Post #1006
Watching The Closer.
Season one.
Looks like love.
I love that I brought that back in the finale.
Along with her purse and all that candy.
I miss this show. Thankfully Major Crimes has a very similar feel, and most of the major characters.
Minus Chief Johnson of course.
and Gabriel.
and Pope.
I wonder if they'll bring them back for the trial?
That seems to never ever happen...
Maybe next season.
Today was good.
Bit of a roller coaster, we were swamped at times and dead at others.
I did get all my supplies up on the shelves I hung with the aide yesterday. Huzzah. And added all the stuff from the workroom cabinet. So now the cabinet is just filled with stuff specific to that room.
I know it sounds boring to you but it was very exciting to me. Especially cause I got to get rid of a bunch of stuff.
And when I say "get rid of" that actually means took them upstairs to the Supplies Queen to be redistributed.
The ladies on three were very excited to go through the stuff.
There's only one guy on the floor, and he was less than enthused. Or busy. Probably busy.
I just realized he's the only guy up there now cause the other one, our previous AD, left for Wisconsin like years ago.
Huh.
Where was I?
Right, supplies, cleaning was fun.
And speaking of rearranging our upstairs desk arrangement is completely changed as well.
Not my doing.
I'm not a fan of change.
Or haven't you noticed?
I guess we'll get used to it.
And that was my day.
I'm zonked, gonna crash...after watching more of the Closer that is.
This is a crime scene ya'll.
Music.
Anything You Can Do - Tallulah Bankhead and Marlene Dietrich
Joan Crawford vs. Bette Davis as sung by one of my favorites and her "rival". Step aside buster.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Order Raisin Bran on a date, move ahead 3 spaces.
It's crazy to see that one post on here has gotten over 2000 hits in 7 months.
Ridiculous.
Second highest is only 500-something.
Both movie-related, gotta love it.
So, spent the night relaxing and finishing up the newsletter for tomorrow's meeting with the Library Goddess.
Originally I was going to go see the boyfriend but he is sick.
Which means, I'm sure, that I soon will be sick.
Which sucks cause I just got done being sick.
I'm just hoping it's either before or after this weekend, cause I'm not missing the benefit on Saturday.
The relaxation was good. Finishing up watching the Winter X Games, yeah I know, I'm way behind. But I got distracted by library DVDs and The Voice.
But can you blame me, really?
Oh, those of you who aren't fans probably can, but whatever.
You don't know what you're missing.
Felt super accomplished and old today.
Bought supplies for the teen summer reading programs for our library - in charge of setting them up and leading them and all that.
Makes me feel as if I almost have some aspect of power.
But that'll be gone by tomorrow I'm sure.
Going over supplies has gotten me excited again for our programs. Library Golf sounds especially exciting, but I'm hoping the others get attendance too. We're decorating jars and making board games based on our favorite books.
I did it in college with Pride and Prejudice, but I rambled to you about that already.
I'm stoked.
Gonna have to pick a book of my own to make an example board.
"Silver Linings Playbook" is probably a bad idea.
"Go to mental institution. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."
Though I do like "Order Raisin Bran on a date, move ahead 3 spaces."
Women's Murder Club is also probably a bad idea.
Even though it is my favorite book series.
Oh, how about "He's Just Not That Into You".
That might make for a fun game.
But not one I'd want to play with teenagers.
Hmmm...I'll put it up for debate, what book do you think would make for a cool board game?
And don't say "Hunger Games".
I love it, but I already have pictures of that to show the kids.
Anyway, I have templates for them to use, but they'll create their own boards, game pieces, dice, currency, rules and all that.
Should be fun.
Carter is already konked out next to me.
I was close to that before I started posting.
Need to crash soon since I have early morning meeting with the Library Goddess before work tomorrow.
Working on our last newsletter, sad day.
Can't believe I'll already be done with GA stuff in May.
Which means I'll have to break down and buy my own iPad.
Ugh.
Haha, you know, I didn't think I would use one until they gave me one.
And now I want one.
Quite handy.
Alright, what else from today?
Um, did more training for the new chick.
Who got Slim Shady's job.
And has yet to be nicknamed.
She came over from one of the branches and now her job is open.
Until like Friday.
So we'll see how that goes.
She's cool so far but it's hard to live up to Slim Shady.
Aaannd that's all I really remember about today. Summer Reading supply stuff, training, more training, oh got Amigos for lunch, that was good. Um, finished Murder in Suburbia season one....ummm....oh the cops showed up when we were closing. Some dude called the cops from our courtesy phone. Not because of anything we did, don't worry. He just needed to be picked up before he did something stupid. Made for an interesting walk to the parking lot with the cops there.
Had to not jaywalk in front of them.
Cause that would have been bad.
Not quite as bad as getting pulled over in your sister's driveway with family right behind you, but still bad.
Alright, on to the music.
More Voice Audition Highlights
I Kissed a Girl - Michelle Chamuel
"question eyebrows"
i love this chick, she's awesome. nerd power.
Loca - Monique Abbadie
this chick is badass. that was one of shakira's, if you didn't figure that out from her look of shock in the beginning, or singing and dancing along.
"but my resume is sparkling." "oh really?"
"wow, that was all you got?" "yes adam, i don't wanna waste everybody's time, she's picking shakira, now shut up!"
"all in favor that she pick shakira raise your hand."
Colder Weather - Warren Stone
that's a first.
out!
pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Ridiculous.
Second highest is only 500-something.
Both movie-related, gotta love it.
So, spent the night relaxing and finishing up the newsletter for tomorrow's meeting with the Library Goddess.
Originally I was going to go see the boyfriend but he is sick.
Which means, I'm sure, that I soon will be sick.
Which sucks cause I just got done being sick.
I'm just hoping it's either before or after this weekend, cause I'm not missing the benefit on Saturday.
The relaxation was good. Finishing up watching the Winter X Games, yeah I know, I'm way behind. But I got distracted by library DVDs and The Voice.
But can you blame me, really?
Oh, those of you who aren't fans probably can, but whatever.
You don't know what you're missing.
Felt super accomplished and old today.
Bought supplies for the teen summer reading programs for our library - in charge of setting them up and leading them and all that.
Makes me feel as if I almost have some aspect of power.
But that'll be gone by tomorrow I'm sure.
Going over supplies has gotten me excited again for our programs. Library Golf sounds especially exciting, but I'm hoping the others get attendance too. We're decorating jars and making board games based on our favorite books.
I did it in college with Pride and Prejudice, but I rambled to you about that already.
I'm stoked.
Gonna have to pick a book of my own to make an example board.
"Silver Linings Playbook" is probably a bad idea.
"Go to mental institution. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."
Though I do like "Order Raisin Bran on a date, move ahead 3 spaces."
Women's Murder Club is also probably a bad idea.
Even though it is my favorite book series.
Oh, how about "He's Just Not That Into You".
That might make for a fun game.
But not one I'd want to play with teenagers.
Hmmm...I'll put it up for debate, what book do you think would make for a cool board game?
And don't say "Hunger Games".
I love it, but I already have pictures of that to show the kids.
Anyway, I have templates for them to use, but they'll create their own boards, game pieces, dice, currency, rules and all that.
Should be fun.
Carter is already konked out next to me.
I was close to that before I started posting.
Need to crash soon since I have early morning meeting with the Library Goddess before work tomorrow.
Working on our last newsletter, sad day.
Can't believe I'll already be done with GA stuff in May.
Which means I'll have to break down and buy my own iPad.
Ugh.
Haha, you know, I didn't think I would use one until they gave me one.
And now I want one.
Quite handy.
Alright, what else from today?
Um, did more training for the new chick.
Who got Slim Shady's job.
And has yet to be nicknamed.
She came over from one of the branches and now her job is open.
Until like Friday.
So we'll see how that goes.
She's cool so far but it's hard to live up to Slim Shady.
Aaannd that's all I really remember about today. Summer Reading supply stuff, training, more training, oh got Amigos for lunch, that was good. Um, finished Murder in Suburbia season one....ummm....oh the cops showed up when we were closing. Some dude called the cops from our courtesy phone. Not because of anything we did, don't worry. He just needed to be picked up before he did something stupid. Made for an interesting walk to the parking lot with the cops there.
Had to not jaywalk in front of them.
Cause that would have been bad.
Not quite as bad as getting pulled over in your sister's driveway with family right behind you, but still bad.
Alright, on to the music.
More Voice Audition Highlights
I Kissed a Girl - Michelle Chamuel
"question eyebrows"
i love this chick, she's awesome. nerd power.
Loca - Monique Abbadie
this chick is badass. that was one of shakira's, if you didn't figure that out from her look of shock in the beginning, or singing and dancing along.
"but my resume is sparkling." "oh really?"
"wow, that was all you got?" "yes adam, i don't wanna waste everybody's time, she's picking shakira, now shut up!"
"all in favor that she pick shakira raise your hand."
Colder Weather - Warren Stone
that's a first.
out!
pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
"Why aren't you in the upper balcony?"
Moment of the day:
Walked into the professors office and went, "Whoa. I interviewed here."
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
I'll get there in a minute.
Day like any other, woke up, went to work, updated the website, checked in a bunch of stuff cause there was no delivery yesterday. I'm starting to realize we took our old delivery guy for granted. Uh, what else? Oh did some major supplies stuff cause apparently I was way behind on that. Copied some application forms, used the guillotine chopper thing, then checked in even more stuff.
It was funny because - okay we have like a daily schedule and we have specific places to be each hour - and today it was like 2nd floor, PS2, circ workroom, Lab desk, then lunch, then I had like circ workroom, holds, off desk, and then ended at Youth Services so my afternoon was like on my own time. It was fantastic. I checked in a bunch of stuff but there were like 4 other people scheduled to be back there in the afternoon so most of my time was spent on supplies and volunteer stuff.
Trying to come up with a list of stuff to do for volunteers who can't shelve. I have a lady coming in on Tuesday and the only things I can think of that she might be interested in is cleaning displays and maybe edging shelves. Cause she'll be a long term adult volunteer and I'm guessing things like sharpening pencils and sorting colored strips will be of little interest to her.
Ideas?
So after work I headed over to one of our other branches because my professor is the branch manager there. I walk in her office and go whoa. Flashbacks. Cause that's where I interviewed to make the temp job permanent. The first interview I did, well that was with Queen of the Known Universe and Super Librarian Status in the basement of the work branch. Immediately following that was with my Glee-Loving Boss and Girlscout at the home branch. Third came with Superwoman in her office and that was for the 20 hour summer temp job. Then the library judge - as he now goes by - took some time off so I stayed 'til October and that's when they decided they needed two more people - one at the work branch and one at the branch I went to tonight - so they panel interviewed me basically in that office and I got the work branch job.
Which was my preference.
Then they panel interviewed me again - same people, different office this time it was back to Superwoman's - to make the 20 hours permanent turn into 40 hours permanent.
Anyway, I was like, "i interviewed in this office" and she was totally lost cause I don't currently work there.
She rocks. For serious.
Like, we were supposed to have class on Saturday but I couldn't make it, which was okay because originally there was no class scheduled that day and when they added a different one they said we could meet with her to make up for it if we couldn't make it. Since I had the wedding I chose to go to that and just meet with her later. The class on Saturday was supposed to go 8:30-2:30. I got off work at 6:05 tonight, got there at about 6:20, I think we were done by 7:40.
But it's all html stuff. Actually it's pretty cool, by the end of the assignment I'll be able to type this entire thing on html instead of switching back and forth between that and composition mode. Would make my life a bit easier, but I'll have to learn all the codes. Or learn to copy and paste them from the tutorial websites they gave us links to.
I remember we built our own websites in high school, but that was like sophomore year Computer Applications with Tutor Bode like 5 years ago. I remember something about typing in specific numbers for colored texts and backgrounds but for the life of me I don't remember what they were. I do remember building a sweet house with an awesome colorful dance floor, plus some flyers for a party with my fellow PEUBH Juwanna.
Cause we were the Popular Evil Ugly Bitchy Hags.
Don't ask.
It's a roommate thing.
We had a lot of those.
Alright, I'm aware that this post was a complete and utter waste of your time and I'm totally boring and about to get more boring cause the second I log off here I'm back to homework.
So watch this, it will make up for all of my boringness.
Finesse Mitchell talks about Prince
"why are ya'll up there?"
"how the hell you get down there?"
"forget all that, can you get to me in case something go on down here?!"
Watch it, you'll love it.
Shout out of the day: To you, unshaven young dude with the white t-shirt and baggy jeans running through traffic to make it to the parking garage. I know you thought the chick you passed was good looking and had to turn around to take another look but you almost got ran down by a bus so perhaps you should watch where you're going instead of leering at strangers.
And that's all I got. Have a good one.
Walked into the professors office and went, "Whoa. I interviewed here."
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
I'll get there in a minute.
Day like any other, woke up, went to work, updated the website, checked in a bunch of stuff cause there was no delivery yesterday. I'm starting to realize we took our old delivery guy for granted. Uh, what else? Oh did some major supplies stuff cause apparently I was way behind on that. Copied some application forms, used the guillotine chopper thing, then checked in even more stuff.
It was funny because - okay we have like a daily schedule and we have specific places to be each hour - and today it was like 2nd floor, PS2, circ workroom, Lab desk, then lunch, then I had like circ workroom, holds, off desk, and then ended at Youth Services so my afternoon was like on my own time. It was fantastic. I checked in a bunch of stuff but there were like 4 other people scheduled to be back there in the afternoon so most of my time was spent on supplies and volunteer stuff.
Trying to come up with a list of stuff to do for volunteers who can't shelve. I have a lady coming in on Tuesday and the only things I can think of that she might be interested in is cleaning displays and maybe edging shelves. Cause she'll be a long term adult volunteer and I'm guessing things like sharpening pencils and sorting colored strips will be of little interest to her.
Ideas?
So after work I headed over to one of our other branches because my professor is the branch manager there. I walk in her office and go whoa. Flashbacks. Cause that's where I interviewed to make the temp job permanent. The first interview I did, well that was with Queen of the Known Universe and Super Librarian Status in the basement of the work branch. Immediately following that was with my Glee-Loving Boss and Girlscout at the home branch. Third came with Superwoman in her office and that was for the 20 hour summer temp job. Then the library judge - as he now goes by - took some time off so I stayed 'til October and that's when they decided they needed two more people - one at the work branch and one at the branch I went to tonight - so they panel interviewed me basically in that office and I got the work branch job.
Which was my preference.
Then they panel interviewed me again - same people, different office this time it was back to Superwoman's - to make the 20 hours permanent turn into 40 hours permanent.
Anyway, I was like, "i interviewed in this office" and she was totally lost cause I don't currently work there.
She rocks. For serious.
Like, we were supposed to have class on Saturday but I couldn't make it, which was okay because originally there was no class scheduled that day and when they added a different one they said we could meet with her to make up for it if we couldn't make it. Since I had the wedding I chose to go to that and just meet with her later. The class on Saturday was supposed to go 8:30-2:30. I got off work at 6:05 tonight, got there at about 6:20, I think we were done by 7:40.
But it's all html stuff. Actually it's pretty cool, by the end of the assignment I'll be able to type this entire thing on html instead of switching back and forth between that and composition mode. Would make my life a bit easier, but I'll have to learn all the codes. Or learn to copy and paste them from the tutorial websites they gave us links to.
I remember we built our own websites in high school, but that was like sophomore year Computer Applications with Tutor Bode like 5 years ago. I remember something about typing in specific numbers for colored texts and backgrounds but for the life of me I don't remember what they were. I do remember building a sweet house with an awesome colorful dance floor, plus some flyers for a party with my fellow PEUBH Juwanna.
Cause we were the Popular Evil Ugly Bitchy Hags.
Don't ask.
It's a roommate thing.
We had a lot of those.
Alright, I'm aware that this post was a complete and utter waste of your time and I'm totally boring and about to get more boring cause the second I log off here I'm back to homework.
So watch this, it will make up for all of my boringness.
Finesse Mitchell talks about Prince
"why are ya'll up there?"
"how the hell you get down there?"
"forget all that, can you get to me in case something go on down here?!"
Watch it, you'll love it.
Shout out of the day: To you, unshaven young dude with the white t-shirt and baggy jeans running through traffic to make it to the parking garage. I know you thought the chick you passed was good looking and had to turn around to take another look but you almost got ran down by a bus so perhaps you should watch where you're going instead of leering at strangers.
And that's all I got. Have a good one.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Don't all freak on me at once.
Yes it's different.
Same blog, new layout.
It was time for a change - I've had that setup for like a year and a half.
At least.
All the pink was weirding me out.
I'm not a pink person.
Which is where the humor was in the beginning, but now it's just annoying.
But if you can't read this then I'll change it to something else.
So, today?
Panic call from Oldest Sister when I was pulling into work, apparently Squirt's life was on edge since volleyball tryouts were today and all that.
Breathe.
She'll be fine.
And she was, she made the reserve team, which is between freshman and JV. So that's great, she did work pretty hard for it this summer. I'm proud, she's all grown up and has her own locker and all that.
Makes me feel old.
But then I go to work and I'm reminded that I'm the youngest one there and then I'm okay again.
Joking.
There are many times at work that I feel old as well, though the majority of those times involve the Teen Advisory Board or Summer Reading Programs. And those are mostly over, until September that is when we have our Hunger Games party. But it'll be fun, stale baguette toss, tribute fashion shows which reminds me that I need to pilfer the clothes from the camp stash sometime soon.
What else from today?
Um, ordered calendars.
That was exciting.
Cleaned keyboards - they were nasty. At some point this week I'm going to brave the lab.
But I'll be wearing gloves cause I'm not that brave.
Not that big of deal, can of air spray - it's thoroughly amusing - to clean the keyboards and screen cleaner spray for the monitors. Unfortunately there are 12 in the lab, plus 5 outside and I'll only have an hour to do it.
I might drag someone else into it with me, hmmm....who to choose.
Nah, they wouldn't like me very much after that.
Early lunch so I got to jam with Slim Shady, ummm oh yeah I got yelled at by a patron - well it was a generic yell aimed at all the employees in the area - saying that she was doing our job for us.
We're not perfect, I'll admit that, but we're not completely hopeless.
Thank you.
Aaannd that was pretty much my day. So not super boring, but not completely madhouse crazy either.
I did get to jam with BossLady for a while so that was fun. And they trusted Slim Shady and I to work together which is a rarity. We joke because the only time we see each other - even though we're in the same building - is either walking in in the morning or walking out at closing and that's only cause we park in the same parking lot.
It's a conspiracy man.
Okay, I will end this before I ramble you into oblivion.
Song of the night:
Paris - Ashley De La Rosa
was literally singing it all day.
well, that and this:
Same blog, new layout.
It was time for a change - I've had that setup for like a year and a half.
At least.
All the pink was weirding me out.
I'm not a pink person.
Which is where the humor was in the beginning, but now it's just annoying.
But if you can't read this then I'll change it to something else.
So, today?
Panic call from Oldest Sister when I was pulling into work, apparently Squirt's life was on edge since volleyball tryouts were today and all that.
Breathe.
She'll be fine.
And she was, she made the reserve team, which is between freshman and JV. So that's great, she did work pretty hard for it this summer. I'm proud, she's all grown up and has her own locker and all that.
Makes me feel old.
But then I go to work and I'm reminded that I'm the youngest one there and then I'm okay again.
Joking.
There are many times at work that I feel old as well, though the majority of those times involve the Teen Advisory Board or Summer Reading Programs. And those are mostly over, until September that is when we have our Hunger Games party. But it'll be fun, stale baguette toss, tribute fashion shows which reminds me that I need to pilfer the clothes from the camp stash sometime soon.
What else from today?
Um, ordered calendars.
That was exciting.
Cleaned keyboards - they were nasty. At some point this week I'm going to brave the lab.
But I'll be wearing gloves cause I'm not that brave.
Not that big of deal, can of air spray - it's thoroughly amusing - to clean the keyboards and screen cleaner spray for the monitors. Unfortunately there are 12 in the lab, plus 5 outside and I'll only have an hour to do it.
I might drag someone else into it with me, hmmm....who to choose.
Nah, they wouldn't like me very much after that.
Early lunch so I got to jam with Slim Shady, ummm oh yeah I got yelled at by a patron - well it was a generic yell aimed at all the employees in the area - saying that she was doing our job for us.
We're not perfect, I'll admit that, but we're not completely hopeless.
Thank you.
Aaannd that was pretty much my day. So not super boring, but not completely madhouse crazy either.
I did get to jam with BossLady for a while so that was fun. And they trusted Slim Shady and I to work together which is a rarity. We joke because the only time we see each other - even though we're in the same building - is either walking in in the morning or walking out at closing and that's only cause we park in the same parking lot.
It's a conspiracy man.
Okay, I will end this before I ramble you into oblivion.
Song of the night:
Paris - Ashley De La Rosa
was literally singing it all day.
well, that and this:
Monday, April 9, 2012
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Will I cry? Will I smile? As you run down the aisle?
Today was good.
They fixed YA.
aka the Young Adult area.
Made it less like a waiting room, expanded it, yet closed it off to the creepers waiting to get into the computer lab...pretty much everything that I asked for so I'm happy.
Gonna take the TAB kids for a detour after the meeting, see what they think. And if they have interest in making posters to deck out the new area.
What else?
I finally caught up with supplies, well the requests at least. They're submitted and everything will get ordered by the end of the week...
Went grocery shopping, put air in my tires, did laundry and dishes...
Ummm...oh, switched out the "teen scenes in green" display for one on National Humor Month.
Which is apparently April.
Had no idea 'til I cruised the Chase book in search of display ideas.
Also didn't realize there are like 5 library-related holidays in the month of April.
There's like National Library Week and then Library Worker day and like School Library Day and Drop Everything and Read Day and then there's another but I'm blanking. I'll check tomorrow.
I love that book.
Chase's holiday calendar - that's how I found out about Spunky Old Broad's month. And that display rocked man.
It's just filled with the most random holidays ever. And they're all documented!
Like April 15th is "Well That Sucks" day.
Yes, I'm completely serious.
Because it's tax day but it's also the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
So everything sucks about that day.
Hence the holiday's title.
There's also a day in April - which again I'm blanking the exact date though I'm sure I could google it - that is Louie Louie Day. Like the song. Apparently it's been covered more than any other rock song in history and there was some mention of it almost becoming the state song for Washington.
Here are some other random tidbits I learned throughout the day:
-If you went out into space you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
-Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey Decimal category.
-In Alabama it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
-The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime. (though probably more in the case of Pete Lattimer)
-All polar bears are left-handed.
-Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
-The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (though in lincoln that honor would go to either the twilight series or Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln)
-All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
-In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge. (um, duh?)
-The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived.
-Wine will spoil if exposed to light, that's why the bottles are tinted.
again, these may be complete crap but i found them entertaining.
and yes that was a warehouse reference with lattimer, get over it. i'm still in shock and denial and will remain that way until the season opens and everything is fixed!!
Quote of the Day:
"I love cheese!!" Fearless Leader's reason for not transitioning from vegetarian to vegan. But she yelled it so it was hilarious.
Reminded me of my I like cheese but I don't like cheese speech. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: New Shoes, the Cheese Speech, Warped Tour and MXPX...
Song of the night:
"It's All Been Done" Barenaked Ladies
i was thinking about making it Barenaked Ladies Appreciation Week but then realized that if someone didn't know that was the name of a band they may take it horribly horribly wrong.
And I'm out for the night. 9 hours of work tomorrow plus some editing means I'll be completely zonked so I should sleep while I can.
They fixed YA.
aka the Young Adult area.
Made it less like a waiting room, expanded it, yet closed it off to the creepers waiting to get into the computer lab...pretty much everything that I asked for so I'm happy.
Gonna take the TAB kids for a detour after the meeting, see what they think. And if they have interest in making posters to deck out the new area.
What else?
I finally caught up with supplies, well the requests at least. They're submitted and everything will get ordered by the end of the week...
Went grocery shopping, put air in my tires, did laundry and dishes...
Ummm...oh, switched out the "teen scenes in green" display for one on National Humor Month.
Which is apparently April.
Had no idea 'til I cruised the Chase book in search of display ideas.
Also didn't realize there are like 5 library-related holidays in the month of April.
There's like National Library Week and then Library Worker day and like School Library Day and Drop Everything and Read Day and then there's another but I'm blanking. I'll check tomorrow.
I love that book.
Chase's holiday calendar - that's how I found out about Spunky Old Broad's month. And that display rocked man.
It's just filled with the most random holidays ever. And they're all documented!
Like April 15th is "Well That Sucks" day.
Yes, I'm completely serious.
Because it's tax day but it's also the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
So everything sucks about that day.
Hence the holiday's title.
There's also a day in April - which again I'm blanking the exact date though I'm sure I could google it - that is Louie Louie Day. Like the song. Apparently it's been covered more than any other rock song in history and there was some mention of it almost becoming the state song for Washington.
Here are some other random tidbits I learned throughout the day:
-If you went out into space you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
-Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey Decimal category.
-In Alabama it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
-The average American will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime. (though probably more in the case of Pete Lattimer)
-All polar bears are left-handed.
-Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
-The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (though in lincoln that honor would go to either the twilight series or Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln)
-All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
-In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge. (um, duh?)
-The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived.
-Wine will spoil if exposed to light, that's why the bottles are tinted.
again, these may be complete crap but i found them entertaining.
and yes that was a warehouse reference with lattimer, get over it. i'm still in shock and denial and will remain that way until the season opens and everything is fixed!!
Quote of the Day:
"I love cheese!!" Fearless Leader's reason for not transitioning from vegetarian to vegan. But she yelled it so it was hilarious.
Reminded me of my I like cheese but I don't like cheese speech. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: New Shoes, the Cheese Speech, Warped Tour and MXPX...
Song of the night:
"It's All Been Done" Barenaked Ladies
i was thinking about making it Barenaked Ladies Appreciation Week but then realized that if someone didn't know that was the name of a band they may take it horribly horribly wrong.
And I'm out for the night. 9 hours of work tomorrow plus some editing means I'll be completely zonked so I should sleep while I can.
Friday, February 10, 2012
The First Aid Crusade
It's FRIDAY!! I feel like jumping up and down and singing Katy Perry.
Actually I really don't, but I mean I could.
You know, I could.
But I won't.
Cause it would freak out my cat.
But maybe I should, just to see if it would freak out my cat.
But no, I'll pass. My headache finally went away and I don't wanna get it back.
"Quelling a rebellion with a fork."
That's nice.
So I'm hooked back on Chuck.
Just in time since I have like four other series checked out. I always get distracted by one of my own in this situation, then they stockpile and I return half of them cause I'm like, "why was i interested in that in the first place?"
But now that Chuck is over I can finally catch up. Don't tell me what happens, I'm a season behind! Same with Leverage.
Anyway, the day flew by pretty quickly, as they all have lately. I hope it stays that way. Like that I keep enjoying my job. I don't want to get all the way through the program and then get bored with it.
Not that I will. Cause there's something new every day.
Did some fun supplies stuff today. Basically, once a year I go through all the first-aid kits, yes all of them, there are many many multiples - like one every 30 feet, and make sure they have everything on the list and it's not expired.
I'm calling it my First Aid Crusade. Got four down and probably that many more to go, but I'm having all these flashbacks from First Aid class in college and thinking I should get re-certified cause pretty sure that's going to expire soon.
That class was cool. Jammed in the back with Melanie, made sarcastic comments on all the retro videos and people faking injuries. Things taped to body parts so it looks like they're impaled.
"Is the scene safe?"
What are you supposed to do if the answer is no? Just stare at the guy who has a branch sticking out of his leg?
"Oh, it was a horrible skiing accident. I really should have watched out for trees."
You're a brilliant one there George. (Please tell me you get that.)
or
"I think you're dehydrated. Maybe you should sit down."
Dude, he's sweating compulsively, his face is red and he can't breathe, of course he shouldn't be standing!
Back to the Crusade.
The reference workroom had a serious amount of rubbing alcohol, which I thought was funny. It's like a stockpile or something. And like 3 handfulls of antibiotic cream, which none of the other kits had. Then 5 eye patches but no eye wash. I had to share the wealth a bit.
So that was supplies, I also cleaned all the computer monitors on the first floor, that was gross and made me want to sanitize everything. I'm scared to do the keyboards, that will be grosser.
It was one of those random jump from task to task days, cause aside from all that I was still compiling ideas for my booklist and working at all the desks.
Aaannd after work I got all my homework stuff done!!
Woohoo! Finished the paper, posted it, added more to the MARC stuff, e-mailed the prof, sent my thank you letter's and an e-mail to the one that wasn't there, attempted to figure out my summer class schedule, but as it isn't up yet I asked the Library Goddess instead. She knows everything library anyway, that's why I call her the Library Goddess.
Now I can sleep properly. And get stoked for margaritas and fajitas with the Cool Aunt tomorrow.
Which is good, I need a changeup. I've been eating a lot of fruit lately as it is overflowing in my fridge. Like literally, you can open the door and on the left is liquor cause I rarely drink it so it builds up, and on the right is fruit. I got pears, apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, more apples, clementines. It's a stockpile.
Everything today is a stockpile, apparently. I think I just enjoy using that word.
Stockpile.
Stockpile.
STOCKPILE!
Word of the day.
But Mexican sounds good, especially the jalapeno margaritas.
With all my rambling and noun-age you're probably thinking that I'm drinking one right now so I'll move on.
Is noun-age a word?
I'm making it one.
Song for the day:
"Have It All" Jeremy Kay
yes, i've posted this before but that was back in november. and i love it. so just go with it.
cause it's worth listening to.
Sleeping in tomorrow, woohoo! Off for the weekend. Lunch with the Cool Aunt and Madre, then more sleep or Downton Abbey maybe. But most likely Chuck. Yeah Chuck.
"Sometimes the nerd gets the girl." awwww, so true Chuck.
OUT!
Actually I really don't, but I mean I could.
You know, I could.
But I won't.
Cause it would freak out my cat.
But maybe I should, just to see if it would freak out my cat.
But no, I'll pass. My headache finally went away and I don't wanna get it back.
"Quelling a rebellion with a fork."
That's nice.
So I'm hooked back on Chuck.
Just in time since I have like four other series checked out. I always get distracted by one of my own in this situation, then they stockpile and I return half of them cause I'm like, "why was i interested in that in the first place?"
But now that Chuck is over I can finally catch up. Don't tell me what happens, I'm a season behind! Same with Leverage.
Anyway, the day flew by pretty quickly, as they all have lately. I hope it stays that way. Like that I keep enjoying my job. I don't want to get all the way through the program and then get bored with it.
Not that I will. Cause there's something new every day.
Did some fun supplies stuff today. Basically, once a year I go through all the first-aid kits, yes all of them, there are many many multiples - like one every 30 feet, and make sure they have everything on the list and it's not expired.
I'm calling it my First Aid Crusade. Got four down and probably that many more to go, but I'm having all these flashbacks from First Aid class in college and thinking I should get re-certified cause pretty sure that's going to expire soon.
That class was cool. Jammed in the back with Melanie, made sarcastic comments on all the retro videos and people faking injuries. Things taped to body parts so it looks like they're impaled.
"Is the scene safe?"
What are you supposed to do if the answer is no? Just stare at the guy who has a branch sticking out of his leg?
"Oh, it was a horrible skiing accident. I really should have watched out for trees."
You're a brilliant one there George. (Please tell me you get that.)
or
"I think you're dehydrated. Maybe you should sit down."
Dude, he's sweating compulsively, his face is red and he can't breathe, of course he shouldn't be standing!
Back to the Crusade.
The reference workroom had a serious amount of rubbing alcohol, which I thought was funny. It's like a stockpile or something. And like 3 handfulls of antibiotic cream, which none of the other kits had. Then 5 eye patches but no eye wash. I had to share the wealth a bit.
So that was supplies, I also cleaned all the computer monitors on the first floor, that was gross and made me want to sanitize everything. I'm scared to do the keyboards, that will be grosser.
It was one of those random jump from task to task days, cause aside from all that I was still compiling ideas for my booklist and working at all the desks.
Aaannd after work I got all my homework stuff done!!
Woohoo! Finished the paper, posted it, added more to the MARC stuff, e-mailed the prof, sent my thank you letter's and an e-mail to the one that wasn't there, attempted to figure out my summer class schedule, but as it isn't up yet I asked the Library Goddess instead. She knows everything library anyway, that's why I call her the Library Goddess.
Now I can sleep properly. And get stoked for margaritas and fajitas with the Cool Aunt tomorrow.
Which is good, I need a changeup. I've been eating a lot of fruit lately as it is overflowing in my fridge. Like literally, you can open the door and on the left is liquor cause I rarely drink it so it builds up, and on the right is fruit. I got pears, apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, more apples, clementines. It's a stockpile.
Everything today is a stockpile, apparently. I think I just enjoy using that word.
Stockpile.
Stockpile.
STOCKPILE!
Word of the day.
But Mexican sounds good, especially the jalapeno margaritas.
With all my rambling and noun-age you're probably thinking that I'm drinking one right now so I'll move on.
Is noun-age a word?
I'm making it one.
Song for the day:
"Have It All" Jeremy Kay
yes, i've posted this before but that was back in november. and i love it. so just go with it.
cause it's worth listening to.
Sleeping in tomorrow, woohoo! Off for the weekend. Lunch with the Cool Aunt and Madre, then more sleep or Downton Abbey maybe. But most likely Chuck. Yeah Chuck.
"Sometimes the nerd gets the girl." awwww, so true Chuck.
OUT!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
I'll be home for Christmas, You can count on me.
A semi-normal day at the library.
Sort of.
What's becoming normal anyway.
I was at the desk for a couple hours but it was mostly off-desk projects that took up the majority of my time today. Did my first set of supply rounds today, super exciting.
More of the same tomorrow.
And actually finished going through the YA section, now all that's left is the display area. It's not much of a display, Girlscout says it feels like a waiting room. I'll fix it. Eventually.
It was weird though cause I kept delegating things to Friday.
Oh I'll do that Friday.
And I can wait for that until Friday.
Hey, can you look at that Friday?
Then Second Sister said "okay, tomorrow" and I went, ah crap. Friday's tomorrow.
Not that I didn't know it was Thursday, I did subliminally. It says that in big bold letters on the schedule I stared at on multiple occasions today.
Can't believe it's the Thursday before Christmas.
Does it feel like Christmas to any of you?
Cause it doesn't to me.
Maybe that's cause I'm working more than ever before.
I'm used to weeks off from school and snow on the ground.
Now I'm doing nothing but work and there is not a single flake of snow on the ground.
Now wait, I'll wake up tomorrow to a blizzard and you will all blame me.
I've now realized that I have to take Carter to the farmhouse for Christmas. He will love it, he loves the farmhouse, more specifically the basement.
Seriously weird cat.
Cause no one likes that basement, it's creepy.
I cleaned out the whole thing, painted the walls lime green and blue, made a lounge out of the thing and I still don't like the basement. Though it's still got the paintjob and my awesome Harry Potter and Scooby Doo stickers all over the wall.
But he likes it. There's this giant cabinet thing that my brother covered in radio station stickers - no idea why - that he sits on top of and crawls up into the ceiling. No idea where that leads. Or if I should be worried. Or why there's a hole there in the first place.
I think he also likes it because there are window wells that the outdoor cats sit in. Ha! you're out in the cold and I get to lounge in the heat. I will now stare you down. Yes, look away, look away jealous outdoor cats. Though not as pleasing as when he struts back and forth inside the glass doors while the outdoor cats stare at him in spite. I'm so cool and you're just cold.
He's a punk.
A big fat one.
But he's my punk so I love him.
So does his grandma on occasion.
But never grandpa.
Ironically that's the only person he doesn't bite.
Like I said, weird cat.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Nine
Yes you're getting a lot of them tonight, you can pick and choose.
"Baby It's Cold Outside" Tallulah Bankhead and Jack Carson
"i said i'd stay..."
I cannot pimp this song enough. It's fantastic, hilarious, and completely Tallulah. It just sums up her personality perfectly.
"Silver Bells" Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
i was going to post She & Him's version of this, but this is just classic.
Besides, then it would have been redundant to post this:
"I'll Be Home For Christmas" She & Him
it's just so simple and clean. that's why i love their christmas album, they don't kill the classics, they just bring them back.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Toby Keith
Though Brenda Lee clearly sings it the best - her version is definitely in my top 5 Christmas songs of all time - I haven't posted a lot of Country-fied versions of songs yet. This one is actually not bad.
Aaannd! Here's a bonus one,
Sensei's Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck
"Christmas Can Can" Straight No Chaser
love the mashup, that's fantastic. thanks for the rec.
I keep watching it over and over just for the Jewish rant but mostly 2:17.
Big day tomorrow. Off at 4 to pick up Grams, then it's the pitch party, then gotta pack up my big fat cat and all the rest of my stuff to go jam at the farmhouse for a few days.
It's funny, work makes the day fly by so fast - who can say that and mean it, seriously I love my job - but I was hoping this week would go slower. I don't want Christmas to be over yet!
Sort of.
What's becoming normal anyway.
I was at the desk for a couple hours but it was mostly off-desk projects that took up the majority of my time today. Did my first set of supply rounds today, super exciting.
More of the same tomorrow.
And actually finished going through the YA section, now all that's left is the display area. It's not much of a display, Girlscout says it feels like a waiting room. I'll fix it. Eventually.
It was weird though cause I kept delegating things to Friday.
Oh I'll do that Friday.
And I can wait for that until Friday.
Hey, can you look at that Friday?
Then Second Sister said "okay, tomorrow" and I went, ah crap. Friday's tomorrow.
Not that I didn't know it was Thursday, I did subliminally. It says that in big bold letters on the schedule I stared at on multiple occasions today.
Can't believe it's the Thursday before Christmas.
Does it feel like Christmas to any of you?
Cause it doesn't to me.
Maybe that's cause I'm working more than ever before.
I'm used to weeks off from school and snow on the ground.
Now I'm doing nothing but work and there is not a single flake of snow on the ground.
Now wait, I'll wake up tomorrow to a blizzard and you will all blame me.
I've now realized that I have to take Carter to the farmhouse for Christmas. He will love it, he loves the farmhouse, more specifically the basement.
Seriously weird cat.
Cause no one likes that basement, it's creepy.
I cleaned out the whole thing, painted the walls lime green and blue, made a lounge out of the thing and I still don't like the basement. Though it's still got the paintjob and my awesome Harry Potter and Scooby Doo stickers all over the wall.
But he likes it. There's this giant cabinet thing that my brother covered in radio station stickers - no idea why - that he sits on top of and crawls up into the ceiling. No idea where that leads. Or if I should be worried. Or why there's a hole there in the first place.
I think he also likes it because there are window wells that the outdoor cats sit in. Ha! you're out in the cold and I get to lounge in the heat. I will now stare you down. Yes, look away, look away jealous outdoor cats. Though not as pleasing as when he struts back and forth inside the glass doors while the outdoor cats stare at him in spite. I'm so cool and you're just cold.
He's a punk.
A big fat one.
But he's my punk so I love him.
So does his grandma on occasion.
But never grandpa.
Ironically that's the only person he doesn't bite.
Like I said, weird cat.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Nine
Yes you're getting a lot of them tonight, you can pick and choose.
"Baby It's Cold Outside" Tallulah Bankhead and Jack Carson
"i said i'd stay..."
I cannot pimp this song enough. It's fantastic, hilarious, and completely Tallulah. It just sums up her personality perfectly.
"Silver Bells" Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
i was going to post She & Him's version of this, but this is just classic.
Besides, then it would have been redundant to post this:
"I'll Be Home For Christmas" She & Him
it's just so simple and clean. that's why i love their christmas album, they don't kill the classics, they just bring them back.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Toby Keith
Though Brenda Lee clearly sings it the best - her version is definitely in my top 5 Christmas songs of all time - I haven't posted a lot of Country-fied versions of songs yet. This one is actually not bad.
Aaannd! Here's a bonus one,
Sensei's Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck
"Christmas Can Can" Straight No Chaser
love the mashup, that's fantastic. thanks for the rec.
I keep watching it over and over just for the Jewish rant but mostly 2:17.
Big day tomorrow. Off at 4 to pick up Grams, then it's the pitch party, then gotta pack up my big fat cat and all the rest of my stuff to go jam at the farmhouse for a few days.
It's funny, work makes the day fly by so fast - who can say that and mean it, seriously I love my job - but I was hoping this week would go slower. I don't want Christmas to be over yet!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Christmas time is here, Happiness and cheer
I gave my big fat cat one of his catnip presents early. He's chasing it around the apartment as we speak. Glad he can be entertained by some fabric. Totally exciting.
So, today, was crazy surreal. I was not at the desk all day. I know, right?! I worked on my YA Project and Supplies stuff for the most of the day, and actually made progress. My problem, at the moment, is that I went through the whole YA section and changed all the statuses so they say they're in the YA area, however, some of them still say they're on display while the other half don't. And none of them were on display, I pulled them from the stacks. So, I got the joy and pleasure of going back through them all again. Dylan helped for a while, she rocks. I started at A while she worked back from Z, all I have left tomorrow is Mac-Peters. Awesome. Plus supplies stuff, now that my awesome mentor in supplies has left.
Retirement party for him was today, there was a serious amount of food in the breakroom. It could probably feed a family of 4 for about a week. I am sad that he is leaving, he was always fun to work with. Entertaining and fun to talk to. Plus he always made sure to make sure I was okay with all the supplies stuff, showing me where to find everything and how to place orders for things. I'll be missing that next week when we mysteriously run out of an item and I go flailing up to 3rd floor in an attempt to find some.
After the joy that is work I met up with the Cool Aunt for sushi. She proves yet again why she's so cool by giving me the leftovers. So I'll be eating those probably around 2AM tonight. Yes, small children sleep more than I do, get over it.
We talked about Tokyo Red as a hair color, library stuff, and the awesomeness that will be the family Christmas party on Friday. I'm picking up Grams and bringing her and we're gonna play pitch, drink margaritas, give out gag gifts - I found that freaking dancing baby and I know who I'm giving it to! - and just jam out with the family. I'm stoked.
Alright, as exhausting as today was I'm sure tomorrow will be double that. Lots of people coming in to get stuff before the weekend. We're closed 24-26, I'm stoked for that many days off in a row! Plus the 1-2 of January, and I'm not scheduled on the 31st so add those to the list as well. Awesome! But, then our next break isn't until like February for President's Day so I'm taking these days and running with them.
and there will be much rejoicing.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Eight
"Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley and Martina McBride
oh yeah, it's the both of them. live. just, different performances melded so well together that it looks like they're physically in the same place and singing.
it's fantastic. a lot of people actually thought it was real, i would have too, but the fact that he died in 77 and she wasn't born until 66 made me think, hmm, someone really has a lot of time on their hands.
it's like when they paired her up with Dean Martin on Baby It's Cold Outside. That actually got released on itunes.
"The Christmas Song" She and Him
a chick came in today and called it the "chesnuts roasting on an open fire" song.
i love that it's THE Christmas Song, not just A Christmas Song. But I guess that's how people remember it.
i love their style, Zooey's voice is totally zen with this one. and yes i realize that pretty much every post so far has something from them, but that's just because their christmas album rocks, look into it!
"Christmas Time is Here" Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown has been one of my favorites ever since Junior year of high school when we did "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" for our drama production. I was Peppermint Patty, red hair included. I think that was probably the most fun I had in high school ever. Joking around backstage, doing the Macarena to the Kite Song, stealing Mak's gum and putting it in Stuart's Valentine card, that he opened on stage and had to keep a straight face. Came backstage after that scene and whispered, "who put gum in my valentine?!" That was awesome. We always threw in a bunch of random stuff during the Sunday performance. Lot of improv on those ones.
HA! I found them. Well, some of them anyway. Though a lot of them are on Facebook.
Oh god, just found more that aren't on Facebook. Makeup central, don't get your hopes up, I'm skipping those.
Though there are plenty in the Arsenic and Old Lace album since I was the minister's daughter and she wore nothing but dresses and silver high heels. I had to sit on the windowseat box for 8 pages re-applying my makeup. That was fun. Didn't know there was a dead guy in the box at the time.
I'll post those pictures later, stick with these for now.
this was right before Josh and I walked off, we had to make conversation on the way out and all I could think of at the time was "And how old was Beethoven when you killed him?"
Glee Club Rehearsal scene, my favorite in the whole play. "What's an enigma?" this is us trying to keep a straight face, as we lost it so many times in practice.
the baseball game, charlie brown strikes out.
the doctor is in. Katie rocked it as Lucy.
mark and me after a performance, can't believe that was all the way back in like '05
he gave Second Sister Linus' blanket as a peace offering, but that was only after she threatened his manhood on the dance floor at her wedding. but that's kind of a long story.
I got to hunt rabbits, jump rope, blow giant bubbles with my bubble gum, answer questions in a Dear Abby format, pledge allegiance with liver and onions for all - wrote that myself, playing air baseball and fake throwing it around the stage, dying our hair at Mak's house, buying velcro shoes for Linus, the fun goes on. Best play ever. Seriously.
See, this is why I loved high school and hated college. Maybe if I was more involved in college stuff that would have been different. In high school it was drama productions, One Act stuff, choir tours, basketball manager, yearbook, newspaper editor, in college I did nothing. Just homework.
That was enough really, with the mass amount of reading that comes with being an English Major and taking 4 lit classes at once, there's not a lot of time for anything else.
OUT!
although it's been said many times, many ways, merry christmas to you.
So, today, was crazy surreal. I was not at the desk all day. I know, right?! I worked on my YA Project and Supplies stuff for the most of the day, and actually made progress. My problem, at the moment, is that I went through the whole YA section and changed all the statuses so they say they're in the YA area, however, some of them still say they're on display while the other half don't. And none of them were on display, I pulled them from the stacks. So, I got the joy and pleasure of going back through them all again. Dylan helped for a while, she rocks. I started at A while she worked back from Z, all I have left tomorrow is Mac-Peters. Awesome. Plus supplies stuff, now that my awesome mentor in supplies has left.
Retirement party for him was today, there was a serious amount of food in the breakroom. It could probably feed a family of 4 for about a week. I am sad that he is leaving, he was always fun to work with. Entertaining and fun to talk to. Plus he always made sure to make sure I was okay with all the supplies stuff, showing me where to find everything and how to place orders for things. I'll be missing that next week when we mysteriously run out of an item and I go flailing up to 3rd floor in an attempt to find some.
After the joy that is work I met up with the Cool Aunt for sushi. She proves yet again why she's so cool by giving me the leftovers. So I'll be eating those probably around 2AM tonight. Yes, small children sleep more than I do, get over it.
We talked about Tokyo Red as a hair color, library stuff, and the awesomeness that will be the family Christmas party on Friday. I'm picking up Grams and bringing her and we're gonna play pitch, drink margaritas, give out gag gifts - I found that freaking dancing baby and I know who I'm giving it to! - and just jam out with the family. I'm stoked.
Alright, as exhausting as today was I'm sure tomorrow will be double that. Lots of people coming in to get stuff before the weekend. We're closed 24-26, I'm stoked for that many days off in a row! Plus the 1-2 of January, and I'm not scheduled on the 31st so add those to the list as well. Awesome! But, then our next break isn't until like February for President's Day so I'm taking these days and running with them.
and there will be much rejoicing.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Eight
"Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley and Martina McBride
oh yeah, it's the both of them. live. just, different performances melded so well together that it looks like they're physically in the same place and singing.
it's fantastic. a lot of people actually thought it was real, i would have too, but the fact that he died in 77 and she wasn't born until 66 made me think, hmm, someone really has a lot of time on their hands.
it's like when they paired her up with Dean Martin on Baby It's Cold Outside. That actually got released on itunes.
"The Christmas Song" She and Him
a chick came in today and called it the "chesnuts roasting on an open fire" song.
i love that it's THE Christmas Song, not just A Christmas Song. But I guess that's how people remember it.
i love their style, Zooey's voice is totally zen with this one. and yes i realize that pretty much every post so far has something from them, but that's just because their christmas album rocks, look into it!
"Christmas Time is Here" Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown has been one of my favorites ever since Junior year of high school when we did "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" for our drama production. I was Peppermint Patty, red hair included. I think that was probably the most fun I had in high school ever. Joking around backstage, doing the Macarena to the Kite Song, stealing Mak's gum and putting it in Stuart's Valentine card, that he opened on stage and had to keep a straight face. Came backstage after that scene and whispered, "who put gum in my valentine?!" That was awesome. We always threw in a bunch of random stuff during the Sunday performance. Lot of improv on those ones.
HA! I found them. Well, some of them anyway. Though a lot of them are on Facebook.
Oh god, just found more that aren't on Facebook. Makeup central, don't get your hopes up, I'm skipping those.
Though there are plenty in the Arsenic and Old Lace album since I was the minister's daughter and she wore nothing but dresses and silver high heels. I had to sit on the windowseat box for 8 pages re-applying my makeup. That was fun. Didn't know there was a dead guy in the box at the time.
I'll post those pictures later, stick with these for now.
this was right before Josh and I walked off, we had to make conversation on the way out and all I could think of at the time was "And how old was Beethoven when you killed him?"
Glee Club Rehearsal scene, my favorite in the whole play. "What's an enigma?" this is us trying to keep a straight face, as we lost it so many times in practice.
the baseball game, charlie brown strikes out.
the doctor is in. Katie rocked it as Lucy.
mark and me after a performance, can't believe that was all the way back in like '05
he gave Second Sister Linus' blanket as a peace offering, but that was only after she threatened his manhood on the dance floor at her wedding. but that's kind of a long story.
I got to hunt rabbits, jump rope, blow giant bubbles with my bubble gum, answer questions in a Dear Abby format, pledge allegiance with liver and onions for all - wrote that myself, playing air baseball and fake throwing it around the stage, dying our hair at Mak's house, buying velcro shoes for Linus, the fun goes on. Best play ever. Seriously.
See, this is why I loved high school and hated college. Maybe if I was more involved in college stuff that would have been different. In high school it was drama productions, One Act stuff, choir tours, basketball manager, yearbook, newspaper editor, in college I did nothing. Just homework.
That was enough really, with the mass amount of reading that comes with being an English Major and taking 4 lit classes at once, there's not a lot of time for anything else.
OUT!
although it's been said many times, many ways, merry christmas to you.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Dashing through the melted snow, in some untied tennis shoes
YES! My shoes are untied!
And I'm AWARE of it!
You don't have to tell me this, I'm aware that they are untied because they've been untied ALL DAY!
Because everytime I tie them they just come loose again anyway! So I've just stopped tying them!
The number of people letting me know about this has become exponential. At first it was amusing, up to 8 people in one hour - but I work public service and am constantly walking all over the floor, stocking the displays and helping people find things - now it's like, I'm aware but I still say,
"ah man, should really work on that." Cause I'm tired of saying
"woops, i'll fix those."
Mom actually called me out on it at the home library a few weeks ago. She showed up and they weren't tied, she said she wasn't surprised cause they were never tied when I was little either. Some things never change. I trip over things whether my shoes are tied or not. So what's the point in tying them if they're just going to become untied 2 minutes later and I have re-ty them again? Plus, that whole double-knot thing? Too obnoxious to get untied when I actually need them to be untied.
Totally bummed, it was my last official day, well night, at the home library. I won't be scheduled there unless either someone calls in sick, or Superwoman decides they need an extra night person. Which was what I was doing before, but now people are hired and all that stuff has been sorted out. Sad day. Not sad that they have new people, that's good, but sad that I won't get to spend my Tuesday nights there, jamming out with Joe Studley. But I'll still visit. Especially once the QofA comes back, which should be some time in January. Plus I gotta stop in to see Space Cadet and talk about all her new technology, I'm so proud. But Glee-Loving Boss can continue to give me crap about flu shots, because I will now see him since I'm in Youth Services and all that jazz.
It's a whole different place there anyway, since Sensei is gone, and QofA is on leave. Plus I never see Space Cadet since we're never scheduled together and I only catch glimpses of Glee-Loving Boss. So it was basically just me and Joe Studley, though I did run into the Awesome Temp when she left and I got there. The new shelver is fantastic. She's also an Aide at the work library so it's cool to get to talk to her about home library stuff. I think she's got it all figured out, they're all caught up so I'm talking to her about projects and stuff I did when there was nothing to shelve.
Otherwise, I was totally productive today. Got all the way through the supply cabinet in the workroom, which sounds like it's a small thing, but it took over an hour and a half to just to sort through and list everything that was on 3 shelves. After that it was lab desk supplies and second floor desk as well. All that's left is all of first floor... basically the supply desk in the backroom, the public service desks, youth services, the basement, and then everywhere where this is a printer or copier or supplies for a printer or copier. But I have tomorrow and Thursday for that.
Aside from that I wrote out my Christmas letters, I just need to send them, then ordered my textbook for class in January and some cool t-shirts plus Second Sister's Christmas present - I'm actually excited about that one. Not that I'm not excited about my other presents, it's just this one has a whole story behind it. I'll post more about it after she's opened it.
Alright, on to the rec's of the night.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Seven
"Jingle Bells" Glee Cast version
love the changeup on this one.
or you could listen to this version:
"Jingle Bombs" Achmed the Dead Terrorist - Jeff Dunham
"and then my favorites SILENCE! night."
okay, in order to understand that you should probably watch this: Achmed the Dead Terrorist If you haven't already.
and if you like that there's a new one where you meet his son AJ Achmed and AJ I especially like when his feet get messed up and they make Guitar Guy come fix them.
"Walking in a Winter Wonderland" Dean Martin
he's a classic.
alright, out for the night. long day tomorrow. hard to believe it's already the 20th, christmas will soon be upon us. i'm actually glad we're not having our family christmas until the 1st, it's like christmas won't be over right away after the 25th. it's cool to have it extended.
OUT!
And I'm AWARE of it!
You don't have to tell me this, I'm aware that they are untied because they've been untied ALL DAY!
Because everytime I tie them they just come loose again anyway! So I've just stopped tying them!
The number of people letting me know about this has become exponential. At first it was amusing, up to 8 people in one hour - but I work public service and am constantly walking all over the floor, stocking the displays and helping people find things - now it's like, I'm aware but I still say,
"ah man, should really work on that." Cause I'm tired of saying
"woops, i'll fix those."
Mom actually called me out on it at the home library a few weeks ago. She showed up and they weren't tied, she said she wasn't surprised cause they were never tied when I was little either. Some things never change. I trip over things whether my shoes are tied or not. So what's the point in tying them if they're just going to become untied 2 minutes later and I have re-ty them again? Plus, that whole double-knot thing? Too obnoxious to get untied when I actually need them to be untied.
Totally bummed, it was my last official day, well night, at the home library. I won't be scheduled there unless either someone calls in sick, or Superwoman decides they need an extra night person. Which was what I was doing before, but now people are hired and all that stuff has been sorted out. Sad day. Not sad that they have new people, that's good, but sad that I won't get to spend my Tuesday nights there, jamming out with Joe Studley. But I'll still visit. Especially once the QofA comes back, which should be some time in January. Plus I gotta stop in to see Space Cadet and talk about all her new technology, I'm so proud. But Glee-Loving Boss can continue to give me crap about flu shots, because I will now see him since I'm in Youth Services and all that jazz.
It's a whole different place there anyway, since Sensei is gone, and QofA is on leave. Plus I never see Space Cadet since we're never scheduled together and I only catch glimpses of Glee-Loving Boss. So it was basically just me and Joe Studley, though I did run into the Awesome Temp when she left and I got there. The new shelver is fantastic. She's also an Aide at the work library so it's cool to get to talk to her about home library stuff. I think she's got it all figured out, they're all caught up so I'm talking to her about projects and stuff I did when there was nothing to shelve.
Otherwise, I was totally productive today. Got all the way through the supply cabinet in the workroom, which sounds like it's a small thing, but it took over an hour and a half to just to sort through and list everything that was on 3 shelves. After that it was lab desk supplies and second floor desk as well. All that's left is all of first floor... basically the supply desk in the backroom, the public service desks, youth services, the basement, and then everywhere where this is a printer or copier or supplies for a printer or copier. But I have tomorrow and Thursday for that.
Aside from that I wrote out my Christmas letters, I just need to send them, then ordered my textbook for class in January and some cool t-shirts plus Second Sister's Christmas present - I'm actually excited about that one. Not that I'm not excited about my other presents, it's just this one has a whole story behind it. I'll post more about it after she's opened it.
Alright, on to the rec's of the night.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Seven
"Jingle Bells" Glee Cast version
love the changeup on this one.
or you could listen to this version:
"Jingle Bombs" Achmed the Dead Terrorist - Jeff Dunham
"and then my favorites SILENCE! night."
okay, in order to understand that you should probably watch this: Achmed the Dead Terrorist If you haven't already.
and if you like that there's a new one where you meet his son AJ Achmed and AJ I especially like when his feet get messed up and they make Guitar Guy come fix them.
"Walking in a Winter Wonderland" Dean Martin
he's a classic.
alright, out for the night. long day tomorrow. hard to believe it's already the 20th, christmas will soon be upon us. i'm actually glad we're not having our family christmas until the 1st, it's like christmas won't be over right away after the 25th. it's cool to have it extended.
OUT!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Troll the ancient yuletide, Carol!
Alright, so it's official.
Library Fever has spread even farther in our family.
Squirt is officially a volunteer at the work branch.
It was amusing because when I asked people if they had met her they commented on the red highlights. Yes, I take full credit for those. Especially since Oldest Sister blames them on me.
I can't help it if I'm just that awesome that people want to be like me.
She has inherited a lot from me though, besides the red hair. She's got the snark, the blog, and the tom-boyishness (from time to time when she's not wearing spandex to play volleyball or screaming about snakes in the grass while playing soccer), and now she's got the library.
Could be a foot in the door kind of thing. If she likes it maybe she'd want to be an Aide. But that's far far in the future.
No one believes it when I tell them she's only 14. She's taller than me. She's also not allowed to stand next to me in pictures. Cause I feel short. Though I still call her Squirt. It's catching on, Slim Shady did as well.
But she's excited about her nametag - of all things - and she seemed to do pretty well with shelf-reading, so who knows.
I've got people watching out for her, favorite patron included. He was excited to meet her. I'm scared they will bond and swap stories. Maybe this was a bad idea.
All in all it was a fantastic day. Made a lot of progress on both ongoing projects aka YA section and supplies list. Though it took me half an hour just to list everything sitting on two shelves of one cabinet. And that's just one cabinet. This is gonna take forever. I'm making a spreadsheet, I figured that was the easiest way to figure out what we have and what we need. Plus I can send it out so others will know where to find things.
Aside from all that I hung out at Oldest Sister's house for a while, ate with them and then came back here to write. AND IT WORKED! I've been writing for almost two hours straight now. This whole apartment story is taking shape. No idea what I'll do with it when it's done, well, if it gets done. There's still a lot to do. Out of the 10 tenants all the stories have been started, but there is like one that's finished. And that's not even finished finished, it's just slightly finished. Cause it's at the end of a scene. So I could end it there, but people would kill me. They already attempted it in college when they wanted to know what happened next. Yes, I'm pilfering my college stuff. But only the good ones. It's amusing with the change of scenery to be thrown in since the apartment complex is in LA. Brings a whole new element to all of them.
Okay, so far I've got
Apartment 1: The Exotic Dancers Next Door, I blame this idea completely on a night out watching a friend's band with Superwoman, the awesomeness that is Barb and Slim Shady in which there literally were exotic dancers next door.
2: Sketch and Edit, which I have plenty of. Though I feel like I should reformat them so they'll fit in with the rest of the story. But then I can't cause they wouldn't be Sketch and Edit.
Though I really don't need to since each story is different in formatting, person, tense, and all that jazz. The only reason I'm tying them all together in the first place is because I'm making them all live in the same apartment building that gets mentioned at least once in each story and then I'll bring them together in the end when I either decide to burn down the building from the kid in apartment 7's mad science experiment, or when the tenants in 4 and 8 get married. But I'm still deciding on the end. Like I said, work in progress.
3: Kris's awkward 4th of July experience entitled "Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave", this is the one from college everyone wants me to add to. But it's hard as I like it the way it is. So did the prof, she said read the whole thing through because she was so into it, then had to go back and make comments.
4: Is a chick in love with the dude in apartment 8. They have their own balcony scene, it's a comedy go with it.
5: This is Lindsay, she breaks up a wedding, confusion ensues.
6: Jake lives here, he moved here from a rural town after, well, okay the only clue I'm giving you with this story is that it's entitled "One Headlight" turn on some Wallflowers and you'll figure it out. It's the only one of them so far that's completely emotional and not funny at all.
7: The insane teenager living with his mom. The first scene takes place at the shrink's office after he punched the lights out of the school bully.
8: The landscaper by day, waiter by night who has bad luck in love until he meets the upstairs neighbor in apartment 4. Balcony scene included.
9: Is Jax. He's an assassin. This is the sole story that's actually finished. And that's only because I can absolutely not add anything more to it's ending. If I do it will screw over the entire story. Inspiration for that one came after I got smashed by an idiot at an intersection, which is funny because the car crash scene is just a mere page compared to the rest of it. Anyway, so there was that but I also got it from a story we read in college about an office building, each person there had their own story - sound familiar? almost like an apartment complex, hmm - one of them was a serial killer. Everyone knew but he didn't kill any of them so they didn't care. Jax is a bit more discreet about it so they're not aware.
10: Thomas Family. Mom, Dad, Teenage Girl, Tween Boy. Teenage girl has a thing for a library boy. That's as far as I've gotten. But at least it's written down!
So yes, they're completely different stories about completely different people in completely different writing styles, and maybe it's a completely stupid idea but I'm up for the challenge. and it keeps me entertained.
But it's ongoing, so I'll keep you posted.
Alright, music rec's of the night, let's see. We went with sacred yesterday so let's throw in some silly. I live my life behind the tab. Sorry, obscure camp reference, I get those daily.
Speaking of obscure references, I quoted Caddyshack today and pretty sure no one had any idea what I was talking about.
Superwoman said I should help out with the TAB program at one of the branches in January and I said, "Oh, Das all I need! Tanks for nuthin' Danny Noonan!" and got nothing.
Not surprising, there's a lot of quotes that float around in my head throughout the day, I'm sure half of them are obscure enough to only be recognized by hard-core fans of either Friends, Charmed, or Just Shoot Me.
Moving on.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Six
"Sleigh Ride" She and Him
i cannot pimp this album any more, it's fantastic, buy it! or check it out! somewhere! this is one of the few songs in which he actually does vocals. and i'm not talking few on this album, i mean few period. it's usually just Zooey, which is fine as and she is fantastic, but it's cool to hear his voice as well.
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
classic movie is the best, no offense to jim carrey, who's also fantastic but not as fantastic as boris karloff. i watch it every christmas and read the book, though i have them both memorized.
oh my god, just saw this and loved it. You're a Mean One, Emperor Palpatine and the dark side really does wonders for your complexion.
"Jingle Bell Rock" Brenda Lee
while Bobby Helms version is good as well, I like this one better. or i could have posted the Mean Girls version, but that just makes me laugh.
"Deck the Rooftop" Glee Cast
so, if you were ever in a dire place in life when you couldn't choose between "up on the housetop" and "deck the halls" you could simply turn on this mashup.
OUT!
Library Fever has spread even farther in our family.
Squirt is officially a volunteer at the work branch.
It was amusing because when I asked people if they had met her they commented on the red highlights. Yes, I take full credit for those. Especially since Oldest Sister blames them on me.
I can't help it if I'm just that awesome that people want to be like me.
She has inherited a lot from me though, besides the red hair. She's got the snark, the blog, and the tom-boyishness (from time to time when she's not wearing spandex to play volleyball or screaming about snakes in the grass while playing soccer), and now she's got the library.
Could be a foot in the door kind of thing. If she likes it maybe she'd want to be an Aide. But that's far far in the future.
No one believes it when I tell them she's only 14. She's taller than me. She's also not allowed to stand next to me in pictures. Cause I feel short. Though I still call her Squirt. It's catching on, Slim Shady did as well.
But she's excited about her nametag - of all things - and she seemed to do pretty well with shelf-reading, so who knows.
I've got people watching out for her, favorite patron included. He was excited to meet her. I'm scared they will bond and swap stories. Maybe this was a bad idea.
All in all it was a fantastic day. Made a lot of progress on both ongoing projects aka YA section and supplies list. Though it took me half an hour just to list everything sitting on two shelves of one cabinet. And that's just one cabinet. This is gonna take forever. I'm making a spreadsheet, I figured that was the easiest way to figure out what we have and what we need. Plus I can send it out so others will know where to find things.
Aside from all that I hung out at Oldest Sister's house for a while, ate with them and then came back here to write. AND IT WORKED! I've been writing for almost two hours straight now. This whole apartment story is taking shape. No idea what I'll do with it when it's done, well, if it gets done. There's still a lot to do. Out of the 10 tenants all the stories have been started, but there is like one that's finished. And that's not even finished finished, it's just slightly finished. Cause it's at the end of a scene. So I could end it there, but people would kill me. They already attempted it in college when they wanted to know what happened next. Yes, I'm pilfering my college stuff. But only the good ones. It's amusing with the change of scenery to be thrown in since the apartment complex is in LA. Brings a whole new element to all of them.
Okay, so far I've got
Apartment 1: The Exotic Dancers Next Door, I blame this idea completely on a night out watching a friend's band with Superwoman, the awesomeness that is Barb and Slim Shady in which there literally were exotic dancers next door.
2: Sketch and Edit, which I have plenty of. Though I feel like I should reformat them so they'll fit in with the rest of the story. But then I can't cause they wouldn't be Sketch and Edit.
Though I really don't need to since each story is different in formatting, person, tense, and all that jazz. The only reason I'm tying them all together in the first place is because I'm making them all live in the same apartment building that gets mentioned at least once in each story and then I'll bring them together in the end when I either decide to burn down the building from the kid in apartment 7's mad science experiment, or when the tenants in 4 and 8 get married. But I'm still deciding on the end. Like I said, work in progress.
3: Kris's awkward 4th of July experience entitled "Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave", this is the one from college everyone wants me to add to. But it's hard as I like it the way it is. So did the prof, she said read the whole thing through because she was so into it, then had to go back and make comments.
4: Is a chick in love with the dude in apartment 8. They have their own balcony scene, it's a comedy go with it.
5: This is Lindsay, she breaks up a wedding, confusion ensues.
6: Jake lives here, he moved here from a rural town after, well, okay the only clue I'm giving you with this story is that it's entitled "One Headlight" turn on some Wallflowers and you'll figure it out. It's the only one of them so far that's completely emotional and not funny at all.
7: The insane teenager living with his mom. The first scene takes place at the shrink's office after he punched the lights out of the school bully.
8: The landscaper by day, waiter by night who has bad luck in love until he meets the upstairs neighbor in apartment 4. Balcony scene included.
9: Is Jax. He's an assassin. This is the sole story that's actually finished. And that's only because I can absolutely not add anything more to it's ending. If I do it will screw over the entire story. Inspiration for that one came after I got smashed by an idiot at an intersection, which is funny because the car crash scene is just a mere page compared to the rest of it. Anyway, so there was that but I also got it from a story we read in college about an office building, each person there had their own story - sound familiar? almost like an apartment complex, hmm - one of them was a serial killer. Everyone knew but he didn't kill any of them so they didn't care. Jax is a bit more discreet about it so they're not aware.
10: Thomas Family. Mom, Dad, Teenage Girl, Tween Boy. Teenage girl has a thing for a library boy. That's as far as I've gotten. But at least it's written down!
So yes, they're completely different stories about completely different people in completely different writing styles, and maybe it's a completely stupid idea but I'm up for the challenge. and it keeps me entertained.
But it's ongoing, so I'll keep you posted.
Alright, music rec's of the night, let's see. We went with sacred yesterday so let's throw in some silly. I live my life behind the tab. Sorry, obscure camp reference, I get those daily.
Speaking of obscure references, I quoted Caddyshack today and pretty sure no one had any idea what I was talking about.
Superwoman said I should help out with the TAB program at one of the branches in January and I said, "Oh, Das all I need! Tanks for nuthin' Danny Noonan!" and got nothing.
Not surprising, there's a lot of quotes that float around in my head throughout the day, I'm sure half of them are obscure enough to only be recognized by hard-core fans of either Friends, Charmed, or Just Shoot Me.
Moving on.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Six
"Sleigh Ride" She and Him
i cannot pimp this album any more, it's fantastic, buy it! or check it out! somewhere! this is one of the few songs in which he actually does vocals. and i'm not talking few on this album, i mean few period. it's usually just Zooey, which is fine as and she is fantastic, but it's cool to hear his voice as well.
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
classic movie is the best, no offense to jim carrey, who's also fantastic but not as fantastic as boris karloff. i watch it every christmas and read the book, though i have them both memorized.
oh my god, just saw this and loved it. You're a Mean One, Emperor Palpatine and the dark side really does wonders for your complexion.
"Jingle Bell Rock" Brenda Lee
while Bobby Helms version is good as well, I like this one better. or i could have posted the Mean Girls version, but that just makes me laugh.
"Deck the Rooftop" Glee Cast
so, if you were ever in a dire place in life when you couldn't choose between "up on the housetop" and "deck the halls" you could simply turn on this mashup.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
and it feels so good to hurt so bad and suffer just enough to sing the blues...
Just lyrics, don't worry. Love that song, see below.
Alright, assignments are announced so now I'm allowed to freak aloud.
Or, in writing.
Well, I guess aloud as well, but there will be none of that.
I can handle this.
Totally.
I can totally handle this.
Totally.
Ha.
Alright, new responsibilities include Supplies which is basically a job in itself. Not so much at the home branch, but the work branch, geez. You know how many printers and copiers and stockpiles of supplies are in a 4 story building?
At least most of the units fend for themselves so it's not like every room needs to be supplied. Just mostly floors one and two. And a little in the basement.
I can handle that.
But add to that I got backup to Fearless Leader in Damages.
Again, fine.
I was already doing that anyway at the home branch. There is about double the amount of items to worry about from there to here, but it's still the same process. Mostly. Except here we can just run down to the basement to TPD and retrieve a part that was missing instead of sending it over through delivery and wait for it to be processed.
Whatever, those are cake compared to this next one.
Okay, how do I explain this really without the nervous ramblings. I'll save those for later.
Pretty much the Young Adult Librarian for the work branch. Except without the title.
They gave me the Young Adult Section and TAB.
aka Teen Advisory Board.
Which is filled with teenagers.
Who plan events.
Like a prom.
At the library.
Yes, a prom.
At the library.
No pressure.
Can I just say how much I'm loving having a mentor on this one? She's fantastic! Youth librarian and has been doing this for years, and although I'm sure she'd love to dump it all on me, she's graciously sticking with me for a few months until I'm alright to take over.
Aaannd, along with all that goes with joining the Youth Services crew, aka getting the emails and going to the meetings.
Today was some prime real estate in that department. Never did I ever realize how important something such as a start date is.
Summer Reading Program.
Does it start the day after school ends, or do we wait until June 1st like always?
Kids come in the day after wanting to start.
Do we tell them to wait a week and come back on the 1st?
It's always been June 1st to July 31st.
Super easy to remember that way.
But do you really want to tell a kid to come back next week because we're not ready for them?
That was the debate today. It got heated enough to be interestingly humorous.
I sat back in awe.
I knew librarians were passionate and anti-stereotype, but this was a whole new experience there.
Apparently that's serious business.
And it is. I'm sure there will be more heated opinions when it's brought up again.
But there's time for that later. Today was pretty cool, getting to meet people involved in the whole process and listening to them promote picture books.
And "volunteering" (I use that word loosely as it was more like my mentor and Girlscout aka my two supervisors in this thing pointing to me when they asked for one) to help out with some stuff.
It was a cool changeup from the norm.
I'm looking forward to the challenge actually.
I don't want to shake things up though, things run pretty smoothly as they are.
I do, however, want to take stock of supplies and come up with some sort of spreadsheet of everything and where it's stored. Cause that would be a good thing to have. But I'll get to that later.
My current project is the YA area, aka going through and weeding older books because we're out of space. So I get to do that while I pull every book from the shelf, scan it and change the status, meanwhile watching the last checked out date and how many circ stats it has so I can weed properly.
That'll take me a few days purely because I'm still working at the desks and the lab through the day. I only get to work on those projects and assignments when I'm "off-desk" or scheduled to check-in in the back if there's nothing to check-in.
Gonna be a wild ride.
But like I said, I'm stoked for the challenge.
I think I can handle it.
I'm sure there will be some bumps in the road. A lot of freak out moments.
But I've got some great people to look up to in these areas so I'm not too worried.
At this moment anyway.
Ask me in about a month when things are in full swing.
So that was my day.
At work.
There was more after.
Headed out to Barnes and Noble to support Squirt and Bubby as they sang and played piano there. It was a fundraiser of sorts where part of the proceeds went to the school and all that. Kind of a cool deal. So I got a lot of Christmas shopping done.
Although I'm still clueless on a few people.
I'm gonna look for some more stuff tomorrow when I go grocery shopping.
Originally I was gonna go to the farm tonight but the roads suck again, and with my luck on the roads lately I'm putting nothing to chance in that category.
So, I'll sacrifice all that by sleeping in and watching some more Leverage. I'm caving and gonna start season three tonight.
Season two will get here, eventually.
Freakin' snow.
While some of us are living it up in Hawaii!!! Yeah, enjoy your beaches and drinks with the umbrellas in them. The rest of us will jam here in the snow. Just bring me back something nice.
Alright, Alphabet Rec's before I overload you. What am I up to? S? right cause there was some Run Joey Run-ning last night.
Let me see what I got.
Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John
listened to a lot of his music growing up. he's quite the character in this video...
i think this is my favorite of his although he has a lot of great ones. he even did a duet with Eminem of all people on a music awards show. that was interesting.
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
i love this video and the random skeletons that parade through it.
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club live
i've posted the radio version of this multiple times, but i just found this one and loved it. there are two video videos of this song, one whose graphics will make you dizzy and the other in which they walk through places like a forest and the desert. and there's a lot of underwater camera work. and spinning. which i guess could make you dizzy as well. so i'll give you this one. it's a fantastic group, they're not american so you probably haven't heard of them. i find them delightful.
Alright, there were too many good ones, I feel like I should do a S part one and part two...or three.
So you'll get some honorable mentions. Or maybe I'll just go through the alphabet backwards after the 12 days of Xmas thing.
Who knows.
We'll stick with the honorable mentions for now.
-Safety Dance - Men Without Hats i just always found this one amusing, and loved the remake on glee
-Second Chance - Shinedown this one was the first song that came on the radio on my way to my first real day of real work. driving from my sister's to the home library. very memorable and ironic for the lyrics
-The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher there's a lot of karaoking to this one
-Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake aka the themesong to Chuck, but I love it
-Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder another classic jam song
-Since You've Been Gone - Theory of the Deadman was my first music rec on here and I still love it.
-Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald Mak made me sing this one for voice lessons.
-Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt, just always had a thing for this song, no idea why. but it makes me laugh.
-Strangers Like Me - Everlife the original version is good but i like this one better
-Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter this one comes with a long story and some good inside jokes, mostly revolving around Jess and me singing it on camera - yes much like our remake of "Leave Get Out" by JoJo, except there was no remake, just a different interpretation. Which I would totally post but similar to the other video, she'd kill me.
Alright. Big day tomorrow of sleeping in and Christmas shopping.
Plus I should probably do some paperwork I've been putting off as well.
OUT!
Alright, assignments are announced so now I'm allowed to freak aloud.
Or, in writing.
Well, I guess aloud as well, but there will be none of that.
I can handle this.
Totally.
I can totally handle this.
Totally.
Ha.
Alright, new responsibilities include Supplies which is basically a job in itself. Not so much at the home branch, but the work branch, geez. You know how many printers and copiers and stockpiles of supplies are in a 4 story building?
At least most of the units fend for themselves so it's not like every room needs to be supplied. Just mostly floors one and two. And a little in the basement.
I can handle that.
But add to that I got backup to Fearless Leader in Damages.
Again, fine.
I was already doing that anyway at the home branch. There is about double the amount of items to worry about from there to here, but it's still the same process. Mostly. Except here we can just run down to the basement to TPD and retrieve a part that was missing instead of sending it over through delivery and wait for it to be processed.
Whatever, those are cake compared to this next one.
Okay, how do I explain this really without the nervous ramblings. I'll save those for later.
Pretty much the Young Adult Librarian for the work branch. Except without the title.
They gave me the Young Adult Section and TAB.
aka Teen Advisory Board.
Which is filled with teenagers.
Who plan events.
Like a prom.
At the library.
Yes, a prom.
At the library.
No pressure.
Can I just say how much I'm loving having a mentor on this one? She's fantastic! Youth librarian and has been doing this for years, and although I'm sure she'd love to dump it all on me, she's graciously sticking with me for a few months until I'm alright to take over.
Aaannd, along with all that goes with joining the Youth Services crew, aka getting the emails and going to the meetings.
Today was some prime real estate in that department. Never did I ever realize how important something such as a start date is.
Summer Reading Program.
Does it start the day after school ends, or do we wait until June 1st like always?
Kids come in the day after wanting to start.
Do we tell them to wait a week and come back on the 1st?
It's always been June 1st to July 31st.
Super easy to remember that way.
But do you really want to tell a kid to come back next week because we're not ready for them?
That was the debate today. It got heated enough to be interestingly humorous.
I sat back in awe.
I knew librarians were passionate and anti-stereotype, but this was a whole new experience there.
Apparently that's serious business.
And it is. I'm sure there will be more heated opinions when it's brought up again.
But there's time for that later. Today was pretty cool, getting to meet people involved in the whole process and listening to them promote picture books.
And "volunteering" (I use that word loosely as it was more like my mentor and Girlscout aka my two supervisors in this thing pointing to me when they asked for one) to help out with some stuff.
It was a cool changeup from the norm.
I'm looking forward to the challenge actually.
I don't want to shake things up though, things run pretty smoothly as they are.
I do, however, want to take stock of supplies and come up with some sort of spreadsheet of everything and where it's stored. Cause that would be a good thing to have. But I'll get to that later.
My current project is the YA area, aka going through and weeding older books because we're out of space. So I get to do that while I pull every book from the shelf, scan it and change the status, meanwhile watching the last checked out date and how many circ stats it has so I can weed properly.
That'll take me a few days purely because I'm still working at the desks and the lab through the day. I only get to work on those projects and assignments when I'm "off-desk" or scheduled to check-in in the back if there's nothing to check-in.
Gonna be a wild ride.
But like I said, I'm stoked for the challenge.
I think I can handle it.
I'm sure there will be some bumps in the road. A lot of freak out moments.
But I've got some great people to look up to in these areas so I'm not too worried.
At this moment anyway.
Ask me in about a month when things are in full swing.
So that was my day.
At work.
There was more after.
Headed out to Barnes and Noble to support Squirt and Bubby as they sang and played piano there. It was a fundraiser of sorts where part of the proceeds went to the school and all that. Kind of a cool deal. So I got a lot of Christmas shopping done.
Although I'm still clueless on a few people.
I'm gonna look for some more stuff tomorrow when I go grocery shopping.
Originally I was gonna go to the farm tonight but the roads suck again, and with my luck on the roads lately I'm putting nothing to chance in that category.
So, I'll sacrifice all that by sleeping in and watching some more Leverage. I'm caving and gonna start season three tonight.
Season two will get here, eventually.
Freakin' snow.
While some of us are living it up in Hawaii!!! Yeah, enjoy your beaches and drinks with the umbrellas in them. The rest of us will jam here in the snow. Just bring me back something nice.
Alright, Alphabet Rec's before I overload you. What am I up to? S? right cause there was some Run Joey Run-ning last night.
Let me see what I got.
Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John
listened to a lot of his music growing up. he's quite the character in this video...
i think this is my favorite of his although he has a lot of great ones. he even did a duet with Eminem of all people on a music awards show. that was interesting.
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
i love this video and the random skeletons that parade through it.
Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club live
i've posted the radio version of this multiple times, but i just found this one and loved it. there are two video videos of this song, one whose graphics will make you dizzy and the other in which they walk through places like a forest and the desert. and there's a lot of underwater camera work. and spinning. which i guess could make you dizzy as well. so i'll give you this one. it's a fantastic group, they're not american so you probably haven't heard of them. i find them delightful.
Alright, there were too many good ones, I feel like I should do a S part one and part two...or three.
So you'll get some honorable mentions. Or maybe I'll just go through the alphabet backwards after the 12 days of Xmas thing.
Who knows.
We'll stick with the honorable mentions for now.
-Safety Dance - Men Without Hats i just always found this one amusing, and loved the remake on glee
-Second Chance - Shinedown this one was the first song that came on the radio on my way to my first real day of real work. driving from my sister's to the home library. very memorable and ironic for the lyrics
-The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher there's a lot of karaoking to this one
-Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake aka the themesong to Chuck, but I love it
-Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder another classic jam song
-Since You've Been Gone - Theory of the Deadman was my first music rec on here and I still love it.
-Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald Mak made me sing this one for voice lessons.
-Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt, just always had a thing for this song, no idea why. but it makes me laugh.
-Strangers Like Me - Everlife the original version is good but i like this one better
-Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter this one comes with a long story and some good inside jokes, mostly revolving around Jess and me singing it on camera - yes much like our remake of "Leave Get Out" by JoJo, except there was no remake, just a different interpretation. Which I would totally post but similar to the other video, she'd kill me.
Alright. Big day tomorrow of sleeping in and Christmas shopping.
Plus I should probably do some paperwork I've been putting off as well.
OUT!
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