"Nope, it's there forever. Like Maggie Smith and her tramp stamp."

Post #1001

Took last night off. Figured you'd heard enough from me the night before.

Yes, it was epic.

But I promise it won't happen again for another 500 posts at least.

A few things you missed:

1. Watched Trance with the boyfriend.



Weird. Weird. Weird. It started out really good and then everything circled back so it was okay, but in the middle it got really really weird. Scale of Awesome says 6/10.

2. Killer Women finally premiered. So excited for the return of Beth Riesgraf. It was weird seeing Carla play the cop instead of the bad guy. Or girl, sorry. I miss Burn Notice already.

3. Jordis Unga now follows me on Twitter.

I know, I freaked. The only problem is that I found out at lunch when I was surrounded by people. I could feel my eyes pop out of my head, it was ridiculous.

For those of you know who don't know, Jordis Unga is wicked awesome. She was on the Voice season two and she was my pick for the winner but she got beat out mid-season.

Here she is on INRX cause my Voice clips aren't working.



Epic.

And her new single is officially out.

So take that world.

4. It snowed like crazy today. Like all day. It was supposed to stop in the morning, then at noon, but it went on until like 3. I like snow, I do, but driving on it sucks.

5. TAB meeting this afternoon. We picked out the teen Summer Reading events for this year and planned out our first web series episode. Maybe I'll post a link when it's published.

6. The People's Choice Awards were on tonight. Sketch and I did some commentating as always. Lots of fun.

Here are some things I learned:

-Not all of those waitresses were female. "Some of me are definitely dudes."

-Ellen Degeneres bakes a hell of a cookie.

-Justin Timberlake thinks putting the dishes in the dishwasher is healthy for your marriage.

-People still watch The Good Wife.

-They're bringing Chuck back but they're calling it Intelligence.

-Beth Behrs can sing. And rap.

-Adam's speech was still my favorite. 3 guesses why.



If you know me you got it in 1.

-Drew loves fanny packs. That is one thing I didn't know about her.

-Sarah Michelle Gellar and Britney Spears somehow majestically have never won a People's Choice Award until tonight. What happened when they were popular the last time?

-Le man, Le myth, LeBlanc has still got it. Unfortunately he couldn't perform his honky-tonk LeBlanc-a-donk cause they were in a rush.

-2 Broke Girls still rock, even when live.

and that's all I got.

on to the music.

Who Needs Sleep - Barenaked Ladies


miss these guys too.

I Almost Do - Taylor Swift


love this one. yeah i know, she's juvenile, whatever, it's a good song.


out. legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.

From now on our troubles will be miles away.

I love that someone got to my blog by googling "Monica Potter Tall Tall Trees Feet"

Yes, she is in that video, but what is your fascination with her feet?

So today was work - we closed at 2 - and then the boyfriend's family Christmas.

I like their traditions it's very relaxing with no tiny children running all over the place.

Though they did have two dogs there tonight that were really not friends at all.

One fell asleep on my lap, she was really cute.

Anyway, so I went there, we ate supper then went to church. Was a candlelit thing, pretty cool, and then opened presents back at their place.

Got some pretty cool stuff - some awesome Husker chairs, socks, a digital picture frame, giftcards, and a wicked awesome Darth Vader bag.

It's a bag.

Cause I don't wear purses.

And Craig called it a bag and since he's the one who bought it that makes it a bag.

Though that didn't stop my boyfriend from labeling it as purse and calling it that repeatedly.

Even coming up with a little song about it.

Nope. Not a purse. Cause I don't wear purses.

But it is wicked sweet man.

And then of course there was the present from the boyfriend.

He was really good about keeping it secret and had me completely fooled.

Remember a few months ago when we decided - on the fly - that we were gonna go to Reno to see one of his favorite bands play? The full story is on here somewhere - ha, found it. Anyway, he mentioned it once one night before he left for work and when I woke up the next morning he already had the flight and rooms all booked.

Turns out my boyfriend is full of crap.

Instead of taking me to Reno he's taking me back to Vegas.

And we're staying in the Pyramid Suite of the Luxor Hotel.

aka my favorite cause I'm an Egypt nut. I literally drug him all over that hotel and photographed everything when we were there in November. Check Facebook, you'll see the pictures.

So he's really sweet.

And a punk.

First cause he lied. And second cause the tickets were in a box underneath a bag of coal.

Yes, actual coal from a train.

But he wrapped the present himself - which never happens. And I knew it was big cause his sister was there and she told me to sit down before I opened it.

Best boyfriend ever.

See what happens when I don't give him a list? It really works out in my favor so I'm going with it.

Anyway, so that was my day. I hope you all had a rockin' Christmas Eve.

Tomorrow is Christmas morning with my parents, then lunch with his extended family, and then hopefully supper with my parents. More on that later.

On to the music.

Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Eleven

Carol of the Bells - The Piano Guys


pretty cool. almost makes me want to learn cello. almost.

2012 was Pentatonix, 2011 was Home Alone soundtrack


Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Christina Perri


it's hard to beat judy garland, but this comes close.

2012 was Xtina with Brian McKnight, 2011 was Judy Garland


Oh Holy Night - Jordis Unga


are you really surprised? she's still who i associate with the voice because she was my favorite for the first season i watched it ever. but this is great, she recorded it with an iphone so it's got a unique sound quality.

2012 was Hey Monday, 2011 was Glee



2011 Day Eleven - Let all within us praise his holy name
2012 Day Eleven - To the Moon, Alice

"Stop licking the carpet!!"

She screams helplessly at Carter after spilling food all over the floor.

Woops.

Disaster.

It was one of those days, seriously.

Two incident reports in two days. Yesterday's was weird enough. Banned dude comes in not knowing he's banned, makes a computer reservation, realizes that we're looking at him and have called the guard then walks back passed the desk wearing a ski mask thing.

Master of disguise.

Then today this chick comes up to the counter asking us to call an ambulance. Something about her hand though she was a bit unsteady on her feet. EMT's show up and go talk to her.

EMT: "How much have you had to drink today?"
Chick: "Not enough, why are you buying?"

The joys of public service.

But don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade the library for anything.

It's just never boring.

Anyway, so there was that hysteria.

And the fact that they actually let Slim Shady and I work together. Which happens maybe once a month. And this time they were desperate cause it was in red.

Then I had my TAB meeting this afternoon, supervisor sat in, but it was a good one for her to be there. The kids actually stayed on task! No, we actually got a lot accomplished.

Planned out our holiday party for Saturday and picked out the activities they'll be leading for the Summer Reading kickoff.

After work jammed out with the boyfriend for a few hours, watching movies. But then he had to work. Which sucks.

Notice how loving I am that I didn't force him to watch The Voice?

Even though it was the semi-finals?

And Cassadee Pope's fate was in the air?

PS - stoked that she's safe but totally depressed that Trevin got the boot. He seriously could have won the whole thing. Think his song choice screwed him over. Or the bad notes at the end. Either way it's suckish that he's toast. And I like Nicholas, he's got a certain flair to him. Very actual real-life dude, but I still can't believe he beat out Trevin.

But Cassadee and Terry are still in it. Way to go Team Blake! Speaking of Team Blake, Raelynn from last year made an appearance along with Team Cee-Lo's Juliet Simms - totally rocked it!! Both with new singles, and Chris Mann as well. Tony Lucca made an appearance with Adam so that makes 3 finalists plus Jermaine who was on the show a couple weeks ago. Wonder if they'll come back next week.

Was a little random that Raelynn came back to sing and Tony did not. But I guess she has a single and he does not.

Co-written by two other Voice contestants from last year.

Anyway, Cassadee and Terry rocked it and I'm stoked they're both moving on. Hopefully Cassadee will win the whole thing as my number 1. Make up for the fact that Jordis got kicked out far too early last year.

Sorry, rambling and you don't care.

Next week is the finals. Big potatoes. That's all.

Song of the night:

Two artists that Nicholas beat out who could have easily won this competition.



Shocking we lost them in the quarter and semi-finals.

OUT!

Very superstitious, writings on the wall...

Alright, Avengers is covered, now it's time for The Voice and Castle finales.

Thoughts?

I'm thinking, awesome.

For the pair.

I guessed a long while back that Jermaine was gonna take it. And he definitely deserved it. He did have a major edge already being on stage with Alicia Keys, and I think people really feared him because of it. Experience means less nerves which means better stage presence.

I like him, I like his voice, and I think Blake's a great coach - he's super picky about turning around during the Blind Auditions so you know if he does they're worth it.

Background singer no more.

I was just seriously excited for Juliet Simms for getting second. When it was announced that Tony got third and she had a shot at being first her jaw just dropped.

She was my favorite of the final four,
"I thought we were gonna make a toast and then we got a car? I don't have a car so I need this!"
"I feel like I'm on Oprah!"

I'm guessing they'll all get record deals, that's what happened last year. I wanna hear more of Juliet Simms. I got one of Automatic Loveletter's CD's through interlibrary loan - that was her band before she made The Voice. It's great. Same gravelly voice, but with original lyrics.

Here's some highlights from the finale:

Notice how I don't include Bieber Fever. Though I did enjoy Erin saying they were going to stalk him backstage.



definitely one of my favorite moments. basically the final four brought back former season two competitors and they sang together. This was Jermaine's bringing back Pip, Jamar and James for some Jackson Five. Love the choreography. And they're all so different from each other. I miss James and Pip, they were great.




such a random pair for Juliet to bring back, I was just intrigued, seriously. but i guess Raelynn was like her little sister and Jamar was just always so positive and as they were the final two for Team Cee-Lo it makes sense.




a little random since they weren't the final four, but awesome just the same. Sera rocked it.



i like this combo, Chris is great with opera but then you've got Lindsay's unique tone and Katrina's powerful vocals, it was great.




"this is what they were afraid of purrfect, they're gonna fire us."this is my impression of purrfect..." too funny.


love it. seriously love it. "i can't say the same."

save the best for last.



okay, i literally jumped up and down. literally got up and jumped. and at that point i was like, okay, Tony can win and i'll be okay with it. all because he brought Jordis back. she's my favorite, unless you missed all my rambles throughout the season.

She's just so great, she has a grit to her voice and serious power, great at both relaxed like "wild horses" and then hardcore like "maybe i'm amazed".

Hope she makes the "best of" CD. Or gets a record deal.

Can't wait until next season.

Speaking of, Castle's finale was huge!

Whilst the case storyline wasn't all that spectacular, actually I was a little let down by that, but the end made it worth it.

Now I just hope they don't screw it up like Bones.

I think they had their season finale as well, but I'm so far behind and for some odd reason have no motivation to catch.

Think it's all because things changed when they got together.

You can tell I'm not the only one. When a show changes nights that means it's at risk. If everybody was tuning in when it was on there'd be no reason to change things, they would already dominate in number of viewers.

Maybe Castle will be different.

I'm wondering if that's part of the reason why they're holding off on Ziva and Tony on NCIS.

And why Penny and Leonard broke up, course I'm behind on that too so for all I know they could be back together.

Too much pressure to keep them together. Plus it takes away motivation to keep watching since they're already together.

That's one of the reasons Frasier did so well. They didn't end up getting together until like the 8th season. And people kept watching because they had to see how it happened and then what happened next.

That's how I got sucked in, it was like finally! But now I have to watch until they get married and then I had to watch until they had kids and then I had to keep watching to see how it all ended.

On the agenda for today was a halfday at work then a meeting for grad school stuff. Basically I'm gonna be her grad assistant and have to take over her current duties. One of them is to lead these comprehensive exam study sessions where you get tips from those who took it and learn how to submit them - we don't have a major test, just a bunch of essays.

It was pretty informal, basically just went over the necessary steps. And then I talked to her about GA stuff, puts me at ease knowing what's coming and how to handle it.

I think I'll be okay. It's just a couple of semesters. Plus you know taking three classes and the homework and working 40 hours and directing a youth camp and doing TAB stuff...yeah, that's not bad at all.

I'd give you a music rec, but I gave you plenty above. I'm out.

Here's your sign.

Okay, probably one of the worst nights on The Voice.

I was totally stoked all day for tonight's show, you can ask my coworkers. I rambled to multiple of them on multiple occasions and then got hit with, "oh yeah i told you already" multiple times.

Stoked.

And intrigued by this whole instant elimination thing.

Okay.

Not only were the performances crap, they decided to boot off the two best performers.

Genius.

Sorry.

I'm only slightly bitter. Mostly because he kicked off Jordis, but also, Jesse Campbell? Seriously? He was the guy to beat! Even Adam said that!

Though I loved when the camera panned over to him after Xtina booted him off and Adam's jaw just dropped.

Tonight was sad. No outstanding performance that made me run to itunes and buy it.

The only good performance of the entire night came from Team Blake when they sang the Eagles "Heartache Tonight" and you can't even get that off itunes.

And while I love Maroon 5 because of Adam and James Valentine - one seriously awesome Nebraskan - eh. I mean, their song was alright, but again, nothing that made me run to itunes and download it.

Sorry.

Bitter.

But can you blame me? I mean, Jordis was...Jordis! Really?! Why?!

My top ten list has basically been decimated. Let's see who I've got left.

1. Jordis Unga - kicked out during instant eliminations
2. Pip - still rockin' the bowtie man.
3. James Massone - still jammin' in his letterman jacket.
4. Tony Luca - still a former mouseketeer
5. Angie Johnson - aka the marine - kicked out during the battle rounds
6. Jermaine Paul - no longer just a backup singer for Alicia Keys
7. Juliet Simms - still has the gravelly voice of awesome
8. Adley Stump - kicked out on the battle rounds
9. Sera Hill - kicked out during the live rounds
10. The Line - kicked out during the battle rounds

Honorable mentions include: Katrina Parker, Jessie Campbell, Jamar Rogers, Kim Yarbrough and Ashley DeLa Rosa.

So I guess 5 out of 10 isn't bad, and when you think about it only one person can win anyway, but I was still going with Jordis man, she rocks!

Now I just got Juliet and the boys. Though she's a rocker hardcore with her gravelly voice so maybe she'll pull it off.

Sorry, this is negative. I didn't set out to be all Debbie Downer.

Let's turn this around.

What went right today?

Hm.

Well, it was a Monday.

But I got through it unscathed.

So that's always a bonus.

Did a lot of supply stuff, more in store for that tomorrow.

Learned I'm, well, I'm not sure what I am.

Reliable?

Perhaps?

Superwoman is letting a chick interview me for a class. So either that's props to me, or she is looking to dump it on someone. Haha, I'm going to go with the first one.

Hoping I've proved myself after working here almost 2 years.

Holy crap, it's gonna be two years in like a month.

Cause I graduated on the 8th, started at the home branch on the 16th and the work branch on the 24th.

Dude.

I'm getting old.

I'm tired, thinking about going to bed early.

Didn't sleep well last night.

Some idiot at my complex went psycho middle of the night, banging on windows and flinging out a lot of 4 letter variety. Was tempted to call the cops but didn't want to get involved.

This is just getting worse.

Where's Keanu? QUICKSAND!

I feel like I need a burst of comedy to make it stop, MAKE IT STOP!!

This post is entirely too depressing and that's not my style.

Well.

Often.

It's not my style often.

I think. Hope. Wish. Dream. Whatever.

Comedy.

What sounds good?

Let's go with some good ole down home country.

Inspiration: "if you've been on television more than five times describing what the tornado sounded like...you might be a redneck."

You Might Be Redneck - Jeff Foxworthy

if somebody yells hoedown and your girlfriend hits the floor!

Here's Your Sign - Bill Engvall

you get your truck stuck?

"Here's Your Sign" song version

love travis tritt.

And here's one of these: AFV omg, too funny.

Oh yeah, and reference fact-or-crap of the day: Every US President with a beard has been a Republican.

See?

There we go.

All better.

I'm OUT!

knowing that you lied straight-faced while i cried, still i look to find a reason to believe...

Alright, so here's my top ten for The Voice:

1. Jordis Unga - yes she is my favorite and i've raved about her for weeks so get over it.
2. Pip - rockin' the bowtie man.
3. James Massone - he's just so good and i love his letterman jackets.
4. Tony Luca - former mouseketeer
5. Angie Johnson - aka the marine - kicked out during the battle rounds
6. Jermaine Paul - backup singer for Alicia Keys
7. Juliet Simms - gravelly voice of awesome
8. Adley Stump - country rocker - kicked out on the battle rounds
9. Sera Hill - killer runs - kicked out during the live rounds
10. The Line - killer duo - kicked out during the battle rounds

though I also enjoy Katrina Parker, Jessie Campbell, Jamar Rogers, Kim Yarbrough and Ashley DeLa Rosa.

I can't stand Erin the model. I'm sorry just no. Can't do it. The Shields Brothers won that battle and they would have rocked it tonight. "Walk Like an Egyptian" really?

Anyway, my top ten are kickin' butt. Well, those of them that are still in.

And as much as it pains me, literally pains me, Cheesa, the Hawaiian girl that beat out the marine in the battle rounds totally rocked it tonight.

I want to hate her cause she knocked out the marine, but dude.

Dude.

"Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston, oh my god I'd post it if it were uploaded.

And she's Team Cee-Lo who's all about the flair and the fantastic so there were lights and costumes and dance moves and dude.

I'm proud to say that Juliet Simms probably had the best performance of the night with "Roxanne" I will have to download that one later, and of course you got James as well singing "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones?!?! But he pulled it off, even though he was completely focused on the ladies in the crowd.

Smooth man, real smooth.

Tony and Kim weren't at their best tonight so I'm wondering how that's gonna affect their outcome tomorrow. But they have enough of a following that they may be fine.

Sorry, I'm sure you don't care about my Voice ramble-nations, moving on.

Today I was a mess.

A complete and total disaster-in-progress.

Just flustrated.

Yes, flustrated.

Word of the day.

The act of being flustered whilest frustrated.

Mondays always means backlog, but since we were closed yesterday it was even more crazy today and tomorrow will be more of the same.

I have so much supply stuff I need two hours to get all the way through it tomorrow.

And this was after an hour's worth today.

And I'll probably need more.

But I won't get it because there's also a TAB meeting, to which I also have a lot of stuff I need to prep for. aka agendas, snacks, ya area stuff, summer reading stuff, etc.

I love it.

I do.

I love my job.

Everything about my job.

Well, maybe not the creepy stalkers so much, but everything else is pretty awesome.

And I like supplies and TAB but today was a bit overwhelming.

Fearless Leader had to walk me to my car after work, haha. Pretty sure she thought I was gonna space and get hit by a car or something.

Flustrated man, flustrated.

So The Voice was an essential zen tool.

And the day started out so calm too!

Got to jam at the home branch, checked in bookdrop stuff, stamped papers, pulled expired and cancelled holds, pulled the regular holds list, turned on all the computers and that was all before ten.

But it was calm and relaxing cause it was like familiar? you know? Though things are a little different there now I'm still a home branch shelver girl at heart. It was where I got my start and I made great friends.

Whom I'm stoked to jam with for inservice day.

As stoked as one can be to sit in seminars all day 8-5.

Anyway, it was a bit like a flashback today with morning at the home branch and afternoon at the work branch. And the funny thing was that I totally turned the wrong way out of the parking lot. Which is sad cause I used to take that route EVERYDAY!!! For like a year in a half!!

Like I said, flustrated.

Morning at the home branch, afternoon at the work branch, potato bacon soup for lunch, Angry Birds in Space on the ipod - cause yes earth wasn't enough and it rocks so shutup - supplies and YS all afternoon and then rockin' to The Voice tonight meant a full day and I'm zonked.

As is Carter who's decked out on the couch next to me.

He had a big day of laying around the apartment, you know?

He deserves to sleep some more.

His life is so rough.

As I can't post the music I want to I'll hit you with a backup instead.

"Reason To Believe" Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood

"should we do this one with or without glasses?" classic.

'til Johnny's dancing with me I've got no reason to smile...

Big day in G-Town man, big day.

First up was driving a pickup to the tire shop as it had a flat, and I followed mom who was also driving a pickup to the tire shop cause it had a flat...and this was after my dad had dropped off my car at the tire shop cause it had a flat...they loved us today.

Then it was the big easter egg hunt at the courthouse which apparently I used to go to but have absolutely no memory of it. I guess my brother took me around, he was the popular one in school so everyone just knew me as Mark's baby sister.

Yeah, that's one of my favorite stories about my brother, he could have been valedictorian but he chose not to because he wanted to have a social life.

All my siblings are super smart and then there's me.

Not that I'm completely incompetent I am a librarian. And got a couple 4.0's in college so I manage.

Anyway, this morning it was all about candy at the courthouse. They divide the age groups up and we had one in each cause Abbers was in the youngest which is like toddler to 3, then you got Booge's group which was 4-6, and then Claire was the oldest in the 7-to I'm guessing like 10, anybody older than that would dominate.

I went with Booge and actually he did dominate, he had excellent strategy though I don't know if he realized it. Basically he's super fast so he ran out in front of all the kids and got there first and then grabbed and ran, like it was the run and scoop method, genius. He dominated. And the girls did pretty well themselves. Plus they got these prize ticket things for businesses around G-Town, they cleaned up man.

I'd call it a victory.

After that Mom and I came back to the house to help the "easter bunny" with candy stuff.

While we attempted to watch "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" but failed as we were too distracted.

It was alright.

Not fantastic.

I feel like I should go back and watch it more closely because it was SOOO HARD to follow, too many characters I think. I should probably read the book then maybe I'd get it.

Anyway, so I should go back and watch it again but I really have no motivation to. Even though I do love Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, I think they're fantastic, and maybe it is a fantastic movie but I was too distracted to pay attention.

Scale of Awesome at the moment says 4/10 but that's only because I missed half of it cause I was stuffing eggs.

Plus I had to show Mark the Darth Maul commercials posted a few posts below this one and we were watching it on the TV with no remote for the DVD player - which is obnoxious but it's been that way for years now. And the sad part is that we have a universal remote so we could program it, but that'd be too easy you know?

Anyway, yes there are going to be a lot of "anyway"s in this post I think this is my third, get used to it.

Anyway, four, he thought they were funny, which they are, plus I gave him his shirt. I found this Darth Vader shirt at Target that has a picture of Vader and then the phrase "Who's Your Daddy", super funny.

After that candy craze, which mom hid cause she knew that Mark would steal it - he did unsuccessfully try this afternoon but failed epically, I had to throw him some and it was funny cause he was trying to be subtle about it. HA!

Anyway, five, after the candy craze I watched some Swamp People with dad, cause apparently a weekend at the farmhouse isn't complete without watching an episode of Swamp People at least once a day. Which is good, I find it highly enjoyable. Looking forward to next week's and see I'd tape them on my own, but then what would I watch when I came out to the farmhouse?

Really, Swamp People is just saving me from marathon's of HeeHaw. Which I'm sure I'll get tomorrow night before I leave. He usually has ones cued up for me to see.

ANNND after all that I cleaned out my closet.

One of them.

Sort of.

I mean, I went through everything but it's all memorabilia stuff so it's not trash-able. So it'll stay in boxes for now and eventually get moved to my apartment.

So I guess you could say it was more like taking stock rather than cleaning out.

I took stock of all my crap.

And I only got through one of the two closets in my room.

I mean, technically it's one big one they're connected but it's two doors, whatever, anyway six, I found stuff from high school and college and all that and in it was one seriously seriously depressing poem that I don't remember writing at all, and it like threw me off. Cause I was so excited to find all this stuff, especially the stuff I forgot about and then I pull this out and it was like, dude, WTF?

Here.

Read.

And then forget it cause it's highly depressing and like I said I totally forgot about writing it, no idea when I did, but it's in my hand-writing so I guess it was me.


When you smile at me my heart skips a beat.

When you talk to me it starts to pound.

When you're close to me I can hear it in my head.

When you kiss me it leaps into my throat.

When you told me you loved me my knees buckled.

When you're not around I drag my feet.

When we bicker and fight I cannot breathe.

When you told me you're leaving I ended my life.

When you came back for me I was already gone.

When you cried for me I couldn't hear it.

When you threw things for me I couldn't see it.

When you ended your life I saw you again briefly, but just for a second before they took you away.

Why oh why do you do this to me?


and there's that. like i said highly depressing and morbid and just blah.

so forget about it.

cause i'm still reeling and just weirded out that i don't even remember writing it. or who i was writing about. which is weird. cause i'm a writer and it's semi-memorable i would say.

or maybe because it's highly depressing i blocked it out, whatever moving on!


I finally watched the elimination rounds on the Voice and if you don't want to be spoiled - though it was from Tuesday - then don't read.

Stoked that Jordis got saved, though was shocked when she was initially not picked as they said she topped the rock charts and was the first artist to do so on The Voice.

Seriously just excited, and kind of shocked by a lot of the choices, but stoked as they were all my favorites and the ones I downloaded off itunes.

Alright, songs of the day:

"It's My Party" Lesley Gore

i just love her voice, it's so unique. and that's the only way i can describe it.

and its sequel

"Judy's Turn To Cry" Lesley Gore

and you took him back? after that? really?

Don't wake up in a road side ditch.

Things I learned today:

-In Duluth, Minnesota it is illegal to allow animals to sleep in a bakery.

-In Idaho, you may not fish on a camel's back.

-All of the earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.

-A group of frogs is called an army.

-90% of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

(those may be complete crap, just FYI)

-No matter how well-planned out things may seem, they can still go sideways.

The last one was especially true for today. They've finished the majority of the painting which means that books go back on the wall along the outside - or the car manuals at least cause that's their new permanent location.

When they took them down they attempted to keep them in order on the shelves and then line up the shelves so that it would be easier to put them back up....but the plan failed a bit.

Mostly because the lines they were put in were a bit out of order. But whatever, two hours later they were fixed and up.

The movers were seriously impressive, the Awesome Aide and I sat back and watched as these muscle-bound guys picked up the shelves with the books still on them and carried them around the room, then lifted them over their head and installed them.

And these are heavy books.

Dude.

Anyway, as well-planned as it was, since they weren't putting them back in the same section as they took them down it turned into a bit of a mess.

But we got it.

One of the dudes said if something goes wrong they'd have my back.

So Chet's Moving Service has got my back.

Made me feel special, haha.

But there was a lot of re-shelving things and organizing today which made me realize all this new supplies stuff I need to order, blah. I'm behind, but that'll be my goal for tomorrow: order conquer, tape, baskets, batteries....there was more but I'm blanking. Good thing I wrote it down.

Aside from the constant running all over the place was the constant heat which didn't help things but we're in Nebraska so we're used to it, anyway we found ways to distract ourselves, talking about the big game and our favorite commercials which is a frequent topic between myself and The New Guy.

Here are some of our favorites:

Make 7-Up Yours!

i love orlando jones and this is fantastic.

Don't Wake Up in a Road Side Ditch

"when people think you're tough people want to see how tough..."
it's just so random!!! i love it! and all the other variations, but this is the best.

Darth Vader and a Volkswagen

love it.

ALL ABOARD!!!! The 5G Train!

"i dunno, kinda looks like a girl"

That's Brisk, Baby!

too funny.

okay, there's no way i can not post these.

I want a Golden Darthy!!

"...well that blows..."

That kid's got game

"and the babes start snickerdoodling and then you go on lots of dates!"

gonna have to show those to my brother, fantastic.

Song of the night:

Because Jordis is in my top 5 for The Voice and she rocked it tonight, here's her blind audition

"Maybe I'm Amazed" Jordis Unga

dig it.