"Omaha, I command you to dance!"

It was a "command and demand."


Woke up to yet another family banter session by text message.

Mom is on vacation and is sending us all these pictures of her and her friends.

Oldest Sister says that must mean that what happens in Branson doesn't stay in Branson.

To which Mom claimed she was only sharing them with us, though my brother said he forwarded all the drinking pictures to Grams.

She would love those.

Actually she probably would.

Oldest Sister tried to play the favorite. She says she has to be nice since she can't pop out a kid on Mom's birthday (like my brother's wife did) or provide her with prescription meds in her old age (like Second Sister can).

Second Sister is proud that her greatest attribute is providing prescription meds, but claims she can't pop out a kid so we shouldn't bet the farm on that.

I don't know where that leaves me.

My 17 years of private school left me with no sex education classes, but I'm pretty sure you can't just pop one out at will.

Yeah, we Lutherans don't believe in that kind of education.

The only thing that came close was a really awkward conversation with a dorm mom and my freshman roommate who danced with a box on her head to cheer me up.

Go here: Jack Harper, Tech 49

For the box story.

Not the other story.

Gross.


In other news, I went to see She & Him tonight with an old library friend.

She won tickets over the radio.

We had planned to go but they were sold out by the time we got around to it.

So it was fate she called in when she did.



It was awesome!

If you weren't aware of my obsession they are in my top five favorite bands of all time.

The other four being Maroon 5, The Wreckers, Eminem and Lily Allen.

Superwoman let me off early so I could make it in time.

Tilly and The Wall opened for them.

We were a bit confused because if you see the girl in the middle in the gray dress and pink tights, she was just up there dancing and singing without a mic.

And we were like, does she get paid to be up there and dance in the middle of their show?

I want that job.

Do you think she's "Tilly" or "The Wall"?

Then we realized that she was actually tap dancing and the box she was tap dancing on was mic'd and she was basically their percussion section.

Which was awesome.

And very creative.

And they're from Omaha, and went on tour with She & Him.

Which is awesome.

Speaking of Omaha, so both bands - them and She & Him - kept yelling out "Omaha!"

...even though we were in Council Bluffs.

So, technically, Iowa.

Which was amusing.

Apparently they had the day off yesterday and spent it in Omaha.

My library friend watched their backup band play in a bar.

Jealous.

I wonder what it's like for celebrities to have the day off.

Like, what would you do while on tour?

Sightsee in Omaha?

So like psuedo-Rosenblatt and....

Oh, maybe they went to the zoo.

That's kind of a big thing.

The drained out Platte River.

That's all I got.

They were awesome live though.

Can't believe we were that close to them onstage, it was so cool.

They did a mix of their songs from volumes 1-3.

Plus an acapella cover of Unchained Melody.

Which was incredible.

Her backup singers were pretty great in themselves.

And you can tell the songs that they really liked because they would jump and dance and clap and hula, it was amusing.

Zooey herself was awesome.

M. didn't say much, which isn't unusual.

And their whole band was just great.

As was their opening act, I'm gonna have to buy Heavy Mood, that was awesome.

Speaking of their music, on to the music of the day.

She & Him Week continues, with the addition of 2 of my favorites from Tilly and the Wall.

Heavy Mood


the big surprise of the night, these guys really rocked. a couple questionable songs at the start but once this one came on we were all jamming.

then i went a bit nuts when they started this one

Pot Kettle Black


cause i didn't realize it was them that sang it and that they were from omaha.

WHIP IT SOUNDTRACK!

yay for Drew's mixtape, good choice.

and on to a couple of my favorites from tonight.

I've Got Your Number Son


they're just really good live.

and of course the finale was epic

Sweet Darlin'


love the enthusiasm after the technical difficulties.

They sang my favorite - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here - but I've posted that one already. That's the one where she commanded us to dance.

Though we were already anyway.


And that was my day.

Met some cool people.

Concert was a huge adrenaline rush and it flew by way too fast - not gonna be able to sleep for a while. Gonna turn on X-Games.

Huzzah for DVR.


Carter has decided that he likes chips and now steals them from me.

Like, when I'm not looking he will stick his head in the bag and steal one.

If I wasn't so amazed I'd be pissed.

Freakin' cat.


and i'm out.

off tomorrow. was originally supposed to meet with my practicum manager but he had to reschedule so looks like i'm gonna be spending my day off working on that freakin' takehome test.

due on the 5th.

ugh.

ps - my apartment still smells like smoke.

By the time I'm out the door, you tear me down like Roger Moore

Okay, to whoever got to my blog by searching for "dolly parton whorehouse stockings" I just have to say why?!

Why are you searching for that and why why WHY did that land you here?

So weird.

So the countdown 'til the motorcar trip continues.

Leaving Friday night and getting back Sunday.

Showed pictures of what we're riding in to the guard, she's jealous.

It'll be fun.

I hope.

No, I'm actually pretty excited.

Figuring out what to pack and all that is amusing. He says layers.

Gonna have to brush up on my train jargon.

Never thought I'd say that ever.

Especially after escaping them at the farmhouse.

Dad's obsessed with models, but the boyfriend is obsessed with the real thing.

Which is far more expensive.

But more lifelike so I guess that's okay.

Though one of dad's friends has one that's like a junior train and people ride in it at parades and stuff.

I was the cool kid cause I got to ride in the engine. Actually have a picture of me hanging out the side of it.

Back when I was young and cute.

I know, such a long time ago.

I would post it on here but then my coworkers would see it and then I'd be hosed.

Speaking of coworkers, tomorrow is food day for my Trainee's going away party.

I know, they're all leaving!!

Fearless Leader, Slim Shady now my Trainee. It's like all the people that were hired around the same time as me.

But Superwoman made me pinky promise that I wouldn't leave because of a boy.

Guess I'l be commuting.

Gonna have to remember to bring something this time, though I have no idea what.

Nutty bars or something of the like perhaps.

Oh, I have grapes.

That's healthy. Let's go with that.

So that's work tomorrow.

Well that and training a volunteer to shelve in Youth Services.

Work today was good. Super slow in the morning then a mad rush from like 2-5. Most of it being 3-4 which is when the New Girl and I were on the desk. It seems we are often paired together at that time and it's busy cause school gets out and then everyone has to stop at the library on the way home.

Gives me confidence that they think we can handle it on a regular basis.

Or maybe it was just a scheduling fluke.

Probably just a scheduling fluke.

What else? Oh, sent out an email about library golf asking for putters. If you have some or golf balls or anything that you think would make a good obstacle send it my way and I'll get it back to you soon after.

After work I went back to watching Blood Ties. Still on disc two but got distracted along the way.

So gonna get back to that. Or switch to DDD, see yesterday's post. See what I meant about getting distracted.

Carter's giving me the glare.

You know that "i can't sleep until you sleep so shutup and sleep."

Alright, I'm on it.

You know I'm no Good - Amy Winehouse


i know, i've posted this already.

but it's been a while.

and it's been stuck in my head all week. which i blame on Jess Kellner.

but it's one of those that i sing around the library.

well that, and this

whilst shutting things down at the end of the day or doing supply orders/summer reading stuff in the basement.

like how i used to sing george strait while shelving.

and then people notice.

and smile.

so i keep singing.


out!

"Would you think I was pushy if I asked why you were shooting at me?"

Pretty coherent for someone running on only three hours of sleep.

Made a lot of progress on the booklist and summer reading stuff during the day. Plus I finished one of those repurposing crafts for the TAB kids as an example and I'm not crafty at all so that was interesting.

Though I did make myself sick twice tonight cause I'm freaking out, which means I should probably go to bed immediately.

You know when you feel something so strongly that it actually makes you want to fight for it? And the thought of it not working literally makes you sick?

That's where I'm at right now.

So, as a way of distraction I fell back to my usual as of late, Charlie's Angels. On the last disc of season one and I'm excited cause it has one of my favorite episodes, aka "Angels at Sea".

Though I like it primarily because it has some of my favorite quotes,
Sabrina: "I love you, I'll prove it, You won't like it, I don't care."

Yes some of my favorites, meaning there are more than one, meaning I probably do watch it too often.

Jill: "My guess is he's the murderer. How else would he know that Charlie called us 'Angels'?"
Sabrina: "Well it just could have been a coincidence. He was trying to come on to all three of us and needed a collective noun. Or is 'Angels' a pronoun?"
Kelly: "Any time I'm stuck I call everything an adverbial phrase. Yep it's an adverbial phrase."
Bosley: "Look first, 'Angels' is a noun, and second..."

But it's classic!

Kelly: "You move it Turkey, we were here first!" Apparently she was the jive-talking angel. But that's season two. The circus episode. Like the fourth one into the season but the first one filmed. You can tell by the tension between the actors, it was Cheryl Ladd's first episode filmed to replace Farrah Fawcett. For some reason they filmed that and then the second season premiere episode.

Okay. I'm crazy. And I need to go to bed.

Falling back on another comfort classic.

She & Him, let's go for some remakes.

"Dream a Little Dream of Me"


"I Put a Spell on You"

I miss you like boy bands and cheap cologne, our song and chaperones...

Quote of the day:

Sketch: "I dedicated my c-section to you!"
no she didn't have a baby. see, the thing about us being sketch and edit is that we talk about really random things and if they were sent to someone that wasn't us that person would be really really confused. so, to avoid that confusion, she always makes sure that my name is the first name under C in her cellphone so that she doesn't send anything by mistake to someone else. Even if their name starts with a C and goes before mine alphabetically they get filed another way.

I was actually semi-productive today. On my day off even.

Picked up Squirt's jersey, plus bought some xmas stuff - She & Him has a xmas album, I'm stoked! Now that other people can actually tell the difference between her and her sister she's all over the place. Zooey = New Girl, Emily = Bones. Both play the title role in the show.

Aside from that I'm officially done shopping for my mother. Well, big stuff anyway. I'll continue to get her little stuff as the season goes on just because she buys the most stuff for people.

After that stopped by Target to get my Diet Dr. Pepper - can't run out of that or I'll die, then did some homework. I'm almost done with the book report, really all that's left is coming up with discussion questions that meet Bloom's Taxonomy standards and meeting with the group. Then posting all that online.

Once that's done I can focus on the blueprints for the before and after a library redesign. You know it's sad when you can close your eyes and draw out the current layout by heart. But I've got a couple of weeks before that's due so I'll just the next week or so accumulating ideas.

Aannd then got to catch up on some DVR.

"Just putting it out there."
"Just put it back in there."

Oh my god, I love "2 Broke Girls". Got picked up for the rest of the season on CBS, huzzah! I'm STOKED!
The character dynamics are fantastic and it's like the live audience just adds to their acting. It's like they're gonna bust out laughing at any moment because the dialogue is that funny. Lots of sarcasm. Max is my favorite, she reminds me a lot of Daria - did anyone else watch that show? She's got the whole sarcasm, doesn't care about the world approach while Caroline is the former heiress who's father just went broke so she's just starting out in the working world but still cares about what everyone thinks.

Plus they have a horse.

Here, check this.

love it.

Plus, did anyone watch Castle? Um, Spooky! And the preview for next week?!?! Duuude. I don't wanna give away any spoilers but it's gonna be awesome!

Songs of the day: The Band Perry. Turns out it's just the dying young song that I can't stand. The rest aren't so bad.

"I Miss You Being Gone" The Band Perry

dig it. love the song.

"Hip to my Heart" The Band Perry

lyrics are lacking but the video is pretty cool. plus it's catchy. sibling love.

I'm the star of the keytar.

Apparently I need a social life. That's what I was told today. But I work in public service. What is more social than that really? By the time I get home I don't want to be social anymore! I'm exhausted and all I want to do is turn on a movie and crash. Apparently that's abnormal. Must be another quirk. Like having the urge to talk back to someone who has an accent in that accent. Or mis-matching my socks as my one workplace rebellion. Or wearing 8 rings, 3 necklaces and a giant watch. Or carrying around the same piece of concrete in my pocket for 2 years. Random lucky charm, I'm aware, moving on. All of these things are abnormal, but they're me.
And I have friends, but that's not the social life he was referring to. I don't have time to date! I have books to shelve, classes to study for, a camp to direct, skits to write, forms and schedules to reconfigure, a play to direct. Plus, this whole dating thing... you know, when someone flies 2000 miles just to break up with you, it gives you a whole new perspective on relationships. And the last relationship I was in...let's not even go there. I don't have time for the drama. And I'm fine with that. If he's not then that's his problem.

What else is new, oh Koha is officially up and running. After shelf-reading and organizing carts all day it finally started working my last hour. Hooray! Tomorrow I will have carts and carts to shelve. I'm excited. Wow, I really do need a life outside of work. But when you've been sitting around doing like nothing for the past week because there's been nothing to shelve this is big news. Something to do! And I get to go to both libraries tomorrow instead of just the one like I've been doing since Monday.


Music recs for the night are pure awesomeness.
Okay, so if you haven't seen Yes Man you have no idea who this band is. Munchausen by Proxy is a fantastic combination of Zooey Deschanel and Von Iva's musical stylings with awesome lyrics and fantastic costumes.

Here are a couple of their videos and link to a third if you're interested.

"Yes Man"

badass birds man.

"Keystar"

i especially enjoy 2:16.

"Uh-Huh"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbej2SFRFBk
which is pretty much my thoughts on dating right now.

Also, the movie is pretty funny as well. Jim Carrey is always fun to watch, and they come to Nebraska! Well, they filmed it in LA but they watch a Huskers game - nevermind that we got womped by Oklahoma and it was back in the Callahan era. It was funny, when we saw it in theaters everyone booed when they saw him.

As for homework I got almost halfway through my first book this afternoon - now just have to finish that one and locate/read the second one. Which I think is longer. But it should be interesting. I'll give you my thoughts on them later.

Oh, speaking of the Scale of Awesome - Black Swan 8/10. Creepyfest man. Natalie Portman was brilliant, as always, but dude, there was some weird creepy stuff in there. Loved watching the behind the scenes stuff listening to Mila, too funny.

Okay, gonna make food, turn on the tv and then crash. you gonna judge me too?

25 peppers to 1 salt

Apparently pepper is healthy for you whereas salt is unhealthy. So, when sprinkling something with seasoning it is better for you if you choose pepper over salt. Who knew? So she did 25 pepper shakes and 1 salt shake. Awesomeness.

Gotta love family. My aunt and uncle moved here into this like awesome house, it's seriously impressive. We all went out to dinner then came back for a tour of the house. Lots of people. But awesome house. I'm super jealous. It was funny though because they were talking about how much stuff they had and then they were like, "the only thing worse would be moving your parents." Because seriously, my parents have a lot of stuff. Model trains, old cars, beanie babies, beer mugs, who knows what else is in that basement. Madness. They're never moving. We won't let them. Seriously.

Irony is that I was just talking about my aunt and uncle today at work. They live in Iowa. I used to go over to their house and play pool then go to Adventureland and all that. Ride all the roller coasters. Fun times. My uncle used to go on all of them with me, we liked to be in the front. I would like scream at the top of the hill going down and he would just put his hands up, haha.

After dinner/house tour we went back to my sister's house where I was foosball champion yet again. Undefeated, take that! Soulja Boy and The Chad totally dominated.

Today was a good day at work, short day actually so I mostly boxed up donations instead of working more on my project. Maybe Space Cadet will be there this week to help again.

Quotes of the day:
Uncle: "Where is your food?"
Aunt: "We ordered an ostrich and they had to go find one."
It took a while for our food because they were like out of whatever so we had to reorder. But it was funny because he couldn't hear what she was saying anyway because we were yelling across to the other side of the room. There were a lot of people at the table plus the game on.

Me: "You shocked the grapes?"
My other aunt and uncle have grapes in their garden but apparently they moved them or something and they're not doing so well so my aunt was like, "Yeah, they're in shock." Grapes? Really? Sad day.

Magwilde: "It's like graveyard jenga down here."
Bonekickers, they found a tank buried with dead bodies inside.

There are more quotes, mostly Austin Powers quotes from foosball or "Listen Plastic Man" from Red which I would say to Joe when he was snarky.

Music rec: "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here" She & Him

Although I did laugh hysterically at 1:02 this video completely and totally freaks me out. Seriously. And I love Zooey Deschanel, I think she's fantastic, as is the song. But what the?

Tomorrow means work 'til 6 then head to the farmhouse to take stuff to the parentals and stay over. Catch up on my DVR. Possible relaxation. Or being forced to watch HeeHaw reruns. Which really is the opposite of relaxation. Dad and his DVR. Crimeony.

"It's not a secret, why do you keep it? I'm just sitting on the shelf."