang, i'm sure there are others but i'm falling asleep.
i'm diggin' it.
Well, maybe a few.
But they are of the four letter variety.
And they weren't said by me. Just crazies who yell them in the library.
It was a day for incident reports.
Serious serious serious incident reports.
Seriously.
Like, I've been followed to the cash register, I've been hit on by old ladies, I've been slipped phone numbers by homeboys that call me "shortie" and all that crap, but today just...
I was creeped out.
Literally creeped out.
Have you ever seen that episode of Grey's Anatomy when Meredith is on morphine for her appendectomy? And George and Finn and McDreamy are all there and she looks at Bailey and says, "All my boyfriends are here!" all dreamily.
I said that today.
But instead of boyfriends it was "All my stalkers are here!" I did my best Meredith on morphine imitation.
As I hid in the back room.
First, this drunk dude comes up to me at the desk, tells me he doesn't have a card, he doesn't want to look at books, he wants to look at me. Then asks me for money or something cause he was hungry.
Thank god for John Boy, seriously, knight in shining armor. I took off but the dude followed me.
So yeah, I ran.
To Superwoman.
Which is actually who I run to most of the time when I'm being stalked or feel totally creeped out. Cause she's awesome like that.
Although today when I walked in she was like,
"Wow, you haven't had someone follow you around in a while."
"Yeah, a whole two days, WOOHOO!"
Cause there's serious need for celebration when that lasts longer than 24 hours.
Anyway, then I go back out to the desk where I run into the old lady who searches me out and all that, then the foreign dude who's always hitting on me and talking about my jewelry.
I feel like I should just stop wearing jewelry.
But then I'm sure he would comment on that!
So yes, all my stalkers were there.
Well, most of the current ones.
Yes, there are more than one, and no I'm really not so appreciative of that.
Though, with the New Girl today, we did have fun writing our incident reports.
Mostly because we started singing The Beatles but changed it to "Can't Find Me Love" cause that's what the dude said somewhere amongst his drunken ramblings.
Then just as we were singing it the awesomeness that is Barb walked by, paused, turned around and we just laughed. Busted. Told her she'd understand when she checked her e-mail the next day.
Quote of the day:
Me: "They made a version of that for kids?"
Trainee: "Yeah, they probably have one for dogs too."
gotta love it when an adult book is so popular they put it in kids format and shelve in the jNonfiction. "Heaven Is For Real", that book is freakin' everywhere.
Actually, there are more quotes from today but the majority came from the 2 hour conversation I just had with Sketch and therefore I can't repeat a lot of them...
I had some sort of epiphany and realized that all of my ex-boyfriends hate her. They don't dislike her, they actually hate her.
Not that she doesn't hate them back, so yeah, we were talking about the current boyfriend and I told her she wasn't allowed to threaten his manhood.
Cause I actually like this one.
We'll see how long that lasts.
Songs of the day: Cause you can never go wrong with the classics,
Way Back Wednesday
"At The Hop" Danny & The Juniors
okay, what is going on at 1:23 exactly?
"Dream Baby" Roy Orbison
it's like a game of "name that artist!" i do enjoy jennifer warnes' dance moves as a backup singer. but you've got springsteen, costello, waits, raitt, lang, i'm sure there are others but i'm falling asleep.
i'm diggin' it.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
"C'est la vie" say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell.
My day rocked.
One of those days when I looked up at the clock and went, it's 4:00 already?
Which is good, because the day began when I walked out, saw my car covered in snow and went, WHAT?!
You know, this whole winter in Nebraska thing is messed up. Today was normal weather for a winter in Nebraska. But it felt abnormal.
Like I walked out, saw the car and was confused.
Who gets confused about snow in winter?
Someone who's getting used to this whole 50 degrees in December and January thing.
I was sad there was no snow to sled over winter break, but then I started digging the nice weather.
Although, if this is nice weather in winter, what is summer going to be like?
Maybe this whole global warming thing really is taking over.
AHHHH!!
We're toast!!!
Or we're going to be TOASTED!!
I don't know. Shut me up now.
I've been watching too many episodes of 2 Broke Girls.
I caught back up, oh my god, Jennifer Coolidge as the crazy neighbor - FANTASTIC! I love her. She highly amuses me.
She's all over the place! Even The Closer - "I entered your picture in the ugly contest and you won the grand prize!!"
Though my favorite is still her Friends guest appearance. "If you don't want to get me on my mobile, then don't call me on my mobile!"
Aww, Friends. That was a great show. I think I reference it at least once a week.
I'd do it more often but whenever I do reference it either people don't get it or they think I'm crazy. Or both.
Just depends on who I'm around, Slim Shady can usually pick it up pretty quickly.
My siblings are fans as well, not as much as me and miss Regina Falange of course. We play the trivia game, though we haven't lately. Bet she could actually beat me, I'm out of practice.
ANYWAY, my day was good, flew by pretty quickly, made plans for the weekend - other than working.
Plus, there were girl scout cookies on my desk this morning, SCORE!
Thanks Queen of the Known Universe, totally made my day!
Chuck's Greatest
"School Days"
hail hail rock and roll
"No Particular Place To Go"
love this one.
hmmm.... similarities....but it's his music, so i guess that's allowed.
one more and I'm out.
"You Never Can Tell"
this is my favorite. i blame this on work big brother, we were talking pulp fiction today. and 2 broke girls.
10 days until Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure!
My day rocked.
One of those days when I looked up at the clock and went, it's 4:00 already?
Which is good, because the day began when I walked out, saw my car covered in snow and went, WHAT?!
You know, this whole winter in Nebraska thing is messed up. Today was normal weather for a winter in Nebraska. But it felt abnormal.
Like I walked out, saw the car and was confused.
Who gets confused about snow in winter?
Someone who's getting used to this whole 50 degrees in December and January thing.
I was sad there was no snow to sled over winter break, but then I started digging the nice weather.
Although, if this is nice weather in winter, what is summer going to be like?
Maybe this whole global warming thing really is taking over.
AHHHH!!
We're toast!!!
Or we're going to be TOASTED!!
I don't know. Shut me up now.
I've been watching too many episodes of 2 Broke Girls.
I caught back up, oh my god, Jennifer Coolidge as the crazy neighbor - FANTASTIC! I love her. She highly amuses me.
She's all over the place! Even The Closer - "I entered your picture in the ugly contest and you won the grand prize!!"
Though my favorite is still her Friends guest appearance. "If you don't want to get me on my mobile, then don't call me on my mobile!"
Aww, Friends. That was a great show. I think I reference it at least once a week.
I'd do it more often but whenever I do reference it either people don't get it or they think I'm crazy. Or both.
Just depends on who I'm around, Slim Shady can usually pick it up pretty quickly.
My siblings are fans as well, not as much as me and miss Regina Falange of course. We play the trivia game, though we haven't lately. Bet she could actually beat me, I'm out of practice.
ANYWAY, my day was good, flew by pretty quickly, made plans for the weekend - other than working.
Plus, there were girl scout cookies on my desk this morning, SCORE!
Thanks Queen of the Known Universe, totally made my day!
Chuck's Greatest
"School Days"
hail hail rock and roll
"No Particular Place To Go"
love this one.
hmmm.... similarities....but it's his music, so i guess that's allowed.
one more and I'm out.
"You Never Can Tell"
this is my favorite. i blame this on work big brother, we were talking pulp fiction today. and 2 broke girls.
10 days until Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure!
Monday, January 16, 2012
I held my nose, I closed my eyes...
Well, it's official.
I've started the dreaded Facebook weed.
Which sounds like some sort of techy drug reference, but it's actually just me going through my friends list and deleting people.
There are far too many of them on there that when there's a status update on the newsfeed or a birthday I'm like, um who are you again?
It doesn't help that most of my female friends from college are now all married with different last names.
So I went through for the first time - it took FOREVER - but I'm down from 613 to 444.
Which is still a ridiculous number of friends, I know.
But I've had the thing since Junior year of high school. And that was like back in 2005.
And all through college you just added people if you were doing a project together.
Nobody checked their e-mail, it was all through Facebook. Welcome to college.
So there's this build up of people that I had one class with years ago and I have no recollection of their face or the project we worked on together.
Figured it was about time.
If you are one of those people and you actually read this send me a message and I'll fix it.
I figured a year was a safe amount of time.
If I haven't talked to you in a year am I really going to in the future?
I did keep all my high school friends, a few college ones, and all my work ones.
They have to put up with me on a daily basis, if they still want to be friends outside of work I gotta give them props for that.
So, I think I'm getting sick.
Or getting over being sick.
Guess that depends on tomorrow.
I was weak all day, only wandering out into the wilderness once and that's cause I'm out of pop. And being out of pop is like hard-core suffering more than anything else.
I have a serious caffeine addiction, should work on that.
Anyway, I had to talk the boyfriend out of coming to see me.
He's sweet like that.
Cause I don't want to get people sick, if in fact I am sick.
It's going around work.
And apparently - according to Dr. Oz - it can take up to 20 days to have an effect. affect? effect? affect?
I could never keep those straight. It's like who and whom. I always feel like a dorky snob if I use the word "whom" even if it is the correct usage.
Can you be a dorky snob?
Is that kind of an oxymoron?
Yeah.
Guess tomorrow determines all. If I can stand up straight without feeling like I'm going to pass out and I don't have a fever - unlike the last time when I had to call in - then I'm gold.
Anyway, that was basically my day. Slept in, watched NCIS:LA, bought pop, laid on the couch with my big fat cat now am deleting friends.
Cause you can only watch NCIS:LA for so many hours before you're sick of it.
Not a fantastic day off. But that's actually not uncommon, for some reason this past year almost all of my days off have been spent sick on the couch. Wonder what shrinks would have to say about that.
Memory Monday
couple twists on an original, then just an original original, cause that one's unbeatable.
"Love Potion No. 9" The Searchers
classic.
"Shake, Rattle And Roll" Elvis Presley
we actually sang flip flop fly my junior year of high school for krt. choreography included.
"Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison
the "pretty woman" they keep flashing to doesn't look so enthused to be there. sorry Roy, doesn't look like she's going to be walking back to you.
Think I'll eat some ice cream, cause I got some of that today along with Swamp People season one for dad, then crash and burn.
I've started the dreaded Facebook weed.
Which sounds like some sort of techy drug reference, but it's actually just me going through my friends list and deleting people.
There are far too many of them on there that when there's a status update on the newsfeed or a birthday I'm like, um who are you again?
It doesn't help that most of my female friends from college are now all married with different last names.
So I went through for the first time - it took FOREVER - but I'm down from 613 to 444.
Which is still a ridiculous number of friends, I know.
But I've had the thing since Junior year of high school. And that was like back in 2005.
And all through college you just added people if you were doing a project together.
Nobody checked their e-mail, it was all through Facebook. Welcome to college.
So there's this build up of people that I had one class with years ago and I have no recollection of their face or the project we worked on together.
Figured it was about time.
If you are one of those people and you actually read this send me a message and I'll fix it.
I figured a year was a safe amount of time.
If I haven't talked to you in a year am I really going to in the future?
I did keep all my high school friends, a few college ones, and all my work ones.
They have to put up with me on a daily basis, if they still want to be friends outside of work I gotta give them props for that.
So, I think I'm getting sick.
Or getting over being sick.
Guess that depends on tomorrow.
I was weak all day, only wandering out into the wilderness once and that's cause I'm out of pop. And being out of pop is like hard-core suffering more than anything else.
I have a serious caffeine addiction, should work on that.
Anyway, I had to talk the boyfriend out of coming to see me.
He's sweet like that.
Cause I don't want to get people sick, if in fact I am sick.
It's going around work.
And apparently - according to Dr. Oz - it can take up to 20 days to have an effect. affect? effect? affect?
I could never keep those straight. It's like who and whom. I always feel like a dorky snob if I use the word "whom" even if it is the correct usage.
Can you be a dorky snob?
Is that kind of an oxymoron?
Yeah.
Guess tomorrow determines all. If I can stand up straight without feeling like I'm going to pass out and I don't have a fever - unlike the last time when I had to call in - then I'm gold.
Anyway, that was basically my day. Slept in, watched NCIS:LA, bought pop, laid on the couch with my big fat cat now am deleting friends.
Cause you can only watch NCIS:LA for so many hours before you're sick of it.
Not a fantastic day off. But that's actually not uncommon, for some reason this past year almost all of my days off have been spent sick on the couch. Wonder what shrinks would have to say about that.
Memory Monday
couple twists on an original, then just an original original, cause that one's unbeatable.
"Love Potion No. 9" The Searchers
classic.
"Shake, Rattle And Roll" Elvis Presley
we actually sang flip flop fly my junior year of high school for krt. choreography included.
"Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison
the "pretty woman" they keep flashing to doesn't look so enthused to be there. sorry Roy, doesn't look like she's going to be walking back to you.
Think I'll eat some ice cream, cause I got some of that today along with Swamp People season one for dad, then crash and burn.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Rules of partial generality
Sounds like a new life motto.
Had my first Cataloging class today.
I went in knowing nothing.
And that's even after reading three chapters of the textbook before the class itself.
It reads like a math book.
Seriously, it's a bunch of code - which usually I can get from my tech stuff, but this is totally different code, nonsensical, obnoxious, repetitive but not repetitive kind of code that's going to drive me nuts for a semester.
The class itself wasn't all that bad. I went in thinking everything was going to be completely over my head, but the teachers explained it well enough that I took away a lot more than I went in with.
And okay, it's not like I'm completely clueless in this matter.
I stare at the catalog all day long at work, running countless searches and finding shortcuts through the new system.
I've run across all the MARC stuff, but I've never understood all the |'s and the $'s and the abc, etc.
Here's what I learned today.
245 10 $a Black Elk speaks : $b being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux / $c John G. Neihardt.
Yes it took me 3 and a half hours just to get that down. And it's probably horribly horribly wrong.
But that's just one of the lines. 245 is all about the title and statement of responsibility.
The 100 line comes first which has something to do with the author or illustrator or whoever.
245 is the main title
246 is another title thing
250 is about the edition
260 is the publisher and location
And I'm sure there are more than that but that's all we got through today.
It's like this big coded puzzle thing. It intrigues me yet has me shaking in my space boots at the same time.
The assignment don't look too difficult. Once I figure out the patterns I'll be alright.
Think I'm going to re-read those chapters again, now that I can semi-understand what they're talking about.
Other than the joy that is code I got to jam out with my carpool buddy. We kept each other awake...for the most part. No, we were up. And participated and all that. Her more than me. Cause she's smart like that.
We made snarky comments, talked family, baby names, blogs and all that. She gave me the title for this one. It was one of the many new phrases that will become my new vernacular until end of April.
I'm just glad I have people at work that I can get tips from. Especially the cataloger turned public service associate who I get to work with now on a daily basis. She cracks me up.
I have a feeling I will be overloading her with questions for the next few months.
Song of the night:
Because I'm feeling random.
"You're the Inspiration" Chicago
granted he's not Peter Cetera, but he's not bad as a replacement. and technically he's been a part of the band longer than Cetera ever was.
but if you like Cetera better you could go with this version
random, but okay.
cause it won't let me post the original video, you have to go here for that. Love the 80's style. You ever wonder what people will say about 2012 videos 20 years from now?
Alright, I'm off to get some much needed sleep.
I did pretty well today, considering I only got about 5 hours of sleep last night.
Something had me wired and I couldn't sleep. Nervous maybe. Watched NCIS Los Angeles for a while hoping it would put me to sleep, it actually just made it worse. Tried turning it off, didn't work was still in and out.
Tonight I can legitimately stay up and not worry about anything in the morning. Cause we're CLOSED! for the holiday. MLK ROCKS!
PS - Cool Aunt, couldn't get into your office as the main door to your area was locked. Will leave you two notes next time. If I can get in next time. Otherwise you're gonna have a stockpile buildup by the end of the semester.
Had my first Cataloging class today.
I went in knowing nothing.
And that's even after reading three chapters of the textbook before the class itself.
It reads like a math book.
Seriously, it's a bunch of code - which usually I can get from my tech stuff, but this is totally different code, nonsensical, obnoxious, repetitive but not repetitive kind of code that's going to drive me nuts for a semester.
The class itself wasn't all that bad. I went in thinking everything was going to be completely over my head, but the teachers explained it well enough that I took away a lot more than I went in with.
And okay, it's not like I'm completely clueless in this matter.
I stare at the catalog all day long at work, running countless searches and finding shortcuts through the new system.
I've run across all the MARC stuff, but I've never understood all the |'s and the $'s and the abc, etc.
Here's what I learned today.
245 10 $a Black Elk speaks : $b being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux / $c John G. Neihardt.
Yes it took me 3 and a half hours just to get that down. And it's probably horribly horribly wrong.
But that's just one of the lines. 245 is all about the title and statement of responsibility.
The 100 line comes first which has something to do with the author or illustrator or whoever.
245 is the main title
246 is another title thing
250 is about the edition
260 is the publisher and location
And I'm sure there are more than that but that's all we got through today.
It's like this big coded puzzle thing. It intrigues me yet has me shaking in my space boots at the same time.
The assignment don't look too difficult. Once I figure out the patterns I'll be alright.
Think I'm going to re-read those chapters again, now that I can semi-understand what they're talking about.
Other than the joy that is code I got to jam out with my carpool buddy. We kept each other awake...for the most part. No, we were up. And participated and all that. Her more than me. Cause she's smart like that.
We made snarky comments, talked family, baby names, blogs and all that. She gave me the title for this one. It was one of the many new phrases that will become my new vernacular until end of April.
I'm just glad I have people at work that I can get tips from. Especially the cataloger turned public service associate who I get to work with now on a daily basis. She cracks me up.
I have a feeling I will be overloading her with questions for the next few months.
Song of the night:
Because I'm feeling random.
"You're the Inspiration" Chicago
granted he's not Peter Cetera, but he's not bad as a replacement. and technically he's been a part of the band longer than Cetera ever was.
but if you like Cetera better you could go with this version
random, but okay.
cause it won't let me post the original video, you have to go here for that. Love the 80's style. You ever wonder what people will say about 2012 videos 20 years from now?
Alright, I'm off to get some much needed sleep.
I did pretty well today, considering I only got about 5 hours of sleep last night.
Something had me wired and I couldn't sleep. Nervous maybe. Watched NCIS Los Angeles for a while hoping it would put me to sleep, it actually just made it worse. Tried turning it off, didn't work was still in and out.
Tonight I can legitimately stay up and not worry about anything in the morning. Cause we're CLOSED! for the holiday. MLK ROCKS!
PS - Cool Aunt, couldn't get into your office as the main door to your area was locked. Will leave you two notes next time. If I can get in next time. Otherwise you're gonna have a stockpile buildup by the end of the semester.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
He shoots, He scores! Hey Goalie,
You suck!
I love that right before the game the announcer says that bad language won't be tolerated.
Power in numbers, they gonna kick us all out?
Social psychology at its greatest.
Hockey night tonight at the ice box. We played against Omaha so it was kind of a rivalry thing. Sold out crowd, though there were only like 20 Omaha fans in the entire place.
We had excellent seats - Squirt kept threatening to go out on the ice. She wanted to see them fight. If there were no fights she was determined to go out there and start one.
Much to her chagrin, there weren't a lot of big fights. Though there was one where our guys basically dog piled on their goalie.
But seriously, if he has the puck and they push him in the goal, shouldn't that count as a goal?
I mean, the puck is in the goal.
So technically it should. Right?
Anyway, we lost, but it was great match. For a while it was completely back and forth scoring. We'd score and they'd score immediately after.
Squirt and I did a lot of dancing between quarters. Bubby would just roll his eyes and pull out his phone.
The boyfriend and my sister seem to have bonded.
He thinks I'm a portable jukebox - though heavy metal isn't exactly my strongpoint so when I couldn't name the artist they'd give me crap.
My sister and brother-in-law used to play this game while listening to the radio. You get points for guessing the song and artist first, and if you could name the album you'd get extra points.
She used to rock.
Now she says that after having kids she's lost all her smarts.
Apparently she passed the smarts on to them.
Which seemed to have worked, I guess they did very well on their TerraNova's.
I don't remember them being called that when I took them, but it's the big standardized test thing.
They got smarts.
I was glad that tonight went well. Not that I was worried. He's a good guy, and he actually says things in a conversation unlike other guys that I've dated who will just nod and smile.
And yes, now he has met part of the family.
So you can no longer claim he is a figment of my imagination.
I know that when you use my name and "date" in the same sentence the earth seems to stop spinning.
I'm much like Paris in that aspect.
"For example, I can instantly deduce that when someone hears the name Paris in the same sentence with the word date, jaws will drop, confused looks will cover faces, words like ‘how' and ‘why' and ‘Quick, Bob, get the children in the minivan because the world is obviously coming to an end!' will immediately fly out of people's mouths."
After the game we went out with an old friend and his fiance who were also at the game.
I'm glad she's normal, he's had a few weird ones along the way.
So it was cool to hang out with them, talk about old times.
I got dirt on the boyfriend that I can use in the future. Which is always enjoyable.
Hockey Jams
"Jerk It Out" The Caesars
i'll be running circles around you sooner than you know.
Why does no one else know this song? It's fantastic!
"Mony Mony" Billy Idol
I saw him sing this live. and White Wedding. People never believe me when I say that, but yes, he was at Warped Tour in Denver in '05. It was fantastic. We saw him, MCR, Hawthorne Heights, MXPX, Gogol Bordello, Simple Plan, The Starting Line...I got a guitar pick from them.
It was awesome.
And I'm out.
Class tomorrow, plus the carpool means that I should probably be awake and coherent before noon.
Especially since we're leaving before noon.
OUT!
Paris: What if I fall for him but he doesn't like me?
Rory: Then you'll find someone else.
Paris: What if there is no one else?
Rory: Then you'll buy some cats.
I love that right before the game the announcer says that bad language won't be tolerated.
Power in numbers, they gonna kick us all out?
Social psychology at its greatest.
Hockey night tonight at the ice box. We played against Omaha so it was kind of a rivalry thing. Sold out crowd, though there were only like 20 Omaha fans in the entire place.
We had excellent seats - Squirt kept threatening to go out on the ice. She wanted to see them fight. If there were no fights she was determined to go out there and start one.
Much to her chagrin, there weren't a lot of big fights. Though there was one where our guys basically dog piled on their goalie.
But seriously, if he has the puck and they push him in the goal, shouldn't that count as a goal?
I mean, the puck is in the goal.
So technically it should. Right?
Anyway, we lost, but it was great match. For a while it was completely back and forth scoring. We'd score and they'd score immediately after.
Squirt and I did a lot of dancing between quarters. Bubby would just roll his eyes and pull out his phone.
The boyfriend and my sister seem to have bonded.
He thinks I'm a portable jukebox - though heavy metal isn't exactly my strongpoint so when I couldn't name the artist they'd give me crap.
My sister and brother-in-law used to play this game while listening to the radio. You get points for guessing the song and artist first, and if you could name the album you'd get extra points.
She used to rock.
Now she says that after having kids she's lost all her smarts.
Apparently she passed the smarts on to them.
Which seemed to have worked, I guess they did very well on their TerraNova's.
I don't remember them being called that when I took them, but it's the big standardized test thing.
They got smarts.
I was glad that tonight went well. Not that I was worried. He's a good guy, and he actually says things in a conversation unlike other guys that I've dated who will just nod and smile.
And yes, now he has met part of the family.
So you can no longer claim he is a figment of my imagination.
I know that when you use my name and "date" in the same sentence the earth seems to stop spinning.
I'm much like Paris in that aspect.
"For example, I can instantly deduce that when someone hears the name Paris in the same sentence with the word date, jaws will drop, confused looks will cover faces, words like ‘how' and ‘why' and ‘Quick, Bob, get the children in the minivan because the world is obviously coming to an end!' will immediately fly out of people's mouths."
After the game we went out with an old friend and his fiance who were also at the game.
I'm glad she's normal, he's had a few weird ones along the way.
So it was cool to hang out with them, talk about old times.
I got dirt on the boyfriend that I can use in the future. Which is always enjoyable.
Hockey Jams
"Jerk It Out" The Caesars
i'll be running circles around you sooner than you know.
Why does no one else know this song? It's fantastic!
"Mony Mony" Billy Idol
I saw him sing this live. and White Wedding. People never believe me when I say that, but yes, he was at Warped Tour in Denver in '05. It was fantastic. We saw him, MCR, Hawthorne Heights, MXPX, Gogol Bordello, Simple Plan, The Starting Line...I got a guitar pick from them.
It was awesome.
And I'm out.
Class tomorrow, plus the carpool means that I should probably be awake and coherent before noon.
Especially since we're leaving before noon.
OUT!
Paris: What if I fall for him but he doesn't like me?
Rory: Then you'll find someone else.
Paris: What if there is no one else?
Rory: Then you'll buy some cats.
Friday, January 13, 2012
The Fool-Proof Diet
So we came up with a plan.
And by we I mean myself, Squirt and the awesomeness that is Megan.
To write our own diet book.
You know? One to go amongst the 613 section of the library.
These are our diet rules:
-Eating someone else's food means no calories cause it's not your food.
-If you eat a donut it's only half the calories cause there's a big hole in the middle.
-If you eat a snickers bar while running in place it doesn't count cause they cancel each other out.
-Diet pop means you lose weight as you drink it cause it has diet in the title.
And we call our plan the "Fool-Proof Diet" because it takes fools to prove that our diet doesn't work.
But we're thinking of coming up with more rules - there were more thrown out on the car ride back from the event tonight but I've forgotten half of them. I'm sure they'll remind me tomorrow. Then I will include them in that post.
Anyway, we're thinking of writing this book, then taking before and after pictures but in reverse.
Like Before: *insert picture* we were skinny.
And After: *insert picture* we weigh 400 pounds each.
We would probably need some sort of strong disclaimer to go on the cover.
Like, "if you're serious about dieting you should seriously stay away from this book."
Or something of the sort.
Then use really cool pen names like Marsha Mellow or Chris P. Bacon.
I'm kinda digging it.
Today was like completely weird schedule-wise. 1-5, which actually were my normal hours before I was 40 hours, but then 6-9 for this big TAB event.
Friday the 13th means murder, mystery and mayhem so we had a murder mystery event for the teens over at one of the branches.
It was fun. And loaded with teens, I was impressed.
Neon cheese-puffs were included so I mean how can you say no to that?
I should add that to our diet plan.
Aside from the splitting headache - and I mean actual makes you want to crawl in the corner because this NEVER happens EVER kind of pain - it went off without any major catastophes.
About an hour into it I was alright - I'm library personnel, you just power through it. It's what you do.
It's all mental.
Freakin' Coach Otte, I blame my new life motto on you.
Anyway, the teens got pretty into the whole thing.
Some had parts and were the suspects, the rest were put into groups - I led group 3, woohoo! - and we went around to the crime scene and the detective's desk and all that. Then came back to the room and I made them round-table. They figured it out, I was pretty proud.
And the most unsuspecting person in the world was the murderer, which I LOVED! Because it was one of my coworker's kids. Well, two of my coworkers technically cause they're married and both work with me, but I usually only work with one of them.
But this girl was fantastic, she was helping me put pop and ice in the cooler before everyone arrived and was stabbing the ice pack. "I have violent tendencies." She's like the most mild-mannered girl ever, so her as the murderer just seriously made me laugh.
Especially because she was just sitting at the crime scene reading.
All innocent.
Nope, she poisoned the librarian so she could avoid being arrested for plagiarism!
The set-up was pretty sweet. We even had a taped outline of the murder victim.
I took pictures of them taping it out, but they would probably kill me if I uploaded them.
It was super cool meeting some of the other librarians.
I mean, I've seen them around, but you don't really talk because you're always in meetings or staff inservice or whatever.
These were the other TAB leaders and it was a seriously fun group.
I'm getting more excited as the process goes along.
Although my mentor was loving the fact that she just got to be the advisor tonight.
"You wanna do it?"
"Nope, I'm the mentor."
Our kids kicked butt.
I mean, so did everybody else's, but I was proud of ours and their acting skills.
And they all seemed to have fun.
Next up for TAB is a meeting for more Summer Reading activity planning.
I have a feeling that's going to become my life for the next few months.
Fantastic, just in time for CAMP planning.
And class.
Speaking of, I have my first session on Sunday afternoon.
Carpooling with an awesome classmate so the Library Goddess might have to live without her coffee from me this semester. Not sure if I'll see her anyway, unless I stop by her office.
Which I will.
Always leave the Cool Aunt a note after every class.
Lately it's been pictures.
A turkey for Thanksgiving, a tree for Christmas.
What do I draw now?
MLK?
He does rock.
And we do get a three day weekend because he rocks.
Which means he rocks even more in my book.
And speaking of books and rocking and MLK, my booklist is officially out there, I'm stoked!
Go here: If You Like "The Help"
It's a super awesome website if you're looking for a good book or movie.
Info-Man and Darth Scheduler are major Star Wars fans so if you find the Star Wars booklist you'll be looking at hundreds, and I mean hundreds, of Star Wars titles.
Plain White T's Week: Day Six
Friday the 13th pretty much demands mysterious and weird music, right?
"Welcome to Mystery"
okay, i can't even focus on the song cause all i can see is that dude on the right with the blue shirt dancing like an idiot.
"Cirque Dans La Rue"
"but just remember, while you're watching us do the things that we do,
We're watching you!"
Quote of the night:
Me: Bye Fluffy.
Bubby: Bye.
Me: I was talking to the cat.
Bubby: Well that was awkward.
and she's out!
And by we I mean myself, Squirt and the awesomeness that is Megan.
To write our own diet book.
You know? One to go amongst the 613 section of the library.
These are our diet rules:
-Eating someone else's food means no calories cause it's not your food.
-If you eat a donut it's only half the calories cause there's a big hole in the middle.
-If you eat a snickers bar while running in place it doesn't count cause they cancel each other out.
-Diet pop means you lose weight as you drink it cause it has diet in the title.
And we call our plan the "Fool-Proof Diet" because it takes fools to prove that our diet doesn't work.
But we're thinking of coming up with more rules - there were more thrown out on the car ride back from the event tonight but I've forgotten half of them. I'm sure they'll remind me tomorrow. Then I will include them in that post.
Anyway, we're thinking of writing this book, then taking before and after pictures but in reverse.
Like Before: *insert picture* we were skinny.
And After: *insert picture* we weigh 400 pounds each.
We would probably need some sort of strong disclaimer to go on the cover.
Like, "if you're serious about dieting you should seriously stay away from this book."
Or something of the sort.
Then use really cool pen names like Marsha Mellow or Chris P. Bacon.
I'm kinda digging it.
Today was like completely weird schedule-wise. 1-5, which actually were my normal hours before I was 40 hours, but then 6-9 for this big TAB event.
Friday the 13th means murder, mystery and mayhem so we had a murder mystery event for the teens over at one of the branches.
It was fun. And loaded with teens, I was impressed.
Neon cheese-puffs were included so I mean how can you say no to that?
I should add that to our diet plan.
Aside from the splitting headache - and I mean actual makes you want to crawl in the corner because this NEVER happens EVER kind of pain - it went off without any major catastophes.
About an hour into it I was alright - I'm library personnel, you just power through it. It's what you do.
It's all mental.
Freakin' Coach Otte, I blame my new life motto on you.
Anyway, the teens got pretty into the whole thing.
Some had parts and were the suspects, the rest were put into groups - I led group 3, woohoo! - and we went around to the crime scene and the detective's desk and all that. Then came back to the room and I made them round-table. They figured it out, I was pretty proud.
And the most unsuspecting person in the world was the murderer, which I LOVED! Because it was one of my coworker's kids. Well, two of my coworkers technically cause they're married and both work with me, but I usually only work with one of them.
But this girl was fantastic, she was helping me put pop and ice in the cooler before everyone arrived and was stabbing the ice pack. "I have violent tendencies." She's like the most mild-mannered girl ever, so her as the murderer just seriously made me laugh.
Especially because she was just sitting at the crime scene reading.
All innocent.
Nope, she poisoned the librarian so she could avoid being arrested for plagiarism!
The set-up was pretty sweet. We even had a taped outline of the murder victim.
I took pictures of them taping it out, but they would probably kill me if I uploaded them.
It was super cool meeting some of the other librarians.
I mean, I've seen them around, but you don't really talk because you're always in meetings or staff inservice or whatever.
These were the other TAB leaders and it was a seriously fun group.
I'm getting more excited as the process goes along.
Although my mentor was loving the fact that she just got to be the advisor tonight.
"You wanna do it?"
"Nope, I'm the mentor."
Our kids kicked butt.
I mean, so did everybody else's, but I was proud of ours and their acting skills.
And they all seemed to have fun.
Next up for TAB is a meeting for more Summer Reading activity planning.
I have a feeling that's going to become my life for the next few months.
Fantastic, just in time for CAMP planning.
And class.
Speaking of, I have my first session on Sunday afternoon.
Carpooling with an awesome classmate so the Library Goddess might have to live without her coffee from me this semester. Not sure if I'll see her anyway, unless I stop by her office.
Which I will.
Always leave the Cool Aunt a note after every class.
Lately it's been pictures.
A turkey for Thanksgiving, a tree for Christmas.
What do I draw now?
MLK?
He does rock.
And we do get a three day weekend because he rocks.
Which means he rocks even more in my book.
And speaking of books and rocking and MLK, my booklist is officially out there, I'm stoked!
Go here: If You Like "The Help"
It's a super awesome website if you're looking for a good book or movie.
Info-Man and Darth Scheduler are major Star Wars fans so if you find the Star Wars booklist you'll be looking at hundreds, and I mean hundreds, of Star Wars titles.
Plain White T's Week: Day Six
Friday the 13th pretty much demands mysterious and weird music, right?
"Welcome to Mystery"
okay, i can't even focus on the song cause all i can see is that dude on the right with the blue shirt dancing like an idiot.
"Cirque Dans La Rue"
"but just remember, while you're watching us do the things that we do,
We're watching you!"
Quote of the night:
Me: Bye Fluffy.
Bubby: Bye.
Me: I was talking to the cat.
Bubby: Well that was awkward.
and she's out!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
I just want to make you happy, So come and grab me, And love me madly
Pretty sure Carter thinks I'm super lame.
Mostly because I don't have to work tomorrow until 1PM yet I'm still debating on going to bed before 10PM.
When did I turn into this person?
Midnight used to be early for me.
And that was back when I had class every morning.
Now if I see the clock turn 12, or anywhere near it, if I'm even able to stay awake that long, I'm like crap I gotta go to bed or I'll hate myself in the morning!
You know those mornings where you wake up and you're like, crap. Why didn't I go to bed sooner.
Like those "holy crap where is my coffee" kind of mornings?
Yes I realize I used the words "like" and "crap" three times in three sentences.
But I'm about 80 percent already asleep. Or is it asleep already?
Already asleep?
Asleep already?
This is me posting on autopilot.
If I start talking about evil pigs or losing hamsters don't even attempt to translate it.
I won't be able to in the morning and it's my head these random thoughts are springing from.
Did that make sense?
It sounded like it did in my head.
So I've been watching a lot of NCIS:LA. As you've probably noticed, I've mentioned it once or twice. I'm not so deep into it like I was with Chuck or Leverage, but it's a good enough show to have on in the background when you're supposed to be doing other things, you know like homework or writing.
And every once in a while when you look up it's usually worth it.
Though it'll never top its originator.
I like the buddy dynamic between Callen and Sam. Their banter is quite humorous.
Kensi is a badass, Hetty is hilarious, I had completely forgotten about Nate the psychologist until I got season one, but Deeks is still my favorite.
Although sometimes I want to punch him.
But that's how you know it's a good actor.
Like Rachel Berry.
She's a fantastic singer.
But as a person, you kind of always want to punch her.
The actress is so good she makes you hate her. Then love her again when she sings.
I'm assuming she's still the star on Glee, I haven't watched a single episode this season.
I've also fallen behind on Bones - shocker I know! This was my favorite show for like ever. And The Closer - still at midpoint of the season. Big Bang Theory I'm still on last season and that's only because I bought the DVD. If I hadn't I'd still be on the season before that. I love that show. Criminal Minds I read up on online. Warehouse is out on break until July. Grey's I haven't watched regularly since college so like 2 seasons ago.
The only real shows I keep up with are Castle, 2 Broke Girls, and NCIS the original.
And technically I don't really even watch them when they're on live, just DVR'd.
Cause I work.
A lot.
Or I'm gone.
Or distracted.
Or writing.
Or writing and distracted.
Like now.
Agent Jordan Todd from Criminal Minds is currently Detective Jess Traynor on NCIS:LA. Took me 10 minutes to figure out how I knew her and by that time she was already dead.
I feel like somebody should come up with a list.
Of locations and agencies.
Like LAPD is Deeks.
But it's also Brenda Lee Johnson from The Closer.
NYPD is Kate Beckett in Castle but it's also Olivia Benson from SVU.
The FBI is always obnoxious in these shows, but you've still got Agent Booth from Bones and the whole BAU from Criminal Minds.
Trent Kort is a completely obnoxious CIA agent from NCIS but then you've got two "CIA Agent Walker"s aka Annie from Covert Affairs and Sarah from Chuck who are completely anti-Kort.
Though John Casey is the only NSA Agent I'm coming up with.
Then you just got anti-everything with the Leverage gang.
I watch too many crime shows.
But someone should still make a list.
Cause there's even more crime shows that I don't watch.
So there's gotta be more crossover.
Yes I'm a nerd, but in my defense there were no paper towels.
Sorry, that was my Mom's excuse for leaving unmarked luggage in an airport bathroom.
In my actual defense I'm half asleep, I'll be lucky if the above references are actually correct. I'll verify them tomorrow. As for now I'm out.
Plain White T's Week: Day Five
"Our Song"
this is probably my favorite, right up there with Body Parts or Broken Record.
give it a minute you'll like it too.
"1234"
cheesy but it works. like the video. "she hates country music."
Today was good.
I think.
Aside from it being freezing and the majority of our staff is either sick or getting back from being sick.
Went to lunch with Slim Shady and Fearless Leader.
We're thinking more Booze Cakes, this time with some Parks and Rec.
Love the library episode.
Fantastic.
I'm out.
Look, I even made it past 10, huzzah!
Mostly because I don't have to work tomorrow until 1PM yet I'm still debating on going to bed before 10PM.
When did I turn into this person?
Midnight used to be early for me.
And that was back when I had class every morning.
Now if I see the clock turn 12, or anywhere near it, if I'm even able to stay awake that long, I'm like crap I gotta go to bed or I'll hate myself in the morning!
You know those mornings where you wake up and you're like, crap. Why didn't I go to bed sooner.
Like those "holy crap where is my coffee" kind of mornings?
Yes I realize I used the words "like" and "crap" three times in three sentences.
But I'm about 80 percent already asleep. Or is it asleep already?
Already asleep?
Asleep already?
This is me posting on autopilot.
If I start talking about evil pigs or losing hamsters don't even attempt to translate it.
I won't be able to in the morning and it's my head these random thoughts are springing from.
Did that make sense?
It sounded like it did in my head.
So I've been watching a lot of NCIS:LA. As you've probably noticed, I've mentioned it once or twice. I'm not so deep into it like I was with Chuck or Leverage, but it's a good enough show to have on in the background when you're supposed to be doing other things, you know like homework or writing.
And every once in a while when you look up it's usually worth it.
Though it'll never top its originator.
I like the buddy dynamic between Callen and Sam. Their banter is quite humorous.
Kensi is a badass, Hetty is hilarious, I had completely forgotten about Nate the psychologist until I got season one, but Deeks is still my favorite.
Although sometimes I want to punch him.
But that's how you know it's a good actor.
Like Rachel Berry.
She's a fantastic singer.
But as a person, you kind of always want to punch her.
The actress is so good she makes you hate her. Then love her again when she sings.
I'm assuming she's still the star on Glee, I haven't watched a single episode this season.
I've also fallen behind on Bones - shocker I know! This was my favorite show for like ever. And The Closer - still at midpoint of the season. Big Bang Theory I'm still on last season and that's only because I bought the DVD. If I hadn't I'd still be on the season before that. I love that show. Criminal Minds I read up on online. Warehouse is out on break until July. Grey's I haven't watched regularly since college so like 2 seasons ago.
The only real shows I keep up with are Castle, 2 Broke Girls, and NCIS the original.
And technically I don't really even watch them when they're on live, just DVR'd.
Cause I work.
A lot.
Or I'm gone.
Or distracted.
Or writing.
Or writing and distracted.
Like now.
Agent Jordan Todd from Criminal Minds is currently Detective Jess Traynor on NCIS:LA. Took me 10 minutes to figure out how I knew her and by that time she was already dead.
I feel like somebody should come up with a list.
Of locations and agencies.
Like LAPD is Deeks.
But it's also Brenda Lee Johnson from The Closer.
NYPD is Kate Beckett in Castle but it's also Olivia Benson from SVU.
The FBI is always obnoxious in these shows, but you've still got Agent Booth from Bones and the whole BAU from Criminal Minds.
Trent Kort is a completely obnoxious CIA agent from NCIS but then you've got two "CIA Agent Walker"s aka Annie from Covert Affairs and Sarah from Chuck who are completely anti-Kort.
Though John Casey is the only NSA Agent I'm coming up with.
Then you just got anti-everything with the Leverage gang.
I watch too many crime shows.
But someone should still make a list.
Cause there's even more crime shows that I don't watch.
So there's gotta be more crossover.
Yes I'm a nerd, but in my defense there were no paper towels.
Sorry, that was my Mom's excuse for leaving unmarked luggage in an airport bathroom.
In my actual defense I'm half asleep, I'll be lucky if the above references are actually correct. I'll verify them tomorrow. As for now I'm out.
Plain White T's Week: Day Five
"Our Song"
this is probably my favorite, right up there with Body Parts or Broken Record.
give it a minute you'll like it too.
"1234"
cheesy but it works. like the video. "she hates country music."
Today was good.
I think.
Aside from it being freezing and the majority of our staff is either sick or getting back from being sick.
Went to lunch with Slim Shady and Fearless Leader.
We're thinking more Booze Cakes, this time with some Parks and Rec.
Love the library episode.
Fantastic.
I'm out.
Look, I even made it past 10, huzzah!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Today was bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Seriously.
It was like crazy and angry people central.
You gotta find that zen place, you know?
Like when people call you Hon. Repeatedly.
Expecting you to answer them.
Just smile and nod.
Or when people don't like the 55 minute time limit on the computers.
And don't understand that it erases everything once your session ends.
I feel like we need big banners that say SAVE YOUR WORK to a flashdrive!
So today was long. And crazy. And I used the word "bananas" on multiple occasions.
Luckily my coworkers rock. So the day wasn't a total loss.
I did finish draft 1 of my booklist and sent it in.
Tomorrow I get to do fun supply request stuff.
After our staff meeting.
Which reminds me I need to go set the coffee maker.
If tomorrow is going to be like today I'm gonna need the caffeine.
Finally watched Castle - good god, Kat's making the rounds. First Bones, then Criminal Minds, then Leverage, then NCIS as the Chaplain, now she's the "falls for conman's charms" girl on Castle. Geez. I miss the good ole days of Eastwick. And WMC. But that's a different story.
What is it with me and short-lived female-led series that were pulled too early from ABC?
They totally killed the Eastwick storyline when they cancelled it mid-season. Made the devil into some sort of White Knight. Then took it off the air. WHAT?! Have you read the book? Or seen the movie? Or either of the remakes? Killed it man.
But it was worth it to reunite Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price after Pepper Dennis. Though with Lindsay Price's record for short-lived TV series I should have seen this coming.
Jaime Ray Newman surprised me, she's quite a good actress. I can see why she's making the rounds. Though I will forever call her Kat. Hope they bring her back on NCIS. She's got the red hair going for her. Gibbs needs a new interest.
I'll stop with the rambling now.
Plain White T's Week: Day Four
"Hey There Delilah"
wrote this song about a girl named delilah - obviously - they weren't actually dating. he fell in love with her and said he was going to write a song about her, didn't seem to phase him that she was already in a relationship. she didn't believe he was actually going to write the song, he did, it became a big hit, then she went with him to the grammy's.
"That Girl"
it's catchy. almost too catchy.
OUT!
It was like crazy and angry people central.
You gotta find that zen place, you know?
Like when people call you Hon. Repeatedly.
Expecting you to answer them.
Just smile and nod.
Or when people don't like the 55 minute time limit on the computers.
And don't understand that it erases everything once your session ends.
I feel like we need big banners that say SAVE YOUR WORK to a flashdrive!
So today was long. And crazy. And I used the word "bananas" on multiple occasions.
Luckily my coworkers rock. So the day wasn't a total loss.
I did finish draft 1 of my booklist and sent it in.
Tomorrow I get to do fun supply request stuff.
After our staff meeting.
Which reminds me I need to go set the coffee maker.
If tomorrow is going to be like today I'm gonna need the caffeine.
Finally watched Castle - good god, Kat's making the rounds. First Bones, then Criminal Minds, then Leverage, then NCIS as the Chaplain, now she's the "falls for conman's charms" girl on Castle. Geez. I miss the good ole days of Eastwick. And WMC. But that's a different story.
What is it with me and short-lived female-led series that were pulled too early from ABC?
They totally killed the Eastwick storyline when they cancelled it mid-season. Made the devil into some sort of White Knight. Then took it off the air. WHAT?! Have you read the book? Or seen the movie? Or either of the remakes? Killed it man.
But it was worth it to reunite Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price after Pepper Dennis. Though with Lindsay Price's record for short-lived TV series I should have seen this coming.
Jaime Ray Newman surprised me, she's quite a good actress. I can see why she's making the rounds. Though I will forever call her Kat. Hope they bring her back on NCIS. She's got the red hair going for her. Gibbs needs a new interest.
I'll stop with the rambling now.
Plain White T's Week: Day Four
"Hey There Delilah"
wrote this song about a girl named delilah - obviously - they weren't actually dating. he fell in love with her and said he was going to write a song about her, didn't seem to phase him that she was already in a relationship. she didn't believe he was actually going to write the song, he did, it became a big hit, then she went with him to the grammy's.
"That Girl"
it's catchy. almost too catchy.
OUT!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Make it up as you go
I don't care where you're from
If you're smart or you're dumb
If you wanna be a bad guy or Mr. Right
I don't care what you say
I'm-a go my own way
You go yours
And maybe we'll meet up someday
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
I don't care what you think
I'm-a do my own thing
Cut my own hair
Don't care if you like it
Just a matter of taste
And all the time that you waste
Will get you there at a fashionable time
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Better make it up as you go
There's no need for alarms
They have begun when your eyes meet the sun
We don't need any roads
Put your feet on the ground
And forget what you know
Don't make it down
Make it up as you go
I can't tell you what's best
I don't know what comes next
All I know is that I don't know anything
All I got is today, and I prefer it that way
Make a plan, but I know it's gonna change
And that's okay
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Better make it up as you go
Better make it up as you go
Make It Up As You Go
Plain White T's Week: Day Three
Song lyrics fit today. I'm all for on-the-fly planning. It's basically my life. You can't really control public service because you can't always control the public. So you're forced to make things up as you go.
Today was good. The meeting went really well. I was a little nervous since it was my first meeting with the teens. Thinking they would eat me for breakfast, but it flew by pretty quickly so we didn't really get all properly introduced and all that. I'll meet more of them on Friday for the murder mystery party. Stoked. It sounds like it could be fun. Somebody gets murdered and people act out the parts and the kids have to guess who did it.
The countdown continues to Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure! Just got our schedule up for that week and saw I was officially off for the weekend. Woohoo!
OUT!
If you're smart or you're dumb
If you wanna be a bad guy or Mr. Right
I don't care what you say
I'm-a go my own way
You go yours
And maybe we'll meet up someday
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
I don't care what you think
I'm-a do my own thing
Cut my own hair
Don't care if you like it
Just a matter of taste
And all the time that you waste
Will get you there at a fashionable time
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Better make it up as you go
There's no need for alarms
They have begun when your eyes meet the sun
We don't need any roads
Put your feet on the ground
And forget what you know
Don't make it down
Make it up as you go
I can't tell you what's best
I don't know what comes next
All I know is that I don't know anything
All I got is today, and I prefer it that way
Make a plan, but I know it's gonna change
And that's okay
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Make it up
As you go
Future's wide open
Nothing's written in stone
Better make it up as you go
Better make it up as you go
Make It Up As You Go
Plain White T's Week: Day Three
Song lyrics fit today. I'm all for on-the-fly planning. It's basically my life. You can't really control public service because you can't always control the public. So you're forced to make things up as you go.
Today was good. The meeting went really well. I was a little nervous since it was my first meeting with the teens. Thinking they would eat me for breakfast, but it flew by pretty quickly so we didn't really get all properly introduced and all that. I'll meet more of them on Friday for the murder mystery party. Stoked. It sounds like it could be fun. Somebody gets murdered and people act out the parts and the kids have to guess who did it.
The countdown continues to Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure! Just got our schedule up for that week and saw I was officially off for the weekend. Woohoo!
OUT!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Now all I do is look around for you
When did I become the girl that needs so many hangers?
I have essentially run out and need to go buy more.
I can almost hear Amos cheer as I say that.
But seriously?
I miss the olden days of t-shirts and tear-aways.
That wasn't supposed to rhyme, but it's fitting.
Now it's all jeans and nice shirts.
But there are plenty of fun t-shirts to go along with them.
Will probably pair one up with a nice shirt for tomorrow.
Don't want to look too dressed up for the meeting and all that.
There are few things that scare me anymore.
Which is a big change from before.
But tomorrow...I'm a little freaked about.
Which I shouldn't be.
It's my first TAB meeting.
And I'm not even leading it, just sitting in and getting introduced.
But they're teens.
And they don't like change.
And they like my mentor as a leader.
And they don't want her to leave.
So I'm apprehensive.
Which, I mean, I shouldn't be.
I direct a freaking summer camp, I can handle teens.
And it's not like I'm going to change anything.
It's running fine as it is.
I'm sure it will be fine.
And I'm overreacting.
I think I just need to sleep.
Relax.
Stop thinking.
Turn on some NCIS Los Angeles.
Though today was fantastic.
Slept in. Ate pizza. Watched a lot of NCIS Los Angeles. Went to work for two hours. Squirt came in to volunteer. Dropped her off and ate supper. Such a sacrifice to take her home when Oldest Sister makes me food.
But geez, LSU got smoked. Sad day.
I like their baseball team so I feel like I should root for their football team.
On to the music rec's
Plain White T's Week: Day Two
Tim Lopez takes over the vocals on these two instead of Tom Higgenson.
"Body Parts"
one of my favorites, though not originally. it grew on me.
"Sunlight"
relaxing tempo with awesome harmony
And I'm out for the night.
I have essentially run out and need to go buy more.
I can almost hear Amos cheer as I say that.
But seriously?
I miss the olden days of t-shirts and tear-aways.
That wasn't supposed to rhyme, but it's fitting.
Now it's all jeans and nice shirts.
But there are plenty of fun t-shirts to go along with them.
Will probably pair one up with a nice shirt for tomorrow.
Don't want to look too dressed up for the meeting and all that.
There are few things that scare me anymore.
Which is a big change from before.
But tomorrow...I'm a little freaked about.
Which I shouldn't be.
It's my first TAB meeting.
And I'm not even leading it, just sitting in and getting introduced.
But they're teens.
And they don't like change.
And they like my mentor as a leader.
And they don't want her to leave.
So I'm apprehensive.
Which, I mean, I shouldn't be.
I direct a freaking summer camp, I can handle teens.
And it's not like I'm going to change anything.
It's running fine as it is.
I'm sure it will be fine.
And I'm overreacting.
I think I just need to sleep.
Relax.
Stop thinking.
Turn on some NCIS Los Angeles.
Though today was fantastic.
Slept in. Ate pizza. Watched a lot of NCIS Los Angeles. Went to work for two hours. Squirt came in to volunteer. Dropped her off and ate supper. Such a sacrifice to take her home when Oldest Sister makes me food.
But geez, LSU got smoked. Sad day.
I like their baseball team so I feel like I should root for their football team.
On to the music rec's
Plain White T's Week: Day Two
Tim Lopez takes over the vocals on these two instead of Tom Higgenson.
"Body Parts"
one of my favorites, though not originally. it grew on me.
"Sunlight"
relaxing tempo with awesome harmony
And I'm out for the night.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Stuck in my head like a broken record
Wow.
Milestone.
Over 10,000 hits and I've only been doing this for a little over a year.
A big end to a weirdass day.
You know it's weird when you show up and there's no schedule.
Trainee MacGyver'd us one, she rocks. Then we were okay.
Until I was in youth services and suddenly I could hear all this water running. Sounded like a shower. Dude runs out of the bathroom in a panic. Sink was clogged and the water wouldn't stop.
Fantastic.
Oh public libraries.
But the maintenance people were on it fairly quickly so it wasn't a complete and total disaster.
You know when you get the most random song stuck in your head and it just won't leave?
I shelved the Gilligan's Island DVD series and couldn't get the theme song out of my head.
Me: Quick, sing something else!
Trainee: All I can think of is the Gilligan's Island song.
Drove me nuts for an hour.
Pulled out my ipod after work just to drown it out.
I traded that one out for the Monster Mash.
After that it was good.
Movie with the boyfriend tonight. Introduced him to the awesomeness that is John Malkovich in RED.
"I am getting the pig!"
Fantastic.
Glad he liked it.
I still remember watching it with Oldest Sister and Squirt. They were like eh, whatever. Then the dudes showed up to kill him and they were like OO! Rewind that!
I haven't seen that movie in forever. Which is strange, since I watched it every night for like a year.
Technically I only made it through the first few scenes, but still. Every night.
Songs for the night: Said I was going to bring in the new year with Plain White T's. Here you go.
PWT's Week: Day One
"Rhythm of Love" live at Taylor Guitars
probably the most well-known behind Hey There Delilah and 1234. did a double take cause it's not the main guy who sings it, he's just backup. but that's how it's recorded.
"Broken Record"
think this is one of my favorites cause it's so random. and catchy. and fast.
and fitting since gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, the professor and mary ann drove me nuts for an hour straight!
Now I'm out, and stoked! Sleeping in tomorrow. Anybody calls me before ten it better be an emergency. Cause I don't have to work until 4. Woohoo!
"That's right old man!!"
"Can I kill her now?"
Milestone.
Over 10,000 hits and I've only been doing this for a little over a year.
A big end to a weirdass day.
You know it's weird when you show up and there's no schedule.
Trainee MacGyver'd us one, she rocks. Then we were okay.
Until I was in youth services and suddenly I could hear all this water running. Sounded like a shower. Dude runs out of the bathroom in a panic. Sink was clogged and the water wouldn't stop.
Fantastic.
Oh public libraries.
But the maintenance people were on it fairly quickly so it wasn't a complete and total disaster.
You know when you get the most random song stuck in your head and it just won't leave?
I shelved the Gilligan's Island DVD series and couldn't get the theme song out of my head.
Me: Quick, sing something else!
Trainee: All I can think of is the Gilligan's Island song.
Drove me nuts for an hour.
Pulled out my ipod after work just to drown it out.
I traded that one out for the Monster Mash.
After that it was good.
Movie with the boyfriend tonight. Introduced him to the awesomeness that is John Malkovich in RED.
"I am getting the pig!"
Fantastic.
Glad he liked it.
I still remember watching it with Oldest Sister and Squirt. They were like eh, whatever. Then the dudes showed up to kill him and they were like OO! Rewind that!
I haven't seen that movie in forever. Which is strange, since I watched it every night for like a year.
Technically I only made it through the first few scenes, but still. Every night.
Songs for the night: Said I was going to bring in the new year with Plain White T's. Here you go.
PWT's Week: Day One
"Rhythm of Love" live at Taylor Guitars
probably the most well-known behind Hey There Delilah and 1234. did a double take cause it's not the main guy who sings it, he's just backup. but that's how it's recorded.
"Broken Record"
think this is one of my favorites cause it's so random. and catchy. and fast.
and fitting since gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, the professor and mary ann drove me nuts for an hour straight!
Now I'm out, and stoked! Sleeping in tomorrow. Anybody calls me before ten it better be an emergency. Cause I don't have to work until 4. Woohoo!
"That's right old man!!"
"Can I kill her now?"
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Are they laughing at or with me?
Stop Class #2?
Much more entertaining than the first time around.
Think it had everything to do with the teacher.
First time I went - granted it was in a smaller town and at a library, ironic - it was taught by a cop.
Today we had a sub.
I knew it would be interesting when she was showing clips from Wipeout on the projector before class started.
Every time we took a break she'd show more AFV or just random clips that she had collections of, mostly people doing stupid stuff.
The majority of them had something to do with a vehicle. So it was almost appropriately class related.
We'll call it class adjacent.
It was perfection.
Anyway, she understood that we didn't all want to be there so she flew over the material pretty quickly, not repeating things that we already knew. Answered a lot of dumb questions. I think we all passed.
Though the dude next to me was annoying the crap out of me and I wish he failed.
Does that make me a bad person?
He was playing games on his cellphone the whole class.
Then it died and he wanted to borrow my charger.
Which I didn't have. Even if I did I wasn't going to hand it over to him in the middle of stop class.
Why is it that I always end up at the table with the people who talk?
You know, they think they're whispering but they're clearly not cause she keeps looking back at them every 30 seconds.
I think that just goes with sitting in the back corner.
Did that through the majority of college, unless it was a small enough class for all of us to be forced to the front.
Gonna have to switch it up a little I guess.
I did for the Library Goddess, but then she kept using me as an example. Made me sound brilliant, I should thank her for that.
Though I sat in the back for her next class and she still did it.
So maybe it's just me.
Paying me back for the coffee.
Makes me sound like a genius librarian. In front of other library people.
Guess we're even.
But I'll still bring her coffee.
Where was I?
Oh right, Stop Class.
Didn't totally suck.
And I will forevermore be wearing my seatbelt.
It wasn't like a "click it or ticket" message thrown our way, it was more of a "click it or die" kind of message. All these videos and pictures and horrible stories. Scared into submission. Gross.
Plus, tires make me paranoid now. Did you know if they're older than 4 years that's dangerous? Not as in I've used them for four years, as in they've existed for four years. Including the years they've sat in the shop. They showed us the numbering system, I'm checking mine next time I go to the car.
Quotes of the Day:
-"Nebraska has two seasons: football season and road construction."
-"Grammatically that's a horrible sentence."
-"You know that 'oh crap' moment, right when you realize you're about to crash?"
-"We're all zombie drivers."
-"Have you ever seen an adult text? 'How do I backspace?!'"
-"He was speeding too casually."
-"You wouldn't think a minivan would go offroad."
-"It doesn't matter who I'm running over, as long as the coffee doesn't hit the interior!"
-"Beard or below is bad." does everyone know about this whole Abe Lincoln tire check thing? Was that a driver's ed thing? I'm a farm kid. We don't do driver's ed. We drive giant farm equipment far too early in life to worry about something like that.
-"You are completely allowed by law to spend 80 bucks on duct tape and make a window."
-"If your passengers are laughing kick them out. They'll stop laughing."
-"Number One: Know your material or you suck. Number Two: Know the answers or it's back to number one, you suck."
-"So it's like diet beer? Ew!"
-"Is velveeta really cheese?"
-"Fine, let THEM eat the re-tread!"
-"Take a wrong turn and you end up in Iowa!"
-"Point number three: Never screw with the Queen of England."
Though the HIGHLIGHT of the ENTIRE DAY!! was totally my bad. I mean, nobody else really noticed. Except the annoying guy to my right and the annoying teen to his right.
Have you seen this commercial? Bridgestone tires?
If you haven't, you should watch it.
NOW.
I did a spit take. Literally. I was swallowing my coffee and the second that first squirrel screamed it came out of my mouth and back into the thermos. Laughing and swallowing and coughing at the same time is just awkward. Luckily the majority of my classmates were out of the room on break.
But dude.
I'd seen it before too, I just didn't remember it.
Classic spit take.
Not one of my shining moments.
But it just got worse cause them I kept thinking about the video and laughing when I really shouldn't have been laughing cause she's talking about death and destruction.
A lot of the stuff just reminded me of this episode of NCIS when Abby and Tony are talking about driving classes and Abby is commenting on the videos. "Drink, Drive, Die" was the name of one she wanted on DVD.
And it's like the time that I couldn't stop laughing at this quote from Just Shoot Me and it made working in the lab, where there are just two of us, really awkward.
But that's when you take a lap.
And roam the floor.
Can't stop laughing at something Nina Van Horn said like 9 years ago?
Perfect time to go check the biographies to make sure no one's dealing drugs, sleeping, peeing on the material or doing anything else back there.
The joys of a public library.
Another joy of a public library?
We're open on Sundays.
Which means I will be there.
So I should sleep.
"At Or With Me" Jack Johnson
It's okay Jack. I hate him too. Beat him up. Gotta say, 2:59, best part ever. I cheered. Cannot stand that guy.
Is it bad to cheer for something like that hours after you leave a stop class?
and to all a goodnight.
Much more entertaining than the first time around.
Think it had everything to do with the teacher.
First time I went - granted it was in a smaller town and at a library, ironic - it was taught by a cop.
Today we had a sub.
I knew it would be interesting when she was showing clips from Wipeout on the projector before class started.
Every time we took a break she'd show more AFV or just random clips that she had collections of, mostly people doing stupid stuff.
The majority of them had something to do with a vehicle. So it was almost appropriately class related.
We'll call it class adjacent.
It was perfection.
Anyway, she understood that we didn't all want to be there so she flew over the material pretty quickly, not repeating things that we already knew. Answered a lot of dumb questions. I think we all passed.
Though the dude next to me was annoying the crap out of me and I wish he failed.
Does that make me a bad person?
He was playing games on his cellphone the whole class.
Then it died and he wanted to borrow my charger.
Which I didn't have. Even if I did I wasn't going to hand it over to him in the middle of stop class.
Why is it that I always end up at the table with the people who talk?
You know, they think they're whispering but they're clearly not cause she keeps looking back at them every 30 seconds.
I think that just goes with sitting in the back corner.
Did that through the majority of college, unless it was a small enough class for all of us to be forced to the front.
Gonna have to switch it up a little I guess.
I did for the Library Goddess, but then she kept using me as an example. Made me sound brilliant, I should thank her for that.
Though I sat in the back for her next class and she still did it.
So maybe it's just me.
Paying me back for the coffee.
Makes me sound like a genius librarian. In front of other library people.
Guess we're even.
But I'll still bring her coffee.
Where was I?
Oh right, Stop Class.
Didn't totally suck.
And I will forevermore be wearing my seatbelt.
It wasn't like a "click it or ticket" message thrown our way, it was more of a "click it or die" kind of message. All these videos and pictures and horrible stories. Scared into submission. Gross.
Plus, tires make me paranoid now. Did you know if they're older than 4 years that's dangerous? Not as in I've used them for four years, as in they've existed for four years. Including the years they've sat in the shop. They showed us the numbering system, I'm checking mine next time I go to the car.
Quotes of the Day:
-"Nebraska has two seasons: football season and road construction."
-"Grammatically that's a horrible sentence."
-"You know that 'oh crap' moment, right when you realize you're about to crash?"
-"We're all zombie drivers."
-"Have you ever seen an adult text? 'How do I backspace?!'"
-"He was speeding too casually."
-"You wouldn't think a minivan would go offroad."
-"It doesn't matter who I'm running over, as long as the coffee doesn't hit the interior!"
-"Beard or below is bad." does everyone know about this whole Abe Lincoln tire check thing? Was that a driver's ed thing? I'm a farm kid. We don't do driver's ed. We drive giant farm equipment far too early in life to worry about something like that.
-"You are completely allowed by law to spend 80 bucks on duct tape and make a window."
-"If your passengers are laughing kick them out. They'll stop laughing."
-"Number One: Know your material or you suck. Number Two: Know the answers or it's back to number one, you suck."
-"So it's like diet beer? Ew!"
-"Is velveeta really cheese?"
-"Fine, let THEM eat the re-tread!"
-"Take a wrong turn and you end up in Iowa!"
-"Point number three: Never screw with the Queen of England."
Though the HIGHLIGHT of the ENTIRE DAY!! was totally my bad. I mean, nobody else really noticed. Except the annoying guy to my right and the annoying teen to his right.
Have you seen this commercial? Bridgestone tires?
If you haven't, you should watch it.
NOW.
I did a spit take. Literally. I was swallowing my coffee and the second that first squirrel screamed it came out of my mouth and back into the thermos. Laughing and swallowing and coughing at the same time is just awkward. Luckily the majority of my classmates were out of the room on break.
But dude.
I'd seen it before too, I just didn't remember it.
Classic spit take.
Not one of my shining moments.
But it just got worse cause them I kept thinking about the video and laughing when I really shouldn't have been laughing cause she's talking about death and destruction.
A lot of the stuff just reminded me of this episode of NCIS when Abby and Tony are talking about driving classes and Abby is commenting on the videos. "Drink, Drive, Die" was the name of one she wanted on DVD.
And it's like the time that I couldn't stop laughing at this quote from Just Shoot Me and it made working in the lab, where there are just two of us, really awkward.
But that's when you take a lap.
And roam the floor.
Can't stop laughing at something Nina Van Horn said like 9 years ago?
Perfect time to go check the biographies to make sure no one's dealing drugs, sleeping, peeing on the material or doing anything else back there.
The joys of a public library.
Another joy of a public library?
We're open on Sundays.
Which means I will be there.
So I should sleep.
"At Or With Me" Jack Johnson
It's okay Jack. I hate him too. Beat him up. Gotta say, 2:59, best part ever. I cheered. Cannot stand that guy.
Is it bad to cheer for something like that hours after you leave a stop class?
and to all a goodnight.
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