we had spaghetti at our house three times this week.

Name that musical.

So I declined to post last night cause I felt like crap.

And anything I could have rambled about would have been endless and pointless.

Which I guess on here is a daily occurrence, but I couldn't muster up the energy to open up my laptop.

This was after 9 hours of work and stopping by Oldest Sister's house to show off my foosball skills, lose in some sort of war game on PS3 and then almost fall asleep on their couch until they came back.

Here's the deal, Squirt had the flu pre-Vegas. Oldest Sister got the flu after returning from Vegas. Then my brother got it. Then my boyfriend got it.

Then he got over it and now he got it again.

So my days are numbered.

And the fact that I'm exhausted and sore is an impending sign of doom.

But I'm waiting for that unmistakable bad taste in my mouth and fever to keep me from going to work.

Cause I have stuff I need to do there - too many new volunteers and TAB stuff coming up to skip and spend the day on the couch wallowing in my own misery.

I'm like Cristina like that, sorry.

But like I said, the countdown has begun. It's not a matter of if I get sick, it's more like when so I'm trying to get as much done before then as possible.

aka homework, work work, life stuff.

Only like 3 big assignments left.

IT Scholarly Paper due Friday on Koha - and summary due next Friday.

Outreach Plan due Sunday.

Reference Interview due next Saturday.

I've got the first paper laid out from previous drafts and I've already done the interview just gotta write the paper.

But I've got time. Just gotta keep up with the discussion boards along the way.

Anyway, so yesterday was alright, today was alright. Worked the weekend it was pretty slow but pretty fast at times we were closed both Thursday and Friday.

No real highlights just trying to keep my head above water.

Don't go in tomorrow until 4 so I'm headed to bed now.

OH! I uploaded my Vegas and Worlds of Fun and some NLA pictures to Facebook.

And that's all I got.

Have a good one.




Sandy!

yeah, guess which one number one in my top ten?

"and he's awesome!"

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!

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.

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!

Make the lambs stop screaming!

Have you ever had one of those days where it's like everything is nonstop? Like my heart was racing the whole day. Was only at the one branch 2 hours this morning so I was racing the clock and still didn't get everything done, then at lunch I worked on homework frantically reading so I could get that done and didn't have to do it tonight, this afternoon while apparently slow for everyone else caused me nothing but stress - except at one point where in all her glory Superwoman showed up and commented on me relaxing. The one time I was actually sitting and checking email, everything else was nonstop. Which is good, she didn't see me all stressed and freaking out. Everything was a rush. Checking in in the back room cause no one else was doing it - there are still three carts left to deal with after I went through five others, then at close I was supposed to count money which I had totally forgotten since I was too busy putting out new books and checking people out at the desk. Thank god for Load man, he saved my butt. Yes, we are Lock and Load. Deal with it.

Then I came back to my car and found the window open which totally freaked me out. But it's fine. I guess. I probably hit a button or something.

Now I'm home and sped through the rest of my reading just to get started on the posting. But it's done! It's done! I'm done! for the week!! huzzah!! Posted and replied to three peoples even though no responses were required. But I'm a nerd like that.

Now I can like sit. And just like sit. And watch TV. But mostly just sit without my heart racing and me freaking out about homework/work stuff. See, this is why I like being subdirt. There's no real responsibility. I mean, other than what happens at work itself. You go, you do lists, you shelve, you're done. Mostly. I enjoy the subdirt. And then I was dirt at the other branch but now they decided to promote us all. Now we're topsoil.
I explained the dirt system to you earlier I believe, check this: My Life in Closed Captions: "Cause even after three text messages, four missed...

I'm just in one of those modes where it's like my brain won't stop. I'm at this point in the post and I've only been typing for less than a minute. Speed typing where you go back and finish the mistakes later. It's part of the English major thing. You get it all down on paper before you forget it or get distracted by something else. Or maybe that's just me.

But I'm good now. And breathing. Today was something to scrapbook. Let's leave it at that and move on.

Perhaps mellowed music will help. Well, that and SVU. Cause I got the 4th season through interlibrary loan. I love my job. But I'm pacing myself with Chuck. Cause the next DVD set doesn't come out 'til like October. I do this with most series I own. I don't watch the last disc until the next DVD is out, then I can watch them all together. Cliffhangers drive me bananas. But in a good way. But not a good enough way that if I have access to what happens after I'm hanging off the cliff that I'm not going to watch it. Did that make sense? Probably not. But it's the thought that counts. I think. That's a thought. Thinking is a thought. I need to stop typing.


Mellow music. Right. Okay, ipod shuffle says.......piano melodies


"Don't Know Why" Norah Jones

we listen to this between skits and worship sessions at camp. it's on our piano's demo reel. seriously. liz implemented it a few years ago and i stuck with it.


"A Thousand Miles" Vanessa Carlton

I WANNA RIDE A PIANO DOWN A HIGHWAY!! I actually just had this conversation with Pastor and Obi-Wan. Pastor just moved and they have this piano and were discussing how to move it to the other house. I said they should just push it across town. One person on each side and then one pushing on the back and then someone riding on top so they can tell them "more to the left" or "speed bump ahead" or "turn here". Think it'd be awesome.

also dig this one of hers:

"San Francisco" Vanessa Carlton


no idea what happened to either of these artists - haven't heard anything from them lately.


tomorrow i'm scheduled to be an aide the same time i'm scheduled to be an LA3. see, that just sounds weird to say. or type. LA3. i liked being an LA2. dirt man. dirt.
but i'll figure out the schedule tomorrow morning. for now i'm outta here. eat some supper and watch some SVU.

Poetry in Motion

Okay, gonna keep this short as Ziva is turning against me, even as we speak. I can feel the time ticking before she'll restart this window. Ugh. It's making homework really frustrating. Will fix it later. But I did finish both books and do all the homework associated with them. All that's left is the paper reviewing the teen program. And I already went to the program so I just have to go over my notes and figure out strengths and weakenesses and all that jazz. Another fun thing to think about tomorrow when I'm shelving. Other than the Dewey Decimal System I mean. Actually I find being a shelver very helpful when I work at the other branch because I know the call numbers/authors to most of the sections/books. It makes things easy to find.

So, tomorrow I'll write/post the paper and hit you with my summer song. Which I'm really hoping doesn't suck. Cause once it plays it can't be skipped for the rest of the summer. Like I said, I'm a nerd. go here and scroll down to the paragraph about the music recs for the full story: My Life in Closed Captions: sickness, bee stings, greek mythology, zombies, un...

I finished book #12. I read 12 books in 6 weeks. Went to classes, did homework to go along with them. Went to a teen program, interviewed teens... I should feel accomplished. Right? But all I feel is like this just... headspace. I feel awful. That last book was completely depressing. Complete buzzkill to my joy of being 99% done with homework until August. I can't even like ugh.

But today was fun. Hysterical at moments.
Quotes:
Me: Does the coffee machine in the staff room actually work?
Fearless Leader: DON'T DRINK IT!
i almost fell over laughing. apparently it's bad. good to know.

Little boy: Is there a baby in your belly?
John Boy: Nope, just fat.
Little boy to his father: Dad, are you fat?
i was laughing about this one for a while. mostly because he asked john boy and as john boy is actually a boy boy i'm not sure that's possible. unless he was like arnold schwartz-howeveryouspellit in Junior. or that dude on grey's who was having a hysterical pregnancy. "Psych!" "Surgical!" just for you sketch.

Songs for the night:
I'm in a very Evanescence kinda mood but as I used Amy Lee's theme for yesterday I will have to hit shuffle and find something else for tonight...hmm...


"She's a Bad Mama Jama" Carl Carlton

yes that is his real name. and i think i'm going to claim Aquarius during this video and not participate. that's the joy of being born on the crossover between that and pisces. although i do enjoy his dance moves on the catwalk.


"Play that Funky Music, White Boy" Wild Cherry

funking out in every way huh?


There. Anti-Headspace music. Much better. Now I can sleep.

and usually the whole book changing your state of mind thing can be a good thing - like revolution was totally awesome and i felt all smart cause of the history stuff. zombies vs unicorns was a little wacky but still amusing. the depressing ones are the ones that totally cling to you the longest though. messers-of-minds. seriously.

Library Selection Policy - its kind of a big deal.

I'm writing my paper for class, well taking a break from writing my paper for class, and am in need of some motivation to keep going. I finally found my angle so I know what to ramble about it's just the motivation to put the ramblings on paper that I'm lacking. Even though it's not really paper, more like 'on screen' and then upload it/submit it.

Aaannnd since I'm going through my notes that means more Library Goddess-isms.
- LG: "Who, When, What, Where and then we have another Who...ish" about citation
- LG: "That's why there are 800 books named 'Frog'!!.......I don't know where that example came from." since you can't put a copyright on a title
- LG: "The URL from hell." giant URL that I'm grateful we didn't have to copy down on paper
- LG: "You don't go up to the grocer and say, 'What the heck? Where are the beans?!'" I really wish I could remember what that was an example for. I think something about not having something in the library that we should have or something to that effect.
- Presenter: "Why do we collect statistics? Anyone?" *silence* "Okay!" that was funny. absolute silence. Reminded me of a few classes in college. Although that was usually the point in the lecture where the professor would either scream and do some weird gesture or jump on a table and just yell "hey!" Both took place in religion classes actually. The table yelling was from New Testament and the gesture was "Chicken Man!" when we were learning about Barak (thanks BFF) in Old Testament.

But I should be writing about censorship and gift policies!

Instead I'm jamming out to the Grey's musical episode soundtrack - now available on itunes - and cracking up everytime I hear Justin Chambers or Chandra Wilson sing. Not cause they're bad, they're actually quite good, I just can't see their characters singing. Or Sloan. Or Cristina. Or Meredith. Lexie sure. Maybe even Izzie. Actually, from the soundtrack, Ellen Pompeo and Chyler Leigh sound excellent. I'm impressed.

Selection policies are the backbone of every library! They can make or break you!

You know how sometimes there are random lyrics or quotes that come to you randomly during the day and just don't go away? Or is that again just me? All day I've been saying "You can call me Travie Clause minus the ho-ho." Granted it is the best line of the song but that still doesn't explain why it's stuck in my head. Oh well, at least it doesn't have a Scottish accent. "It's like graveyard jenga down here." I'm gonna have to find that on Amazon, see if they make it somewhere here in the states I can get it shipped from. It was only one season. But they should have it somewhere online.
Another line out of nowhere, "And why this frenzied chlorophyll's orgy starts in Spring is no enigma!" Which, if you get that reference without googling it, means you're either a big fan of Michelle Pfeiffer or have far too much time on your hands. Random random random. I love it even though it was spectacularly awful. In fact it got horrible reviews, which apparently means nothing to me as I'm a fan of it and Bonekickers and numerous other movies/bands that I won't list because I should be writing about selection policies and peer libraries instead.

"That's not my name" the Ting Tings 2008

I can honestly say I was a fan before they got famous famous. But that's also true for Hey Monday, Neon Trees and La Roux. Which I guess makes sense if you listen to a lot of Indie music. Since that's apparently rising to the top. It's either that or Lady Gaga and her electronic world. She's not bad. I am a fan of Ke$ha and she's got some electronic backgrounds as well.

Okay okay, back to writing about the importance of diversity in formats and topics.

High School Never Ends

Just watched "Body of Proof" with Dana Delaney as an M.E. It's like a combination of "The Closer" and "Rizzoli and Isles". Amusing actually. She's got the personality of Brenda Lee Johnson and the abilities of Maura Isles. Looking forward to the next episode, on Sunday this time then back to Tuesdays.

And I'm waaayyyyy behind on my Greys but I will watch the musical episode cause I'm stoked. Sara Ramirez has an amazing voice - I'm not gonna overload you with spoilers and all that as you may be fans as well. She actually has an EP out now. Loving her version of Brandi Carlile's "The Story" check it out on itunes.

So, I was going to post "Bliss" by Muse but watched the video and since he's falling down this big hole that looks suspiciously like the one Darth Mall fell into when he died I decided it was morbid and depressing. And I'm staying away from morbid and depressing since I've already overloaded you with two of those videos this week and it's only Tuesday.
Insead, have some fun with Bowling For Soup. Love this song, major anthem actually.

See, it's only disturbing, not depressing or morbid. And it's true really.

have a good night.

This is a week of my favorite things Day Three: Television

Despite spending the day surrounded by white walls and sterilized equiptment my day didn't totally suck. Bonus points for a fun family.
Quotes of the day:
Sarah: "You'd pick up a section of the couch and say, 'well, there's seven.'" My sister on cleaning her house and finding pacifiers

Mark: "I used to say 'Oh Pigeons' it's appropriate cause they're annoying as crap." My brother on swear words growing up

Mandy: "Stick him in the closet with a piece of cheese and a glass of water." My niece about her brother after he was being annoying

Mark: "We'll split the trains four ways, Carrie can have the beer mugs."
Sarah: "I want the Corve."
Me: "Can I have the Bird?"
Mark: "Yes, we'll flip you the Bird." Us jokingly dividing up the inheritance, Corve as in Corvette, Bird as in T-Bird.

Sarah: "Should we just move him into Heritage from here? I'm sure there's an open room." Joking about the nursing home, I won't say what my reply was but I will say Sarah was in tears from laughter.


Okay, so Day Three is all about TV. Even though the only thing I watched today was two minutes of Fox News once I found the station.
Because of work and school and a seldom social life I actually don't watch as much TV as I used to but I still have my favorites.

So, I'll start off with all-time favorites.
1. Women's Murder Club - the genius of James Patterson put on prime-time TV. But, due to the writer's strike and its poor timing it got cut off before it's prime. Luckily, there are still fans out there keeping it alive. Woohoo WMC day May 13th! Awesome kickbutt female cast of Angie Harmon, Paula Newsome, Laura Harris and newcomer Aubrey Dollar brought in comedy, intrigue, and just a kickass show that I wish was still running. My best friend has done character artwork and tattoos for me cause I'm that crazy, see first post. (1 season, 2007-2008)
2. Charmed - I know that sister-witches who vanquish demons doesn't sound all that great but when you add in actresses like Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano plus some comedy and major action you get kick-butt results. Even after Shannen got killed off Rose McGowan totally pulled it off. (8 seasons, 1998-2006)
3. Friends - this one is a classic without needing any explanation. Each character was unique, the writing was fantasic, and the story lines kept you intrigued and coming back for ten seasons. I'm such a nerd, again as told in the first post, quote a line and I'll tell you which episode it's from. (10 seasons, 1994-2004)
4. Just Shoot Me - As you can tell from a lot of my posts on TV I really root for the bitch character and I think it originated from this show. Wendie Malick as Nina Van Horn the take no prisoners fashion model just made me aware of how awesome it could be to be that mean and not even to care because you're still just that awesome. (Following her lead came Jane Lynch in Glee, Natalie Zea in Dirty Sexy Money, Megan Mullally in Will and Grace, Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous, Lauren Lane from The Nanny, more recently Mary McDonnell in The Closer, or Kyra Sedgwick who's always that way in The Closer, and my alltime hero Holly Hunter in Saving Grace) Back to JSM, even aside from Wendie Malick's character you get Dennis Finch aka David Spade the snarky office assistant, Enrico Colantoni as Elliot the ladies man photographer, George Segal as Jack Gallo the boss, and Laura San Giacomo (also in Saving Grace) who plays the main character, Maya, who is forced to work for her father at Blush Magazine when she goes broke. It's just fantastic. (7 seasons, 1997-2003)
5. Grey's Anatomy - This is the kind of primetime soap opera that builds careers. Had you heard of anyone besides Patrick Dempsey before 2005? Maybe Sandra Oh. But other than them, unless you are into cheesy romance flicks pre-Grey's that starred Katherine Heigl or paid really close attention in Daredevil to catch a glimpse of Ellen Pompeo then I'm gonna go with no. But now, you know all about them just because of this show and its popularity. The drama of ER plus the comedy of Friends gives you the best rated primetime soap opera still running. And yes, me and my friends do compare ourselves to its characters, get over it. (in it's 7th season, 2005-Now)

Favorites shows no longer running:
Will and Grace - great one-liners and an excellent comedy. it actually freaks me out to hear Megan Mullally talk in her actual voice
Absolutely Fabulous - amazing character dynamics, yay for British humor
What I Like About You - my favorite Amanda Bynes role, aside from She's the Man and All That (does anyone else remember that show?)
All That - the kids version of SNL basically, but from the 90's, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and Kenan Thompson were major stars
Saving Grace - the badass detective Hanadarko, I wore random braids in my hair for a summer because of this show, yes i'm a nerd. I wish I was as much of a badass as Grace Hanadarko.
The Nanny - again, i'm a nerd. and it's hilarious. well, Niles and CC are funny, not so much Fran's voice.
Cashmere Mafia - bad timing with the writer's strike similar to WMC but it had potential
Boy Meets World - classic tgif, seasons 1-4 out on DVD now btw (shameless plug)
That 70's Show - another great comedy that built careers for multiple actors, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Donna Prepon
Gilmore Girls - fast talking family fun, so many pop culture references plus the awesomeness that is Lauren Graham
Firefly - a recent favorite that's so cheesy it's awesome. i love Nathan Fillion.
Charlie's Angels - the original series, I love the cheesy fake fighting and the mystery and just it's just too awesome for words. Plus they're remaking it and anything produced by Flower Films is amazing so I'm stoked!

Still running favorites:
Big Bang Theory - i love the different characters and how they just fit together plus the acting is great, (Kaley Cuoco was on Charmed in its last season) congrats to Jim Parsons for his Golden Globe!
Criminal Minds - okay, so i haven't watched it since they went all 'creative reasons' on AJ/JJ but it's still in my favorites list because of seasons 1-5 even though Prentiss wasn't around until season 2. she's seriously kickass. best character.
Warehouse 13 - another recent favorite that if you give a chance you'd really like too, claudia makes it worth it, she's kind of my idol.
NCIS - does this even need an introduction? Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and characters like Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo? awesome.
Rizzoli and Isles - gotta say, I still see Sasha Alexander as Kate in NCIS but I can adjust to her as an ME. Plus add in Angie Harmon as a detective again...who i still see as Lindsay Boxer so to me this is just like a messed up show and even though in my mind it shouldn't make sense it's still something i find completely compelling. did you follow that?
Harry's Law - recent favorite, Kathy Bates is a badass.
Bones - i started this show in season three and immediately had to go back and netflix all of the first two seasons. they're excellent with the comedy and the drama - i don't even mind the gore and i'm the queesiest person you'll ever meet
Castle - Nathan Fillion + Stana Katic = awesome, plus i love the cop/writer aspect
The Closer - started watching this show in the first season and fell in love with the characters and the writing and the accents, hysterical. i'm so sad it's the last season. but they're talking spinoff, which only brings in more questions.
Glee - i love musicals. plus Jane Lynch. plus Lea Michelle. plus Chris Colfer. plus plus plus...
Burn Notice - another recent addiction, it's like comedy plus action, very similar to RED with the whole agent being burned and having to find out why.
Wipeout - I started this in the first season when it was just a summer thing. Grams and I watched every week and laughed so hard! I love the commentary and the big red balls. Hilarious.
World's Dumbest, I've already posted a clip from this. My Life in Closed Captions: Text if you make it to your apartment, call if you... I love it, it's where celebrities careers go to die but seriously, it's fantastic. Celebrities do commentary on these stupid clips that people send in and they make lists like the top 20 world's dumbest criminals or 20 world's dumbest brawlers or 20 world's dumbest commercials just that kind of stuff. It's fantastic.

Just a notice: I'll probably be adding on to these throughout the week as I remember more things cause I'm forgetful but mostly because I post these while I'm half asleep then feel like an idiot the next day because I've forgotten something important.
For example: more favorite artists MXPX after raving about them at Warped, Avril Lavigne cuz I'm a nerd for punk music, Spice Girls because yes I was from that generation and I still blast it when it comes up on my headphones. And Eminem who was my favorite rapper for like ever, plus I'm also discovering the genius that is She and Him aka Zooey Deschanel and her partner.
And Movies - Um hello, Harry Potter! Chasing Destiny - awesome Lauren Graham who should also be on my top actors list - because it was totally underrated yet hilarious, Holiday movies of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original animated classic) and Hocus Pocus because Bette Midler is fantastic. Add in First Wives Club for also that reason. John Tucker Must Die I watched every day for like a year, but like more than once a day each of those days, add Brittany Snow to my actress list - have you seen her in Harry's Law?! Music and Lyrics the brilliance of Drew and Hugh Grant plus an awesome soundtrack. Never Been Kissed, another brilliant Drew movie, all of the Pirates trilogy that I might have mentioned Johnny Depp is a god amongst men. The Princess Bride is another classic along with the first two Rush Hour movies (the third wasn't as good) and um, hello, I'm a total Star Wars nerd. Like a Star Wars nerd seriously, who's such a nerd that she started a debate at work about Wars vs. Trek. I'm a Wars fan as are the rest of my siblings (except Sarah I'm sure I'll get the 'not me, just the rest of you losers' comment here soon). And the Zorro movies with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones were also fantastic. Another addition to the favorite actress list is Sasha Alexander. My laptop is named Kate for crime-ony! and now Rizzoli and Isles, I just really like her.

Seriously, don't know how I missed all of those, but they'll be added to the lists tonight.


Aaannnnd now that all the excitement is over...for now. I'm out for the night. Halfday at work tomorrow plus staff meeting then heading back to the white walls and sterilized equiptment.


Turn around bright eyes.