It's weird, I've spent more days at my apartment this week than I've spent at work.
This whole sick thing sucks.
But I'm going in tomorrow no matter what.
I've got good drugs - I'm actually about 90% better which is substantially more than the 60% I was feeling the day I attempted to go but went home mid-day.
So, today.
Got half my homework done. Did all the reading and paper to go with it, now all I have left is the presentation. Which I've started.
Sort of.
I mean, I found some of the information.
Now I just have to input it into a powerpoint and figure out what I'm gonna say.
It's seriously like a 5 minute thing max so I'm not too freaked.
I've got time tomorrow night to finish it, at the moment I can't really take anymore cataloging jargon and codes.
Aside from being semi-productive I actually got around to watching Moneyball.
It was fantastic!
Usually I'm not a big fan of movies that Jonah Hill is in.
It's nothing against him, I think he's a great actor, I just am not a fan of his movies.
Does that make sense?
I dunno, Knocked Up, Grandma's Boy, all that crap, not really my thing. Sorry.
Though I did like Accepted. "I don't want to be here alone when the walls start to bleed!"
But in this one, when he was a serious actor, that was impressive.
And Brad Pitt is always a pretty method actor so I thought it was fantastic.
I'm a baseball fan, though not of the A's so I didn't know much about the storyline. It's actually pretty cool.
Basically Brad Pitt's character is the General Manager of the Oakland A's - this was like the 2002 season - and they had lost three of their greatest players. So, he's working on recruiting new people with his team of scouts and basically comes across Jonah Hill's character in the process of talking to other team's coaches about trading people.
Jonah's character is Peter Brand and he's more of a statistics person. He follows this math-based approach of recruiting so Brad basically hires him as his assistant and they start recruiting all these people that got overlooked by other scouts because of the way they throw or run or whatever.
I won't give away the rest of the storyline but it was actually really interesting and accurate, apparently. They didn't throw in a mass amount of comedy or drama to change the real life story.
Scale of Awesome says 8/10. Not something that I'd want to watch over and over and over, but it was really interesting and I had to watch it all the way through.
Yeah, not a lot of other things to do when you're sick other than watch TV and sleep.
So, at some point during this week I've watched that, Real Steel and The Debt.
Real Steel was good, I was looking forward to seeing it since I first saw the preview like a year ago. Jackman was a boxer, but in the future people want to watch robots fight instead because it is more intense so he has this robot, and of course because you have to add in drama he owes a lot of money to people. After his girlfriend dies he has to take custody of their son and he's awful, doesn't know anything about parenting. But the kid likes robots so they bond and all that.
It was alright, not as good as I thought it would be, I'd give it about a 7/10.
And then The Debt. Anything with Helen Mirren is worth watching, even Arthur had its moments. The storyline jumps back and forth between the present and the past when she was a part of a 3 man team to capture a really bad guy and take him back to their country to be tried. After this mission they became these legendary agents and her daughter writes a book about the experience but it's false cause what they say happened isn't really how it went down. Now they have to fix it, etc.
It was interesting, but again not something I will watch over and over. Another 7/10 cause it was interesting and mysterious.
Music Rec's
"Astronaut" Priscilla Ahn
love her, even sings backup to joshua radin on my favorite song, but this song gives me pause. it's like someone told her to write a song about astronauts, birds, elephants and fish. and make is similar to sixpence's kiss me.
no idea why, but it reminds me of this one.
"Kiss Me" Sixpense None the Richer
classic.
Alright, I'm off to bed. Gotta make it all the way through tomorrow and then class Sunday.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
What's an enigma?
Almost made it.
Got to the halfway point and it all went south.
Stupid food.
Made me sick.
First actual meal I've eaten in like 3 days. Serves me right, I'm going back to fasting man.
Mom picked me up halfway through the day and took me to the doctor.
He says it's strep.
Fantastic.
But he gave me some good drugs.
Speaking of, I will probably be out soon.
So I better make this quick.
You know when you're sitting in the doctor's office, after the nurse leaves, and you're patiently waiting for the doctor to show up?
And that's when the most random of thoughts or songs or quotes or whatever just hits you?
Is that just me?
Cause it's like that at the dentist too.
That's why I bring my ipod.
To drown out the crazy random.
Yes, the crazy random.
Go with it.
Today, I figured he wouldn't be long since it was really just us in the waiting room, so I left the ipod in my pocket.
I wasn't wrong...I mean, I wasn't right, but I wasn't wrong, but then I had to think of something to think about that wasn't going to make me nauseous. Cause there were pictures of needles and organs gross stuff that made me nauseous.
And that's the common denominator in all of my problems lately. Nausea.
So I'm thinking...hmm...what's a good and awkward song to sing in a doctor's office that you've never been to before?
No, not really.
It actually just came out of nowhere, like most of the songs that get stuck in my head do.
I got hit with this one.
"Glee Club Rehearsal"
We did "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" my junior year of high school. And this scene was probably my favorite of the whole thing. We did pretty well, but one of the nights I totally broke out laughing during this thing live onstage.
I was Peppermint Patty, my boyfriend - at the time - played Linus, haha um my current boyfriend - but was not at that time - played Charlie Brown.
Oh yeah, and then to make things more awkward since you know Patty is supposed to be secretly in love with Chuck and all that, for One Act that same year we did this play called "Candid" in which I was the girlfriend of my current boyfriend, but again at that time I was with...I'm just gonna call him Linus cause that'll make things easier.
The NEXT year, we did "Arsenic and Old Lace" in which I was engaged to Linus, but at that time, I was dating my current boyfriend.
So there was that switch.
But it really made a lot of scenes very awkward, especially those geared toward romance.
Yeah.
There were a lot of those.
Somehow I was typecast as the girlfriend.
Huh.
High school drama, eh.
Anyway, I loved every minute of that. And if I could go back I totally would. We had so much fun, even backstage dancing behind the scenes. I'm pretty sure I told you about the gum story.
We put gum into one of the Valentine's that Charlie Brown opened onstage - we always do a lot of weird stuff like throw in extra stuff on the last night - and he was like, WHAT?!
Awesome.
Yeah, found it, for more pictures and behind-the-scenes stuff go here: My Life in Closed Captions: Christmas time is here, Happiness and cheer
We had too much fun.
Glee Club Rehearsal
i really love everyone's facial expressions in this one just because they all individually make me laugh.
Arsenic and Old Lace
yes a dress - there was actually more than one dress, the other one took 2 people to get me into it - plus silver heels. you should see those things man, they killed me - i had to run across the stage in them without like making loud clacking noises or dragging my feet and sliding all over the place cause we had floor mikes. that was fun. and took coordination. which took time. cause i don't wear heels.
Okay, I'm going to go take some drugs.
That sounds really bad, but the doctor told me to, I swear!
And then I'm gonna konk out.
And wake up tomorrow to do all my homework for this weekend.
I hope you have a good weekend. If you don't hear from me I'm probably sleeping.
Got to the halfway point and it all went south.
Stupid food.
Made me sick.
First actual meal I've eaten in like 3 days. Serves me right, I'm going back to fasting man.
Mom picked me up halfway through the day and took me to the doctor.
He says it's strep.
Fantastic.
But he gave me some good drugs.
Speaking of, I will probably be out soon.
So I better make this quick.
You know when you're sitting in the doctor's office, after the nurse leaves, and you're patiently waiting for the doctor to show up?
And that's when the most random of thoughts or songs or quotes or whatever just hits you?
Is that just me?
Cause it's like that at the dentist too.
That's why I bring my ipod.
To drown out the crazy random.
Yes, the crazy random.
Go with it.
Today, I figured he wouldn't be long since it was really just us in the waiting room, so I left the ipod in my pocket.
I wasn't wrong...I mean, I wasn't right, but I wasn't wrong, but then I had to think of something to think about that wasn't going to make me nauseous. Cause there were pictures of needles and organs gross stuff that made me nauseous.
And that's the common denominator in all of my problems lately. Nausea.
So I'm thinking...hmm...what's a good and awkward song to sing in a doctor's office that you've never been to before?
No, not really.
It actually just came out of nowhere, like most of the songs that get stuck in my head do.
I got hit with this one.
"Glee Club Rehearsal"
We did "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" my junior year of high school. And this scene was probably my favorite of the whole thing. We did pretty well, but one of the nights I totally broke out laughing during this thing live onstage.
I was Peppermint Patty, my boyfriend - at the time - played Linus, haha um my current boyfriend - but was not at that time - played Charlie Brown.
Oh yeah, and then to make things more awkward since you know Patty is supposed to be secretly in love with Chuck and all that, for One Act that same year we did this play called "Candid" in which I was the girlfriend of my current boyfriend, but again at that time I was with...I'm just gonna call him Linus cause that'll make things easier.
The NEXT year, we did "Arsenic and Old Lace" in which I was engaged to Linus, but at that time, I was dating my current boyfriend.
So there was that switch.
But it really made a lot of scenes very awkward, especially those geared toward romance.
Yeah.
There were a lot of those.
Somehow I was typecast as the girlfriend.
Huh.
High school drama, eh.
Anyway, I loved every minute of that. And if I could go back I totally would. We had so much fun, even backstage dancing behind the scenes. I'm pretty sure I told you about the gum story.
We put gum into one of the Valentine's that Charlie Brown opened onstage - we always do a lot of weird stuff like throw in extra stuff on the last night - and he was like, WHAT?!
Awesome.
Yeah, found it, for more pictures and behind-the-scenes stuff go here: My Life in Closed Captions: Christmas time is here, Happiness and cheer
We had too much fun.
Glee Club Rehearsal
i really love everyone's facial expressions in this one just because they all individually make me laugh.
Arsenic and Old Lace
yes a dress - there was actually more than one dress, the other one took 2 people to get me into it - plus silver heels. you should see those things man, they killed me - i had to run across the stage in them without like making loud clacking noises or dragging my feet and sliding all over the place cause we had floor mikes. that was fun. and took coordination. which took time. cause i don't wear heels.
Okay, I'm going to go take some drugs.
That sounds really bad, but the doctor told me to, I swear!
And then I'm gonna konk out.
And wake up tomorrow to do all my homework for this weekend.
I hope you have a good weekend. If you don't hear from me I'm probably sleeping.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
i'm not clever enough at this point to think of a good title for this post.
This is so weird. I don't take sick days, let alone two in a row. I got a letter from the mayor last year for perfect attendance for crying out loud. This bites.
Okay, so here is my deal.
My new attitude in life is "it's all mental." I blame my high school basketball coach, he used to say it over and over in practice, but I've learned to live by it now.
If I feel like crap I power through and cover for anyone else, But when I have a fever and it's legitimately contageous, that's when I crash and burn.
Yesterday and today have been ridiculous.
Yesterday I was freezing, literally freezing, and had the heat on high.
It drove Carter nuts, he was sitting by the glass doors to stay cool.
Today I was burning up and opened the glass doors to let in the cool air.
I didn't eat anything yesterday - that's how I knew I was actually sick - today I force-fed myself ice-cream cake - how can anyone seriously say they force-fed themselves ice-cream cake? that sounds like an oxymoron - but now I just feel nauseous.
But see, that's my thing though.
Cause I'm nauseous all the time anyway.
So, how can I tell if it's a symptom of whatever the hell I have at this time, or if it's just the regular nausea thing that has turned into daily life?
Like, am I sick and nausea is a part of it? or am I just nauseous AND sick?
Did that make sense?
I don't think it did.
I can't even freakin' sit up at this point in time. I tried to shower but couldn't stand up long enough.
According to my mother I have what's going around the family and it takes a while to get through it. Oh, and she also told me I'm supposed to gargle saltwater - gross, that might legitimately make me throw up - but I passed on that.
So here's the deal for tomorrow.
I'm going to bed IMMEDIATELY after this post. If I wake up tomorrow and I have a fever or I can't stand up for longer than two minutes, as was the problem this morning and afternoon, then I'm going to the doctor. Or having my sister take me there, cause driving probably isn't a good idea.
If there is no fever, and I am able to walk around my apartment and stand for longer than two minutes, then I'm going to work.
I have Friday off, all I need to do is power through 8 hours on Thursday, come home and work on that presentation, and then I can crash for another entire day.
It's all mental, I can do that.
Yesterday I slept pretty much all day, when I wasn't texting the boyfriend or my mother. Today I spent on the couch, working through the DVR. Yeah. Too exhausted to even get up to put in a DVD. But I got through Castle, NCIS, The Voice, oohh, I forgot about Bones. Oh well, I'll save it for later.
Right now I am out. For like 11 hours, hopefully. Whenever I sleep I like alternate between being too cold and too hot. And cough up a lung. And Carter sits on me and stares at me - he has decided that if I'm home then I need to pay attention to him.
Or he's just mad I stole his spot.
Afterall, it is HIS apartment, I just stay here.
Or that's what he thinks at least.
Guess it depends on tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I'm out.
Okay, so here is my deal.
My new attitude in life is "it's all mental." I blame my high school basketball coach, he used to say it over and over in practice, but I've learned to live by it now.
If I feel like crap I power through and cover for anyone else, But when I have a fever and it's legitimately contageous, that's when I crash and burn.
Yesterday and today have been ridiculous.
Yesterday I was freezing, literally freezing, and had the heat on high.
It drove Carter nuts, he was sitting by the glass doors to stay cool.
Today I was burning up and opened the glass doors to let in the cool air.
I didn't eat anything yesterday - that's how I knew I was actually sick - today I force-fed myself ice-cream cake - how can anyone seriously say they force-fed themselves ice-cream cake? that sounds like an oxymoron - but now I just feel nauseous.
But see, that's my thing though.
Cause I'm nauseous all the time anyway.
So, how can I tell if it's a symptom of whatever the hell I have at this time, or if it's just the regular nausea thing that has turned into daily life?
Like, am I sick and nausea is a part of it? or am I just nauseous AND sick?
Did that make sense?
I don't think it did.
I can't even freakin' sit up at this point in time. I tried to shower but couldn't stand up long enough.
According to my mother I have what's going around the family and it takes a while to get through it. Oh, and she also told me I'm supposed to gargle saltwater - gross, that might legitimately make me throw up - but I passed on that.
So here's the deal for tomorrow.
I'm going to bed IMMEDIATELY after this post. If I wake up tomorrow and I have a fever or I can't stand up for longer than two minutes, as was the problem this morning and afternoon, then I'm going to the doctor. Or having my sister take me there, cause driving probably isn't a good idea.
If there is no fever, and I am able to walk around my apartment and stand for longer than two minutes, then I'm going to work.
I have Friday off, all I need to do is power through 8 hours on Thursday, come home and work on that presentation, and then I can crash for another entire day.
It's all mental, I can do that.
Yesterday I slept pretty much all day, when I wasn't texting the boyfriend or my mother. Today I spent on the couch, working through the DVR. Yeah. Too exhausted to even get up to put in a DVD. But I got through Castle, NCIS, The Voice, oohh, I forgot about Bones. Oh well, I'll save it for later.
Right now I am out. For like 11 hours, hopefully. Whenever I sleep I like alternate between being too cold and too hot. And cough up a lung. And Carter sits on me and stares at me - he has decided that if I'm home then I need to pay attention to him.
Or he's just mad I stole his spot.
Afterall, it is HIS apartment, I just stay here.
Or that's what he thinks at least.
Guess it depends on tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I'm out.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Say it ain't so, I will not go.
Turn the lights off, carry me home.
Exhausted and feeling like crap so I'll keep this short.
Finally saw "This Means War" - Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon and Chelsea Handler.
Slim Shady and I hit up the matinee, it was hilarious. Chris and Tom were great as allies and enemies, plus Reese is always funny, then you throw in Chelsea Handler...have you seen Chelsea Lately or read any of her books? She's hysterical!
"I think I'm going to hell."
"Don't worry, if you're going to hell I'll just come pick you up. Save me a drink."
Great addition to the cast, loved it! Might even have to check out her new show, I do enjoy Laura Prepon.
This Means War: the storyline was intriguing, there wasn't a down moment where I was checking my watch, there was a lot of great action sequences and comedic moments...
Survey says 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Will definitely want to see it again or at least buy it when it comes out.
I caved and bought "Tower Heist", the DVD comes with alternate endings so I'm intrigued about those. That movie was pretty funny and under-rated. "He was allergic to chocolate so I had to beat him." I left the movie crying cause I was laughing so hard at that line.
Duuuude. The Voice...rocks. Sad I missed the first season and totally curious as to what comes next after the blind auditions...and if it will be as good as the blind auditions, that's really unique.
Anybody watch Castle tonight? Apparently I totally missed last week's end to the two-part but it's on my DVR so I'll catch it.
Tonight's was uber-creepy with a fairy-tale twist. Had me flashing back to Women's Murder Club when they turned Kiss-Me-Not into Prince Charming...but then the creators left (or get kicked out that's debatable) taking the storyline with them and we ended up with Billy the serial killer, total let down. But it's okay. It was fixed. Show wasn't the same without the original creators and pretty sure that's why it ended.
Sorry. Ramble-nation over.
Anyway, Oldest Sister called the ending of Castle mid-way through the episode and I kept thinking "Reaper! Reaper! Reaper!" Which, if you've seen Criminal Minds you'll understand, and if you haven't...then you're missing out on some seriously good TV cause the Reaper episodes of CM were possibly the best, especially episode #100. Sad day.
So that was my day. A movie, some TV, and 2 hours of work in between. Yeah, I showed up at 4 and ended up writing an incident report before 4:30, it's never boring at the library.
Other than that...Squirt helped me pull some books for a new YA display, we're going simple and pulling books with green covers for March - thanks Fearless Leader - now I just gotta finish the sign, print it, and change some statuses.
Song of the night:
"All The Small Things" Blink 182 - Charlie's Angels style
"the chad...is stuck."
jammed to it on my ipod earlier today.
but everytime I hear it I visualize this...cause I've seen the movie that many times. actually, i've probably seen this more times than i've heard the regular song on the radio. i know, i'm a fan, get over it.
I was going to post the alumni vs. called worker/grade school tournament pictures on Facebook but I don't think I can make it.
I feel like crap. If you haven't noticed already. I'm freezing, shaking, coughing, sneezing, my nose won't stop running, my throat hurts and I'm getting a headache.
If it keeps up tomorrow I'm staying home. Which is saying something, cause usually I power through. My only problem with staying home - aside from missing work that I actually enjoy - is that tomorrow is Grams birthday, and I was planning on going there to celebrate with her and the Cool Aunt and eat some cake.
Maybe it's best if I stay home, don't want to get her sick.
This bites. Where's my fat cat? Somehow when I'm sick he knows not to bite me and just falls asleep in my lap.
I'm out, gonna take some ibuprofen before my head explodes in pain.
Exhausted and feeling like crap so I'll keep this short.
Finally saw "This Means War" - Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon and Chelsea Handler.
Slim Shady and I hit up the matinee, it was hilarious. Chris and Tom were great as allies and enemies, plus Reese is always funny, then you throw in Chelsea Handler...have you seen Chelsea Lately or read any of her books? She's hysterical!
"I think I'm going to hell."
"Don't worry, if you're going to hell I'll just come pick you up. Save me a drink."
Great addition to the cast, loved it! Might even have to check out her new show, I do enjoy Laura Prepon.
This Means War: the storyline was intriguing, there wasn't a down moment where I was checking my watch, there was a lot of great action sequences and comedic moments...
Survey says 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Will definitely want to see it again or at least buy it when it comes out.
I caved and bought "Tower Heist", the DVD comes with alternate endings so I'm intrigued about those. That movie was pretty funny and under-rated. "He was allergic to chocolate so I had to beat him." I left the movie crying cause I was laughing so hard at that line.
Duuuude. The Voice...rocks. Sad I missed the first season and totally curious as to what comes next after the blind auditions...and if it will be as good as the blind auditions, that's really unique.
Anybody watch Castle tonight? Apparently I totally missed last week's end to the two-part but it's on my DVR so I'll catch it.
Tonight's was uber-creepy with a fairy-tale twist. Had me flashing back to Women's Murder Club when they turned Kiss-Me-Not into Prince Charming...but then the creators left (or get kicked out that's debatable) taking the storyline with them and we ended up with Billy the serial killer, total let down. But it's okay. It was fixed. Show wasn't the same without the original creators and pretty sure that's why it ended.
Sorry. Ramble-nation over.
Anyway, Oldest Sister called the ending of Castle mid-way through the episode and I kept thinking "Reaper! Reaper! Reaper!" Which, if you've seen Criminal Minds you'll understand, and if you haven't...then you're missing out on some seriously good TV cause the Reaper episodes of CM were possibly the best, especially episode #100. Sad day.
So that was my day. A movie, some TV, and 2 hours of work in between. Yeah, I showed up at 4 and ended up writing an incident report before 4:30, it's never boring at the library.
Other than that...Squirt helped me pull some books for a new YA display, we're going simple and pulling books with green covers for March - thanks Fearless Leader - now I just gotta finish the sign, print it, and change some statuses.
Song of the night:
"All The Small Things" Blink 182 - Charlie's Angels style
"the chad...is stuck."
jammed to it on my ipod earlier today.
but everytime I hear it I visualize this...cause I've seen the movie that many times. actually, i've probably seen this more times than i've heard the regular song on the radio. i know, i'm a fan, get over it.
I was going to post the alumni vs. called worker/grade school tournament pictures on Facebook but I don't think I can make it.
I feel like crap. If you haven't noticed already. I'm freezing, shaking, coughing, sneezing, my nose won't stop running, my throat hurts and I'm getting a headache.
If it keeps up tomorrow I'm staying home. Which is saying something, cause usually I power through. My only problem with staying home - aside from missing work that I actually enjoy - is that tomorrow is Grams birthday, and I was planning on going there to celebrate with her and the Cool Aunt and eat some cake.
Maybe it's best if I stay home, don't want to get her sick.
This bites. Where's my fat cat? Somehow when I'm sick he knows not to bite me and just falls asleep in my lap.
I'm out, gonna take some ibuprofen before my head explodes in pain.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
"We were in Greece, we danced, I was gay, and we were happy. I probably fathered your only daughter..."
So, the Oscars.
2012, big year for movies.
And of course, out of the nine up for best picture I've seen only one: "The Help".
Though hopefully by the end of the week we can make that two, I just got "Moneyball" through the library.
But still, that's PITIFUL!
I'm a movies and media junkie!
This whole working 40 hours a week thing is seriously killing my consistent-movie-going habit.
In case you weren't following my Facebook updates - Sketch and I had a running commentary and I posted pretty much anything and everything that came to mind within those 3 hours, - Here are my highlights:
-Good Commercials:
-Is it just me or do the shows "GCB", "Scandal", and "Missing" look extremely good and funny? I enjoy Kristin Chenoweth and Kerry Washington so I'll be adding those to my DVR. Plus Ashley Judd as a badass CIA Agent? I'm intrigued.
PS - I was informed that GCB stands for "Good Christian Bitches" in case you were wondering as I was. The series itself is based off of a book - I'm sorry I'm a Library Service Associate get used to it - by Kim Gatlin. They titled the TV show "Good Christian Bitches" after the book, then changed it to "Good Christian Belles" and then changed it again to just "GCB".
-100 year Titanic sinking anniverary is coming up in April so I was excited to see they're bringing the movie back to theaters, in 3D no less, that should be interesting.
-I lost count of how many Ellen JCP commercials came on, but I laughed at all of them.
-You should thank yourself for being awesome, Jeff Bridges. He narrated a Hyundai Oscar-themed commercial, thanking people.
Funny Presenters:
-Billy Crystal is classic, as always. I like that they included a clip from "When Harry Met Sally" in one of the montages. "I'll have what she's having." He always knew what to say when introducing the presenters, Natalie Portman included. "...and a murderous ballerina..." yes Billy, that's exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up.
-I really enjoyed the cheesy documentary commentary by Gwyneth and Robert Downey Jr., though I'm a big fan of each of them so having them reunited again was fantastic and I approve.
-How much leg does one really need to show while presenting an award for Best Adapted Screenplay? Really Angelina?
Though I did love IMMENSELY the Descendant's writer who did an impersonation of her stance. That was fantastic.
Maybe it's just because I'm Team Aniston. Even if I did enjoy "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". "Baby you couldn't find the button with both hands and a map."
Actually I like her much better with Justin Theroux anyway. SEAMUS!! "I'm gonna teach you and your friends about pain..."
I'm well aware you have no idea what I'm talking about, google it.
-Emma Stone's enthusiastic presentation and diss of Ben Stiller's past presentations. I remember the Avatar year, that was fantastic. Though what really made it great was when she started singing, invited Jonah Hill to dance with her and he totally turned her down. Burn.
-Sandra Bullock was glamorous as ever, but every time I saw her all I could think about was her on the Red Carpet talking to what's-her-name about the night being full of "sexy times" and then posing.
-Colin Firth's best actress addresses were fantastic.
"We were in Greece, we danced, I was gay, and we were happy. I probably fathered your only daughter..." to Meryl Streep
and then
about how Michelle Williams inspired him to be a better actor as he matured, "We can leave aside the fact that you were 12 and I was 35."
-Though my favorite highlight of the entire night has got to be the "Scorsese Shot" by Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne. Where they downed half a bottle of what looked like vodka. "Scorsese!!" It was ironic since Scuba Steve asked if there was some sort of Oscar's Drinking Game going on with our commentary just minutes before the shot happened.
Another thing I noticed with that one, I really enjoy when actor's speak and they have accents, but they're such good actors that you didn't know previously they had accents to begin with?! Like Rose Byrne, dude. I stopped typing when she spoke as it totally threw me off. Love it.
Miscellaneous:
-Don't you feel bad for that one acrobat that totally flew too far on that sitting in a circle and flipping around thing? But it was good, the rest was pretty impressive.
-After posting about the "The Shore" taking home the live action short film category, I followed it with the comment "crabs crabs crabs" since there was a crab in the preview. It's kind of a family inside joke about my nephew being scared of crabs when he was younger.
Anyway, so I said
"crabs crabs crabs"
and Sketch followed with
"I picked that movie! I was going to say I got that one but that would be awkward after your comment..."
-Love that Bret McKenzie won for best original song, "Flight of the Conchords" rocks.
-Bring on the dramatic music. I was sad they didn't throw in more dramatic music to kick people off the stage early from their speeches. Not that many were super long, but this year it was more like they just cut the mikes instead. Bummer.
Speeches to me are always so awkward, especially when more than one person goes to make a speech for the same award. It's like is it over? Nope, here's another person. Stop the applause! Cut the music! They're still going!
-Loved!! Christopher Guest's gang doing the screening review, that was FANTASTIC! In case you're not aware (and severely culture-deprived) the group of people who were commenting on "The Wizard of Oz" are all part of Christopher Guest's crew of actors that he puts all together in many movies such as "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration", though they were missing primo members Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.
While I was surprised by the amount of victories by "Hugo", I was glad that "The Artist" totally dominated on the awards front. It deserves it for being a pioneer and old-fashioned at the same time.
Since "The Help" was really the only movie I've saw out of the many mentioned - aside from "HP-7B", "Bridesmaids", and the Swedish version of "TGWTDT" - I appreciated Octavia Spencer taking the Best Supporting Actress category.
I enjoyed her speech as well, "I'm sorry, I'm freakin' out!"
Aside from "The Artist" I'm also adding "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "Albert Nobbs", "Hugo", and "My Week With Marilyn" (all based on books), to my list of movies-to-see.
I really have no desire to see "The Descendants" as it sounds completely depressing, and while I'm sure their adapted screenplay was great I'm still confused as to why "The Help" wasn't in that category. As it's based off a novel...
Meryl Streep's win for Best Actress was well-deserved, especially after being nominated more than anyone else in the history of the Oscars.
Songs of the night:
Both Oscar-themed as the nominees were hoping both of these titles happened:
"Say My Name" Destiny's Child
from back before it was just beyonce...go here: My Life in Closed Captions: "What's a Bieber?" - extended clips and a world of... for my full-fledge ramble-nation on that topic.
yes, a ramble-nation.
"Have Mercy" The Judds live in 1986
love them. i'm impressed that wynonna is able to make hand gestures and play guitar all at the same time.
And that was the Oscars. Other than that today the day was pretty much an average Sunday, though they let Slim Shady and I work together for the majority of the day which is like apocalypse 13 cause they never let us work together.
After work I stopped by the home library to drop stuff off for the Queen of Awesome and talk to Space Cadet as I never get to see them anymore, let alone at the same time.
Finished my homework, sent it in, and now I'm off to bed. Get to sleep in tomorrow morning, I'm THRILLED! Then I'm meeting up with Slim Shady for lunch and a movie - gonna see "This Means War", woohoo! before going in to work for 2 hours.
2012, big year for movies.
And of course, out of the nine up for best picture I've seen only one: "The Help".
Though hopefully by the end of the week we can make that two, I just got "Moneyball" through the library.
But still, that's PITIFUL!
I'm a movies and media junkie!
This whole working 40 hours a week thing is seriously killing my consistent-movie-going habit.
In case you weren't following my Facebook updates - Sketch and I had a running commentary and I posted pretty much anything and everything that came to mind within those 3 hours, - Here are my highlights:
-Good Commercials:
-Is it just me or do the shows "GCB", "Scandal", and "Missing" look extremely good and funny? I enjoy Kristin Chenoweth and Kerry Washington so I'll be adding those to my DVR. Plus Ashley Judd as a badass CIA Agent? I'm intrigued.
PS - I was informed that GCB stands for "Good Christian Bitches" in case you were wondering as I was. The series itself is based off of a book - I'm sorry I'm a Library Service Associate get used to it - by Kim Gatlin. They titled the TV show "Good Christian Bitches" after the book, then changed it to "Good Christian Belles" and then changed it again to just "GCB".
-100 year Titanic sinking anniverary is coming up in April so I was excited to see they're bringing the movie back to theaters, in 3D no less, that should be interesting.
-I lost count of how many Ellen JCP commercials came on, but I laughed at all of them.
-You should thank yourself for being awesome, Jeff Bridges. He narrated a Hyundai Oscar-themed commercial, thanking people.
Funny Presenters:
-Billy Crystal is classic, as always. I like that they included a clip from "When Harry Met Sally" in one of the montages. "I'll have what she's having." He always knew what to say when introducing the presenters, Natalie Portman included. "...and a murderous ballerina..." yes Billy, that's exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up.
-I really enjoyed the cheesy documentary commentary by Gwyneth and Robert Downey Jr., though I'm a big fan of each of them so having them reunited again was fantastic and I approve.
-How much leg does one really need to show while presenting an award for Best Adapted Screenplay? Really Angelina?
Though I did love IMMENSELY the Descendant's writer who did an impersonation of her stance. That was fantastic.
Maybe it's just because I'm Team Aniston. Even if I did enjoy "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". "Baby you couldn't find the button with both hands and a map."
Actually I like her much better with Justin Theroux anyway. SEAMUS!! "I'm gonna teach you and your friends about pain..."
I'm well aware you have no idea what I'm talking about, google it.
-Emma Stone's enthusiastic presentation and diss of Ben Stiller's past presentations. I remember the Avatar year, that was fantastic. Though what really made it great was when she started singing, invited Jonah Hill to dance with her and he totally turned her down. Burn.
-Sandra Bullock was glamorous as ever, but every time I saw her all I could think about was her on the Red Carpet talking to what's-her-name about the night being full of "sexy times" and then posing.
-Colin Firth's best actress addresses were fantastic.
"We were in Greece, we danced, I was gay, and we were happy. I probably fathered your only daughter..." to Meryl Streep
and then
about how Michelle Williams inspired him to be a better actor as he matured, "We can leave aside the fact that you were 12 and I was 35."
-Though my favorite highlight of the entire night has got to be the "Scorsese Shot" by Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne. Where they downed half a bottle of what looked like vodka. "Scorsese!!" It was ironic since Scuba Steve asked if there was some sort of Oscar's Drinking Game going on with our commentary just minutes before the shot happened.
Another thing I noticed with that one, I really enjoy when actor's speak and they have accents, but they're such good actors that you didn't know previously they had accents to begin with?! Like Rose Byrne, dude. I stopped typing when she spoke as it totally threw me off. Love it.
Miscellaneous:
-Don't you feel bad for that one acrobat that totally flew too far on that sitting in a circle and flipping around thing? But it was good, the rest was pretty impressive.
-After posting about the "The Shore" taking home the live action short film category, I followed it with the comment "crabs crabs crabs" since there was a crab in the preview. It's kind of a family inside joke about my nephew being scared of crabs when he was younger.
Anyway, so I said
"crabs crabs crabs"
and Sketch followed with
"I picked that movie! I was going to say I got that one but that would be awkward after your comment..."
-Love that Bret McKenzie won for best original song, "Flight of the Conchords" rocks.
-Bring on the dramatic music. I was sad they didn't throw in more dramatic music to kick people off the stage early from their speeches. Not that many were super long, but this year it was more like they just cut the mikes instead. Bummer.
Speeches to me are always so awkward, especially when more than one person goes to make a speech for the same award. It's like is it over? Nope, here's another person. Stop the applause! Cut the music! They're still going!
-Loved!! Christopher Guest's gang doing the screening review, that was FANTASTIC! In case you're not aware (and severely culture-deprived) the group of people who were commenting on "The Wizard of Oz" are all part of Christopher Guest's crew of actors that he puts all together in many movies such as "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration", though they were missing primo members Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.
While I was surprised by the amount of victories by "Hugo", I was glad that "The Artist" totally dominated on the awards front. It deserves it for being a pioneer and old-fashioned at the same time.
Since "The Help" was really the only movie I've saw out of the many mentioned - aside from "HP-7B", "Bridesmaids", and the Swedish version of "TGWTDT" - I appreciated Octavia Spencer taking the Best Supporting Actress category.
I enjoyed her speech as well, "I'm sorry, I'm freakin' out!"
Aside from "The Artist" I'm also adding "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "Albert Nobbs", "Hugo", and "My Week With Marilyn" (all based on books), to my list of movies-to-see.
I really have no desire to see "The Descendants" as it sounds completely depressing, and while I'm sure their adapted screenplay was great I'm still confused as to why "The Help" wasn't in that category. As it's based off a novel...
Meryl Streep's win for Best Actress was well-deserved, especially after being nominated more than anyone else in the history of the Oscars.
Songs of the night:
Both Oscar-themed as the nominees were hoping both of these titles happened:
"Say My Name" Destiny's Child
from back before it was just beyonce...go here: My Life in Closed Captions: "What's a Bieber?" - extended clips and a world of... for my full-fledge ramble-nation on that topic.
yes, a ramble-nation.
"Have Mercy" The Judds live in 1986
love them. i'm impressed that wynonna is able to make hand gestures and play guitar all at the same time.
And that was the Oscars. Other than that today the day was pretty much an average Sunday, though they let Slim Shady and I work together for the majority of the day which is like apocalypse 13 cause they never let us work together.
After work I stopped by the home library to drop stuff off for the Queen of Awesome and talk to Space Cadet as I never get to see them anymore, let alone at the same time.
Finished my homework, sent it in, and now I'm off to bed. Get to sleep in tomorrow morning, I'm THRILLED! Then I'm meeting up with Slim Shady for lunch and a movie - gonna see "This Means War", woohoo! before going in to work for 2 hours.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
"What's grad school? Is that like college for old people?"
a kid so lovingly asked me yesterday at the tournament.
No son, that's like school for crazy people.
Cause we go back voluntarily.
So there's gotta be something going on in our headspace.
Especially when it involves getting together with classmates and working on homework until 1AM.
But we're halfway there! I'm gonna pick up takeout and we'll finish tomorrow night after work.
Which is good, as it's due tomorrow night.
Then we'll be done for another couple days. Before we have other assignments to move on to.
Like presentations.
Should start on that, huh?
Eh, I've got a week to come up with something.
It's only like a 3 minute speech, I'll come up with a powerpoint and wing it. But that's for a later date.
Today was pretty good. I got to jam all day with Space Cadet!
Remember how we have random debates and pick up useless information?
Famous debates include:
-Who would win in a fight, a sea cow or a snow leopard? My Life in Closed Captions: I guess I'll go on home, it's late. There'll be to...
-the volume level of my headphones, also in the above post,
-and of course my hair color was always subject to debate. My Life in Closed Captions: To dye, or not to dye? That is the question.
My favorite useless information so far is probably that in 1865, in the war between Uruguay and Brazil, one of Uruguay's ships ran out of cannon balls so they fired chunks of stale Dutch cheese out of the cannons. One of them dismasted an enemy ship and killed two sailors.
Add these to the list:
-Giant panda bears are actually considered to be part of the raccoon family, not the bear family.
-During WW2 the US Air Force captured millions of bats, and planned to make them carry tiny bombs, fly into buildings and explode. But the war ended before that could happen.
-A pound of feathers actually weighs more than a pound of gold, but it has something to do with how much is in a pound - they have different measurement units.
-"July" was named after Julius Caesar by Mark Antony.
-Lewis P. Toppel invented a coughing cigarette box back in 1972 so that when you opened the pack a hacking noise came out to defer people from smoking.
There are more, but I'll spare you.
We are truly Sleep-Deprived Space Cadets.
AND NOW people can officially say we're not the brightest bulbs in the bunch cause it took us until about 1PM to realize, "hey, it's kinda dark in here."
Yep. Two banks of lights directly above the desk were out half the day.
Brilliance at work there, but nobody noticed.
It didn't affect them anyway, it was just above the desk.
We pulled it off. Though she turned it on shortly after. No fun.
Quote of the night:
Sketch: "Is lesson planning while drinking wrong?"
Edit: "Depends on what you're planning. Religion yes, art no."
Sketch: "Are you saying my art looks like I've been drinking? ... Jesus MADE the booze at the party!"
Clips of the night:
So, on shuffle tonight I got hit with "Bye Bye Bye" by N'Sync and all I could think of was this.
2009 Jabbawockeez at halftime of CIT
ah, college memories. that was my english partner.
CIT as in Concordia Invitational Tournament - basketball - and they had a talent show to determine who would compete during the halftime of the championship game.
The baseball boys got beat out by these guys:
2009 CUNE football team dancing to Womanizer and Single Ladies
i especially like number 4, he gets pretty into it.
And I'm out. Big day tomorrow - sleep then work then homework tomorrow. Plus I'm totally missing Grams' birthday party, though technically her birthday isn't until the 28th. I'll stop by then.
It was amusing, I was there last year on her birthday - it was myself, the Cool Aunt, Kyle and Grams. The Cool Aunt has some serious cake-cutting skills, even if they don't involve straight lines.
No son, that's like school for crazy people.
Cause we go back voluntarily.
So there's gotta be something going on in our headspace.
Especially when it involves getting together with classmates and working on homework until 1AM.
But we're halfway there! I'm gonna pick up takeout and we'll finish tomorrow night after work.
Which is good, as it's due tomorrow night.
Then we'll be done for another couple days. Before we have other assignments to move on to.
Like presentations.
Should start on that, huh?
Eh, I've got a week to come up with something.
It's only like a 3 minute speech, I'll come up with a powerpoint and wing it. But that's for a later date.
Today was pretty good. I got to jam all day with Space Cadet!
Remember how we have random debates and pick up useless information?
Famous debates include:
-Who would win in a fight, a sea cow or a snow leopard? My Life in Closed Captions: I guess I'll go on home, it's late. There'll be to...
-the volume level of my headphones, also in the above post,
-and of course my hair color was always subject to debate. My Life in Closed Captions: To dye, or not to dye? That is the question.
My favorite useless information so far is probably that in 1865, in the war between Uruguay and Brazil, one of Uruguay's ships ran out of cannon balls so they fired chunks of stale Dutch cheese out of the cannons. One of them dismasted an enemy ship and killed two sailors.
Add these to the list:
-Giant panda bears are actually considered to be part of the raccoon family, not the bear family.
-During WW2 the US Air Force captured millions of bats, and planned to make them carry tiny bombs, fly into buildings and explode. But the war ended before that could happen.
-A pound of feathers actually weighs more than a pound of gold, but it has something to do with how much is in a pound - they have different measurement units.
-"July" was named after Julius Caesar by Mark Antony.
-Lewis P. Toppel invented a coughing cigarette box back in 1972 so that when you opened the pack a hacking noise came out to defer people from smoking.
There are more, but I'll spare you.
We are truly Sleep-Deprived Space Cadets.
AND NOW people can officially say we're not the brightest bulbs in the bunch cause it took us until about 1PM to realize, "hey, it's kinda dark in here."
Yep. Two banks of lights directly above the desk were out half the day.
Brilliance at work there, but nobody noticed.
It didn't affect them anyway, it was just above the desk.
We pulled it off. Though she turned it on shortly after. No fun.
Quote of the night:
Sketch: "Is lesson planning while drinking wrong?"
Edit: "Depends on what you're planning. Religion yes, art no."
Sketch: "Are you saying my art looks like I've been drinking? ... Jesus MADE the booze at the party!"
Clips of the night:
So, on shuffle tonight I got hit with "Bye Bye Bye" by N'Sync and all I could think of was this.
2009 Jabbawockeez at halftime of CIT
ah, college memories. that was my english partner.
CIT as in Concordia Invitational Tournament - basketball - and they had a talent show to determine who would compete during the halftime of the championship game.
The baseball boys got beat out by these guys:
2009 CUNE football team dancing to Womanizer and Single Ladies
i especially like number 4, he gets pretty into it.
And I'm out. Big day tomorrow - sleep then work then homework tomorrow. Plus I'm totally missing Grams' birthday party, though technically her birthday isn't until the 28th. I'll stop by then.
It was amusing, I was there last year on her birthday - it was myself, the Cool Aunt, Kyle and Grams. The Cool Aunt has some serious cake-cutting skills, even if they don't involve straight lines.
Friday, February 24, 2012
"The guy in stripes is not on your team."
So, grade school basketball tournament was today at my high school.
I went out there in the morning and jammed out all day watching Bubby and Squirt kick some butt. They won 2 out of 3. Bubby was a rebounding machine, and Squirt volleyball spiked the ball out of a chick's hands when she went up to shoot, it was hysterical.
No foul, it was all ball. I told Juwanna she would have been proud.
So, after all that joy came what we were all waiting for
the Called Worker vs. Alumni annual basketball game.
They used to have it every year, but for some reason it's been 9 years since the last time and they've brought it back. Our guess was that they finally have enough young and agile faculty so they have a fighting chance.
The "Called Workers" are basically - we're Lutheran, I went to a Lutheran high school, and to be a teacher at a Lutheran school you go through the whole education program, get your degree and then you get what is called a "call" to go somewhere. You can get sent all over the place.
So the "Called Workers" were basically faculty at the high school and surrounding grade schools that came to the tournament today. Lots of teachers.
vs. the Alumni, or Alum-Knights if you will.
The final score speaks for itself.
Domination.
You know what's sad about those 96 points? At least 40 of them were all from one guy. Loberger is a three-point machine. It's ridiculous, he hit at least 10. AT LEAST.
Juwanna scored 7, hit a 3 from the top of the key. That's my roommate, the star point guard. Still holds half the records on the board and we graduated in 2006.
I didn't play as I'm not the "athlete" I was or wasn't a long long time ago. I got softball, that's all I need. So I took a lot of pictures, they'll hit Facebook later this weekend.
Things I learned tonight from the surrounding crowd:
-The lady behind me doing commentary was fantastic, and even snarkier than myself. Plus she was alumni, so that rocked. She wanted to steal the buzzer. I told her she should hit it twice every time there was an airball. Like "AIR"...."BALL!!!"
She said she's throw in a "Nice"..."Pass!!" for all of the crappy ones as well.
-"The guy in stripes is not on your team." no matter how many times you try to throw the ball to him. I'm talking to you faculty.
-When a ball rolls around the rim and falls out it's called a "carnival roll". No explanation was given.
So, after the game came the celebration. Hit up the one and only bar in town.
Since I still have that whole nauseous all the time thing going for me I didn't drink a lot, which actually made for an interesting experience.
Usually when you're drinking the same amount of alcohol as the people around you you don't notice things like when you start getting louder, or start singing, or making fun of the people at the bar far too loudly.
Though they were questionable.
It was definitely a night to remember as we were joined by our high school basketball coaches. It was only right to end the night with them as we were back at our old stomping grounds.
I talked the boyfriend into joining us, and though high school was not his favorite place in life - by far - he loves me. So he came. Said I was worth it and bought me a drink.
After debating hot celebrities, talking reality TV - Swamp People and Teen Mom (which makes me laugh so hard cause they're obsessed), singing some Beastie Boys, and watching Juwanna dominate her boyfriend in an arm-wrestling competition we called it a night and headed home.
Now I'm exhausted and I work all day tomorrow.
Though I'm stoked! Far more stoked than the average sane normal person should be stoked to go in on a Saturday. But I get to work with SPACE CADET!!
Do you know how long it's been since I've worked with Space Cadet?!?!
Like September...maybe October. Ridiculous.
The only time I see her is when I'm off and stop by on my way home, as we close at 6 and they're there until 8.
So I'm stoked.
And now I'm out. Turn on some Chuck and konk out.
"Fight For Your Right" The Beastie Boys
that's a serious amount of pie.
I went out there in the morning and jammed out all day watching Bubby and Squirt kick some butt. They won 2 out of 3. Bubby was a rebounding machine, and Squirt volleyball spiked the ball out of a chick's hands when she went up to shoot, it was hysterical.
No foul, it was all ball. I told Juwanna she would have been proud.
So, after all that joy came what we were all waiting for
the Called Worker vs. Alumni annual basketball game.
They used to have it every year, but for some reason it's been 9 years since the last time and they've brought it back. Our guess was that they finally have enough young and agile faculty so they have a fighting chance.
The "Called Workers" are basically - we're Lutheran, I went to a Lutheran high school, and to be a teacher at a Lutheran school you go through the whole education program, get your degree and then you get what is called a "call" to go somewhere. You can get sent all over the place.
So the "Called Workers" were basically faculty at the high school and surrounding grade schools that came to the tournament today. Lots of teachers.
vs. the Alumni, or Alum-Knights if you will.
The final score speaks for itself.
Domination.
You know what's sad about those 96 points? At least 40 of them were all from one guy. Loberger is a three-point machine. It's ridiculous, he hit at least 10. AT LEAST.
Juwanna scored 7, hit a 3 from the top of the key. That's my roommate, the star point guard. Still holds half the records on the board and we graduated in 2006.
I didn't play as I'm not the "athlete" I was or wasn't a long long time ago. I got softball, that's all I need. So I took a lot of pictures, they'll hit Facebook later this weekend.
Things I learned tonight from the surrounding crowd:
-The lady behind me doing commentary was fantastic, and even snarkier than myself. Plus she was alumni, so that rocked. She wanted to steal the buzzer. I told her she should hit it twice every time there was an airball. Like "AIR"...."BALL!!!"
She said she's throw in a "Nice"..."Pass!!" for all of the crappy ones as well.
-"The guy in stripes is not on your team." no matter how many times you try to throw the ball to him. I'm talking to you faculty.
-When a ball rolls around the rim and falls out it's called a "carnival roll". No explanation was given.
So, after the game came the celebration. Hit up the one and only bar in town.
Since I still have that whole nauseous all the time thing going for me I didn't drink a lot, which actually made for an interesting experience.
Usually when you're drinking the same amount of alcohol as the people around you you don't notice things like when you start getting louder, or start singing, or making fun of the people at the bar far too loudly.
Though they were questionable.
It was definitely a night to remember as we were joined by our high school basketball coaches. It was only right to end the night with them as we were back at our old stomping grounds.
I talked the boyfriend into joining us, and though high school was not his favorite place in life - by far - he loves me. So he came. Said I was worth it and bought me a drink.
After debating hot celebrities, talking reality TV - Swamp People and Teen Mom (which makes me laugh so hard cause they're obsessed), singing some Beastie Boys, and watching Juwanna dominate her boyfriend in an arm-wrestling competition we called it a night and headed home.
Now I'm exhausted and I work all day tomorrow.
Though I'm stoked! Far more stoked than the average sane normal person should be stoked to go in on a Saturday. But I get to work with SPACE CADET!!
Do you know how long it's been since I've worked with Space Cadet?!?!
Like September...maybe October. Ridiculous.
The only time I see her is when I'm off and stop by on my way home, as we close at 6 and they're there until 8.
So I'm stoked.
And now I'm out. Turn on some Chuck and konk out.
"Fight For Your Right" The Beastie Boys
that's a serious amount of pie.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Laughed as she came to my cradle, Know this child will be able.
Watching Chuck and doing homework.
Though doing more watching than I am writing.
I printed off a master sheet with the tag numbers and then blanks after them. I can fill in the info between and after the games tomorrow.
Going to the grade school basketball tournament at my old high school.
After the tournament comes the annual Alumni vs. Called Worker game, though it's been like 9 years since they last had it. It's like the event of the season, the alumni take on the teachers, it's fantastic.
Alumni's gonna dominate.
No idea who's coming or playing, but we're still gonna dominate. Which reminds me, I need to take my camera.
Today was a day, got to train our newest employee. She's the new supervisor and we're thrilled to have her. I'll have to come up with a new nickname. Well, two, since the New Girl is now no longer the newest girl.
Merchant-fest
Is that a thing? I feels like a thing.
"Wonder"
love 3:15-3:40, literally listen to that part of the song over and over
"Jealousy"
"One Fine Day"
zenned out.
long day tomorrow, i'm out.
Though doing more watching than I am writing.
I printed off a master sheet with the tag numbers and then blanks after them. I can fill in the info between and after the games tomorrow.
Going to the grade school basketball tournament at my old high school.
After the tournament comes the annual Alumni vs. Called Worker game, though it's been like 9 years since they last had it. It's like the event of the season, the alumni take on the teachers, it's fantastic.
Alumni's gonna dominate.
No idea who's coming or playing, but we're still gonna dominate. Which reminds me, I need to take my camera.
Today was a day, got to train our newest employee. She's the new supervisor and we're thrilled to have her. I'll have to come up with a new nickname. Well, two, since the New Girl is now no longer the newest girl.
Merchant-fest
Is that a thing? I feels like a thing.
"Wonder"
love 3:15-3:40, literally listen to that part of the song over and over
"Jealousy"
"One Fine Day"
zenned out.
long day tomorrow, i'm out.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Oh Henry, Have you got something to tell me?
You know what I love even more than B-Movies?
The previews for B-Movies that precede the B-Movie you're about to watch.
You watch them and are like, yeah, I could watch that.
Then you watch the movies and you're like no. Just no.
I often see previews for The Poseidon Adventure while watching other B-Movies.
When I found out there was a version with Adam Baldwin I was all over it.
Plus, you know with the recent cruise ship thing I thought it might be interesting.
So, finally got around to watching it tonight.
I am never going on a cruise. Ever.
I do not care how much you pay me, I will never go on a cruise.
Oh my god.
So the movie. Right.
There are so many thoughts running through my head that I don't know where to start.
First off, apparently in the original it's a storm that turns them over. In this one it's terrorists.
Why they've decided to attack this ship is never really explained. And if it is it's in a different language. Like I said, B-Movie.
So they disguise bombs as beer kegs and blow holes in the bottom of the ship from the inside. The thing flips and a group of survivors tries to climb from the ballroom to the bottom of the ship - which is now the top of the ship - to climb through the hole in the sinking ship to get out.
Adam Baldwin plays the Sea Marshall of awesomeness and yes quite like all of his other characters aka John Casey, the man they call Jayne, the list goes on, he's gruff and rude and kicks peoples' butts
then you've got
C. Thomas Howell as the injured doctor - that one I had trouble with as he's a serial killer in Criminal Minds, freakin' Foyet
Rutger Hauer plays the priest - he's in a lot of stuff but if you're like me you'll know him as Lothos from the original Buffy movie
and Amber Sainsbury who you may know if you've seen 30 Days of Night - my only problem with her is that she looks fifteen, but not only is she over 21 but she's a doctor!
Steve Guttenberg as Richard Clarke, the dad who has an affair while his family is on board. You know what? I loved him in The Big Green and yell out "we love you deputy dog!" quite frequently, but in this movie I could not stand him.
Hm. The Big Green. Another candidate for ILL.
Where was I?
The dramatic speeches and the cheating on the wife, maybe it was the character but I literally wanted to slap him.
And I wanted his homewrecking mistress to die.
Which she did, so that worked out well.
Anyway, there are about 15 people in the group starting out but it ends up with like 11, sad day especially cause I liked one of them and screamed when she died, but the rest of the time I was just like, really? Another speech?
I see why you were a made-for-tv movie.
Like, Guttenberg, mid-catwalk while the ship is literally burning beneath his feet decides to turn around and address his family.
Mid-catwalk.
Fire is literally feet below him.
I think I will take this moment to apologize for all of my faults, then turn around and suddenly become frozen in fear.
And half an hour later I'll make it to the other side.
Anyway, four hours later the movie's over and I'm still sitting here going...huh.
Cause really, what is the appropriate reaction to have after watching a B-Movie?
They always give me pause.
But I like B-Movies. They rock. You should check out Cosmo's War of the Planets, actually that's more like a D-Movie, but we watch it every year at teen camp nonetheless. The cheesier the better.
I'm giving it about a 4/10 on the Scale of Awesome, but that makes it about 4/5 on the scale of B-Movies, so that's rockin' man.
If you like ships, and overdramatic speeches and water and all that crap this may be the cheesy movie for you.
Just make sure you have homework to do while you're watching it.
Or have Facebook available. Apparently people find my commentary humorous.
I still want an underwater flashlight. I'll figure out something to do with it, I'm sure.
In other news, saw my carpool buddy at work today. It was actually really funny because we both froze at the same time, then reacted.
It was one of those, I know you, but not in this context, kind of moments.
But it reminded me that I have a huge assignment thing due this weekend and need to get started on it.
I'll save it for tomorrow night.
And Friday.
Cause it will take both.
I think I understand it.
I mean, I know I don't, but I think I can fake it.
It's cataloging man.
If I follow the book, and the examples online....I should be...screwed.
Eh, I'll figure it out.
"Oh Henry" The Civil Wars
so i had an "oh my god you're an idiot" moment today.
realized that the joy williams in the civil wars is joy williams.
as in THE joy williams.
the singer of "one of those days".
which may mean nothing to you, but oh my god i sing that song almost weekly.
even posted about it in like november. My Life in Closed Captions: It's just been one of those, one of those days...
no idea they were the same person.
to be fair she sounds completely different as the civil wars are folk music and that was pop.
it was a serious moment though. i literally sing that song weekly. because, as mentioned in yesterday's post, i'm a magnet for stalkers and trouble and really anything that goes wrong in the library. and it's often "one of those days".
But tomorrow is a new day.
And a food day, huzzah!
So I'm out, exhausted, gonna have to watch some sort of comedy to get that cheesy-drama-scary-mass-of-whatever-you-want-to-label-it out of my head.
Bring on John Casey and the Buy More crew.
The previews for B-Movies that precede the B-Movie you're about to watch.
You watch them and are like, yeah, I could watch that.
Then you watch the movies and you're like no. Just no.
I often see previews for The Poseidon Adventure while watching other B-Movies.
When I found out there was a version with Adam Baldwin I was all over it.
Plus, you know with the recent cruise ship thing I thought it might be interesting.
So, finally got around to watching it tonight.
I am never going on a cruise. Ever.
I do not care how much you pay me, I will never go on a cruise.
Oh my god.
So the movie. Right.
There are so many thoughts running through my head that I don't know where to start.
First off, apparently in the original it's a storm that turns them over. In this one it's terrorists.
Why they've decided to attack this ship is never really explained. And if it is it's in a different language. Like I said, B-Movie.
So they disguise bombs as beer kegs and blow holes in the bottom of the ship from the inside. The thing flips and a group of survivors tries to climb from the ballroom to the bottom of the ship - which is now the top of the ship - to climb through the hole in the sinking ship to get out.
Adam Baldwin plays the Sea Marshall of awesomeness and yes quite like all of his other characters aka John Casey, the man they call Jayne, the list goes on, he's gruff and rude and kicks peoples' butts
then you've got
C. Thomas Howell as the injured doctor - that one I had trouble with as he's a serial killer in Criminal Minds, freakin' Foyet
Rutger Hauer plays the priest - he's in a lot of stuff but if you're like me you'll know him as Lothos from the original Buffy movie
and Amber Sainsbury who you may know if you've seen 30 Days of Night - my only problem with her is that she looks fifteen, but not only is she over 21 but she's a doctor!
Steve Guttenberg as Richard Clarke, the dad who has an affair while his family is on board. You know what? I loved him in The Big Green and yell out "we love you deputy dog!" quite frequently, but in this movie I could not stand him.
Hm. The Big Green. Another candidate for ILL.
Where was I?
The dramatic speeches and the cheating on the wife, maybe it was the character but I literally wanted to slap him.
And I wanted his homewrecking mistress to die.
Which she did, so that worked out well.
Anyway, there are about 15 people in the group starting out but it ends up with like 11, sad day especially cause I liked one of them and screamed when she died, but the rest of the time I was just like, really? Another speech?
I see why you were a made-for-tv movie.
Like, Guttenberg, mid-catwalk while the ship is literally burning beneath his feet decides to turn around and address his family.
Mid-catwalk.
Fire is literally feet below him.
I think I will take this moment to apologize for all of my faults, then turn around and suddenly become frozen in fear.
And half an hour later I'll make it to the other side.
Anyway, four hours later the movie's over and I'm still sitting here going...huh.
Cause really, what is the appropriate reaction to have after watching a B-Movie?
They always give me pause.
But I like B-Movies. They rock. You should check out Cosmo's War of the Planets, actually that's more like a D-Movie, but we watch it every year at teen camp nonetheless. The cheesier the better.
I'm giving it about a 4/10 on the Scale of Awesome, but that makes it about 4/5 on the scale of B-Movies, so that's rockin' man.
If you like ships, and overdramatic speeches and water and all that crap this may be the cheesy movie for you.
Just make sure you have homework to do while you're watching it.
Or have Facebook available. Apparently people find my commentary humorous.
I still want an underwater flashlight. I'll figure out something to do with it, I'm sure.
In other news, saw my carpool buddy at work today. It was actually really funny because we both froze at the same time, then reacted.
It was one of those, I know you, but not in this context, kind of moments.
But it reminded me that I have a huge assignment thing due this weekend and need to get started on it.
I'll save it for tomorrow night.
And Friday.
Cause it will take both.
I think I understand it.
I mean, I know I don't, but I think I can fake it.
It's cataloging man.
If I follow the book, and the examples online....I should be...screwed.
Eh, I'll figure it out.
"Oh Henry" The Civil Wars
so i had an "oh my god you're an idiot" moment today.
realized that the joy williams in the civil wars is joy williams.
as in THE joy williams.
the singer of "one of those days".
which may mean nothing to you, but oh my god i sing that song almost weekly.
even posted about it in like november. My Life in Closed Captions: It's just been one of those, one of those days...
no idea they were the same person.
to be fair she sounds completely different as the civil wars are folk music and that was pop.
it was a serious moment though. i literally sing that song weekly. because, as mentioned in yesterday's post, i'm a magnet for stalkers and trouble and really anything that goes wrong in the library. and it's often "one of those days".
But tomorrow is a new day.
And a food day, huzzah!
So I'm out, exhausted, gonna have to watch some sort of comedy to get that cheesy-drama-scary-mass-of-whatever-you-want-to-label-it out of my head.
Bring on John Casey and the Buy More crew.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"Here's a warning, Happy Birthday."
You know what's even better than getting pulled over?
Getting pulled over while all your family is there to witness it.
Both your parents and all of your siblings.
On your birthday.
Yeah.
That was fun.
Apparently going 35 in a 25 is illegal.
I made it all the way to the driveway when he pulled me over.
"So it's your birthday huh?"
"Yep. And my niece's baptism. Hence all the cars."
"Well, here's a warning. Happy birthday."
He thought I wasn't familiar with the area and didn't realize it was 25 and not 35.
I didn't mention I lived there for four years.
But I SWEAR that road is 35.
Or at least it used to be when I lived there.
Whatever.
It was a warning.
I can live with that.
Might have it framed.
I never get warnings.
It's not like I speed a lot.
Or get pulled over a lot.
Just lately.
Should work on that.
So birthdays.
Yeah.
My niece got baptized, that was cool. Hung out with the family most of the afternoon. Helped Favorite Sister-In-Law with some homework. Kind of my niche apparently, technology-based assignments.
Last time I helped her make a really kickass powerpoint.
This time it's something about tracks and links and all that.
Seemed pretty cool.
After that I jammed with Bubby at their house since Squirt had a tournament in Omaha and both parentals went to watch.
We ordered pizza, ate ice-cream cake and watched movies.
He's so funny.
Bubby: "It's your birthday, so I'm paying for the pizza."
Me: "No you're not. You're twelve. I'm putting it on my card."
Bubby: "I'm gonna put money in your wallet."
Me: "You don't know where my wallet is."
Bubby: "I'm gonna hide money in your car."
Me: "Yeah, I'll find it 2 months later and be like, twelve bucks, what?"
Goof.
My family rocks.
Got a vacuum.
And a blender.
And some dishes, cookware, and clothes.
Stoked.
And really curious about the blender.
I broke my last one.
Wasn't technically my fault.
Stupid dishwasher.
That thing hates me.
As do most of my appliances.
Or at least that's my excuse for not using them.
But the dishwasher needs a name.
Like, in college, we had this really annoying heater/air conditioner thing that everyone called "The whale" or Moby or whatever, cause it was like super loud and obnoxious and turned on and off at odd hours.
I think I called it Roberta.
Don't ask.
Anyway, it was obnoxious, and somehow having names for things that are obnoxious makes life easier.
Cause if they do something wrong you have something to yell and blame it on.
Like, "Shut up Roberta, I'm trying to sleep!"
or
"Damnit, Thomas, why don't you work?" which I yell quite frequently at my navigational system.
As in Cindy Thomas.
Not as in Tom-Tom.
And yes that's a Women's Murder Club reference.
Just had to clear that up.
Not that I want to yell at Cindy Thomas.
She rocks.
And she can find out secrets and scandals and all that, she's a good reporter.
So I called my nav system Thomas cause she can get me out of jams.
Though now, since I haven't updated her in forever, she gets me into more jams than she gets me out of.
Apparently I had to clear that up as well.
Moving on.
Dishwasher.
I think I'm gonna call it...
Lucille?
Hmmm....
Yeah.
Lucille.
Lucille the dishwashing machine.
Works.
No, I have no explanation for that name either.
Lucille is evil and she hates me.
Or maybe I'm just using too much soap.
More to come on that later.
You know what?
I love teachers.
I do.
About 80% of my friends and family are, or were at some point, teachers.
Both of my parents were teachers.
But the thing about teachers? Is that they know exactly what to say.
All the time.
That can make them very obnoxious patrons.
Like, if they have fines over the limit and they can't check out.
Today I got hit with, "So, as a taxpaying citizen, you're saying that I'm not allowed to check out books."
Snap.
It's not me saying it personally, it's the system that won't let you check out.
But they don't get that it's the system, they think it's me.
Um.
Supervisor?
Can I just say how glad I am, in those instances, that I am physically the lowest on the totem pole of desk workers.
Well, I guess second-lowest now.
But there are so many people above me that I can pass that off to, it's fantastic!
Not so fantastic for them, but still.
Great for me!
And they're supervisors for a reason, they can handle it.
I cannot.
Apparently.
Which sucks, as there's usually one of those instances once a week.
I'm a magnet, I swear.
But this one wasn't just me, there were multiple staff members around who thought the instance was a little over the top.
Whatever, it's done.
Like the warning for speeding.
It happens, you keep your head down and move on.
This is especially helpful in circumstances when you have stalkers.
Keep your head down and just keep moving.
Did I mention that today was a day?
I have this old lady stalker woman person chick that follows me around and talks to me about her personal life and it's really awkward, so usually when I see her my coworkers cover while I go and roam until she goes away.
She was in today, but got distracted in youth services.
It's okay, The New Girl shielded me with her sweater.
She too has people who ask random library questions in order to just speak with her.
I think we're too nice.
Maybe that's it.
I gotta be meaner.
Like stone-cold mean face or something.
Wordie says I have the glare down.
Like down pat. (is it down pact or down pat?)
I just don't use it.
Often.
Just on old boyfriends.
I know I'm rambling.
I haven't posted in two days.
Or checked Facebook.
People think I went underground or something.
Song of the day before I think of something else to ramble about.
Sometimes I like being ironic.
"Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" Song of the South
this song is the only thing satisfactual about that movie.
Did you know that the star - James Baskett - wasn't even able to attend the premiere because Atlanta - where Disney introduced it himself - was still segregated?
Ridiculous.
Sorry, I'll stop with all the rambling.
You know what is satisfactual?
The Civil Wars and their iTunes live album.
Had to download it, it's fantastic.
Totally jammed in the backroom to it today.
The backroom is great for escapes, by the way.
Alright, Carter and I are out before I can think up more tangents.
Wonderful feeling, Wonderful day.
Getting pulled over while all your family is there to witness it.
Both your parents and all of your siblings.
On your birthday.
Yeah.
That was fun.
Apparently going 35 in a 25 is illegal.
I made it all the way to the driveway when he pulled me over.
"So it's your birthday huh?"
"Yep. And my niece's baptism. Hence all the cars."
"Well, here's a warning. Happy birthday."
He thought I wasn't familiar with the area and didn't realize it was 25 and not 35.
I didn't mention I lived there for four years.
But I SWEAR that road is 35.
Or at least it used to be when I lived there.
Whatever.
It was a warning.
I can live with that.
Might have it framed.
I never get warnings.
It's not like I speed a lot.
Or get pulled over a lot.
Just lately.
Should work on that.
So birthdays.
Yeah.
My niece got baptized, that was cool. Hung out with the family most of the afternoon. Helped Favorite Sister-In-Law with some homework. Kind of my niche apparently, technology-based assignments.
Last time I helped her make a really kickass powerpoint.
This time it's something about tracks and links and all that.
Seemed pretty cool.
After that I jammed with Bubby at their house since Squirt had a tournament in Omaha and both parentals went to watch.
We ordered pizza, ate ice-cream cake and watched movies.
He's so funny.
Bubby: "It's your birthday, so I'm paying for the pizza."
Me: "No you're not. You're twelve. I'm putting it on my card."
Bubby: "I'm gonna put money in your wallet."
Me: "You don't know where my wallet is."
Bubby: "I'm gonna hide money in your car."
Me: "Yeah, I'll find it 2 months later and be like, twelve bucks, what?"
Goof.
My family rocks.
Got a vacuum.
And a blender.
And some dishes, cookware, and clothes.
Stoked.
And really curious about the blender.
I broke my last one.
Wasn't technically my fault.
Stupid dishwasher.
That thing hates me.
As do most of my appliances.
Or at least that's my excuse for not using them.
But the dishwasher needs a name.
Like, in college, we had this really annoying heater/air conditioner thing that everyone called "The whale" or Moby or whatever, cause it was like super loud and obnoxious and turned on and off at odd hours.
I think I called it Roberta.
Don't ask.
Anyway, it was obnoxious, and somehow having names for things that are obnoxious makes life easier.
Cause if they do something wrong you have something to yell and blame it on.
Like, "Shut up Roberta, I'm trying to sleep!"
or
"Damnit, Thomas, why don't you work?" which I yell quite frequently at my navigational system.
As in Cindy Thomas.
Not as in Tom-Tom.
And yes that's a Women's Murder Club reference.
Just had to clear that up.
Not that I want to yell at Cindy Thomas.
She rocks.
And she can find out secrets and scandals and all that, she's a good reporter.
So I called my nav system Thomas cause she can get me out of jams.
Though now, since I haven't updated her in forever, she gets me into more jams than she gets me out of.
Apparently I had to clear that up as well.
Moving on.
Dishwasher.
I think I'm gonna call it...
Lucille?
Hmmm....
Yeah.
Lucille.
Lucille the dishwashing machine.
Works.
No, I have no explanation for that name either.
Lucille is evil and she hates me.
Or maybe I'm just using too much soap.
More to come on that later.
You know what?
I love teachers.
I do.
About 80% of my friends and family are, or were at some point, teachers.
Both of my parents were teachers.
But the thing about teachers? Is that they know exactly what to say.
All the time.
That can make them very obnoxious patrons.
Like, if they have fines over the limit and they can't check out.
Today I got hit with, "So, as a taxpaying citizen, you're saying that I'm not allowed to check out books."
Snap.
It's not me saying it personally, it's the system that won't let you check out.
But they don't get that it's the system, they think it's me.
Um.
Supervisor?
Can I just say how glad I am, in those instances, that I am physically the lowest on the totem pole of desk workers.
Well, I guess second-lowest now.
But there are so many people above me that I can pass that off to, it's fantastic!
Not so fantastic for them, but still.
Great for me!
And they're supervisors for a reason, they can handle it.
I cannot.
Apparently.
Which sucks, as there's usually one of those instances once a week.
I'm a magnet, I swear.
But this one wasn't just me, there were multiple staff members around who thought the instance was a little over the top.
Whatever, it's done.
Like the warning for speeding.
It happens, you keep your head down and move on.
This is especially helpful in circumstances when you have stalkers.
Keep your head down and just keep moving.
Did I mention that today was a day?
I have this old lady stalker woman person chick that follows me around and talks to me about her personal life and it's really awkward, so usually when I see her my coworkers cover while I go and roam until she goes away.
She was in today, but got distracted in youth services.
It's okay, The New Girl shielded me with her sweater.
She too has people who ask random library questions in order to just speak with her.
I think we're too nice.
Maybe that's it.
I gotta be meaner.
Like stone-cold mean face or something.
Wordie says I have the glare down.
Like down pat. (is it down pact or down pat?)
I just don't use it.
Often.
Just on old boyfriends.
I know I'm rambling.
I haven't posted in two days.
Or checked Facebook.
People think I went underground or something.
Song of the day before I think of something else to ramble about.
Sometimes I like being ironic.
"Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" Song of the South
this song is the only thing satisfactual about that movie.
Did you know that the star - James Baskett - wasn't even able to attend the premiere because Atlanta - where Disney introduced it himself - was still segregated?
Ridiculous.
Sorry, I'll stop with all the rambling.
You know what is satisfactual?
The Civil Wars and their iTunes live album.
Had to download it, it's fantastic.
Totally jammed in the backroom to it today.
The backroom is great for escapes, by the way.
Alright, Carter and I are out before I can think up more tangents.
Wonderful feeling, Wonderful day.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
You were wrong, I was right, You said goodbye, I said goodnight.
I feel obligated to stay up for another hour.
Even though it doesn't really count.
Cause 3:09PM is what counts.
But still.
So TAB kids at Barnes and Noble. We checked out the young adult area and they wrote down titles they wanted added to the collection. Then we got them snacks.
It was fun. They seemed to have fun, so that was good.
Now I just gotta compile the lists and send them to the supervisor in charge.
Got some cookbooks for me. Don't get your hopes up, not sure this motivation will last very long.
And a Hunger Games shirt.
And Frank.
He's a Zoltan Zolto.
Meet Frank.
Happy Birthday to me.
Carter doesn't like him.
We've established that already.
I finished my paper. Didn't take all that long since all my notes were typed up. But it's exciting cause now I'm done!!!
Well, for like a few days at least. Next up more MARC records. And a presentation to work on.
"It's All Been Done" Barenaked Ladies
that song never gets old.
"Barton Hollow" The Civil Wars live on Later with Jools Holland
yes i posted it recently, but that was the video. this is live. and they rock. either way.
this is Frank's favorite song. i've decided.
It seems like a Frank song.
Right?
Alright, need sustenance.
Haven't eaten anything all day.
Then back to Chuck. "He got clipped by a window sill. It's as pathetic as it sounds."
hey look it's passed midnight.
Even though it doesn't really count.
Cause 3:09PM is what counts.
But still.
So TAB kids at Barnes and Noble. We checked out the young adult area and they wrote down titles they wanted added to the collection. Then we got them snacks.
It was fun. They seemed to have fun, so that was good.
Now I just gotta compile the lists and send them to the supervisor in charge.
Got some cookbooks for me. Don't get your hopes up, not sure this motivation will last very long.
And a Hunger Games shirt.
And Frank.
He's a Zoltan Zolto.
Meet Frank.
Happy Birthday to me.
Carter doesn't like him.
We've established that already.
I finished my paper. Didn't take all that long since all my notes were typed up. But it's exciting cause now I'm done!!!
Well, for like a few days at least. Next up more MARC records. And a presentation to work on.
"It's All Been Done" Barenaked Ladies
that song never gets old.
"Barton Hollow" The Civil Wars live on Later with Jools Holland
yes i posted it recently, but that was the video. this is live. and they rock. either way.
this is Frank's favorite song. i've decided.
It seems like a Frank song.
Right?
Alright, need sustenance.
Haven't eaten anything all day.
Then back to Chuck. "He got clipped by a window sill. It's as pathetic as it sounds."
hey look it's passed midnight.
Friday, February 17, 2012
your moony face, so inaccessible, your inner mind, so inexpressible
Not much for today, just this.
Criminal Minds spoiler, don't read if you don't wanna know.
Paget leaving sucks.
I'm already way behind, if she's gone I don't have much motivation to keep watching it.
And who are they gonna replace her with, really? It's already such a male cast, even with Garcia and JJ. They'll need another strong female lead.
I get it though, CBS cuts her and AJ/JJ for budget stuff, but it was really to start a spinoff that everyone knew was gonna fail from the start, then they renew the contract for a year, forcing her to come back.
I'd get tired of the drama too, but she will be missed.
Maybe she'll go on to have another great sitcom.
Andy Richter Controls the Universe was highly amusing, it'd be great to see her go back to comedy.
Sorry. Ramblings.
Though I LOVE the radio edit, I'm kinda digging it live.
"I Hear The Bells" Mike Doughty
took me a year to figure out what song it was after hearing the refrain on Grey's.
nice voice crack and apology.
Big day tomorrow. Last day for 23, sad day.
Was a good year. I think. Yeah, definitely good. Yeah.
out
Criminal Minds spoiler, don't read if you don't wanna know.
Paget leaving sucks.
I'm already way behind, if she's gone I don't have much motivation to keep watching it.
And who are they gonna replace her with, really? It's already such a male cast, even with Garcia and JJ. They'll need another strong female lead.
I get it though, CBS cuts her and AJ/JJ for budget stuff, but it was really to start a spinoff that everyone knew was gonna fail from the start, then they renew the contract for a year, forcing her to come back.
I'd get tired of the drama too, but she will be missed.
Maybe she'll go on to have another great sitcom.
Andy Richter Controls the Universe was highly amusing, it'd be great to see her go back to comedy.
Sorry. Ramblings.
Though I LOVE the radio edit, I'm kinda digging it live.
"I Hear The Bells" Mike Doughty
took me a year to figure out what song it was after hearing the refrain on Grey's.
nice voice crack and apology.
Big day tomorrow. Last day for 23, sad day.
Was a good year. I think. Yeah, definitely good. Yeah.
out
Thursday, February 16, 2012
and my fingers are bejeweled with diamonds and gold, but that ain't gonna help me now.
Apparently 24 is not old.
That's what I was told today.
I'm aware it's not THAT old.
But for me, it's old...er...than I am now.
Or it is for the next few days at least.
And I'm starting to feel it.
Or maybe that's cause I'm still sick.
With whatever it is you want to call it.
My annual nausea-laden era.
This whole nauseous all the time thing sucks. Isn't three months enough? WHY CAN'T YOU GO AWAY?!
And don't tell me it's morning sickness.
I will kick your butt.
That's what the doctor said like 4 years ago.
And there have been no children.
So HA!
Just more nausea. Every year. Same time.
This is getting old fast.
And with it so am I.
Well, with that and grad school.
The chick got back to me today - after I called her and re-sent the e-mail from two different accounts.
She got them both.
This time.
And got back to me, so that's awesome.
What's not awesome is that now I have to write the paper, that I was so gladly putting off because she had yet to get back to me.
Now it's inevitable.
And I really need to finish it.
I started out tonight with such great intentions, really. Got all my stuff out, made supper, turned on some TV to watch while I ate.
THEN Carter fell asleep on my lap.
And you know, how can I disturb that?
So I kept watching, cause he was cute and cuddly and you know, not biting me.
Then I kept watching some more, but it was good cause now I'm finally caught up on NCIS.
Dude?! That 200th episode? I screamed on so many occasions that I'm surprised my neighbors didn't bust in! Freakin' Kate and Jenny, Fornell just made me laugh, and of course Franks, but Ari?!?! Dude. I wanted Gibbs to punch him.
I do have to question the whole Tony and Kate angle though, I thought they were more siblings and she was into Gibbs. Or that's how it seemed the first season.
I'm really curious how they filmed that as she doesn't look like Kate anymore with the blonde highlights. Medical Examiner in Boston. Or if they filmed it at all, technically that's the same outfit she wore in the plague episode. Did I mention I was a fan? Hmmm...
Then the most recent episode with the return of the elusive Wendy. I'm intrigued.
What was I saying?
Oh right, yes I wanted to be productive and I tried really hard, but then my cat fell asleep on me and it all went to crap.
Sorry.
I'll finish it tomorrow. I'm only 12-6, plus some minor errands.
Saturday is the Barnes and Noble Paperback Buy with the TAB kids, that should be interesting, but other than that I have the whole day so if it's not done by Friday night it'll be done by Saturday night. And posted by at least Sunday as that's a full-fledge day of family fun.
Or at least half-day, I still have no idea what or if we're doing anything for my birthday.
It's not a big deal as I don't really celebrate them, so I'm not gonna plan anything.
Just go with the flow, see if anyone wants to do anything on Monday. Since I have it OFF!
I love City Holidays, they rock.
Okay, songs for the night:
"Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane
i'm sorry, is she singing into a plug?
"Trouble" Pink
oh my god, jeremy renner in eye makeup. before he hit it big-time, that's nice.
"Big Girls Don't Cry" Franki Valli and the Four Seasons
i wonder why. especially with those moves and that unnaturally high voice.
What else before I crash and burn...
Today was good, Slim Shady took me out for lunch for my birthday. Jammed out there for a while. Was a good changeup from my usual soup and sandwich.
Worked on some Summer Reading Event stuff after that, plus I'm still working on my Hunger Games Read-Alike, if you have titles send them my way.
Though I have like 40. I'm weeding through and only keeping the good ones.
And the Spunky Old Ladies display is still rocking it on first floor. I'm quite proud of that one actually.
Alright, fading fast. Carter and I are out!
That's what I was told today.
I'm aware it's not THAT old.
But for me, it's old...er...than I am now.
Or it is for the next few days at least.
And I'm starting to feel it.
Or maybe that's cause I'm still sick.
With whatever it is you want to call it.
My annual nausea-laden era.
This whole nauseous all the time thing sucks. Isn't three months enough? WHY CAN'T YOU GO AWAY?!
And don't tell me it's morning sickness.
I will kick your butt.
That's what the doctor said like 4 years ago.
And there have been no children.
So HA!
Just more nausea. Every year. Same time.
This is getting old fast.
And with it so am I.
Well, with that and grad school.
The chick got back to me today - after I called her and re-sent the e-mail from two different accounts.
She got them both.
This time.
And got back to me, so that's awesome.
What's not awesome is that now I have to write the paper, that I was so gladly putting off because she had yet to get back to me.
Now it's inevitable.
And I really need to finish it.
I started out tonight with such great intentions, really. Got all my stuff out, made supper, turned on some TV to watch while I ate.
THEN Carter fell asleep on my lap.
And you know, how can I disturb that?
So I kept watching, cause he was cute and cuddly and you know, not biting me.
Then I kept watching some more, but it was good cause now I'm finally caught up on NCIS.
Dude?! That 200th episode? I screamed on so many occasions that I'm surprised my neighbors didn't bust in! Freakin' Kate and Jenny, Fornell just made me laugh, and of course Franks, but Ari?!?! Dude. I wanted Gibbs to punch him.
I do have to question the whole Tony and Kate angle though, I thought they were more siblings and she was into Gibbs. Or that's how it seemed the first season.
I'm really curious how they filmed that as she doesn't look like Kate anymore with the blonde highlights. Medical Examiner in Boston. Or if they filmed it at all, technically that's the same outfit she wore in the plague episode. Did I mention I was a fan? Hmmm...
Then the most recent episode with the return of the elusive Wendy. I'm intrigued.
What was I saying?
Oh right, yes I wanted to be productive and I tried really hard, but then my cat fell asleep on me and it all went to crap.
Sorry.
I'll finish it tomorrow. I'm only 12-6, plus some minor errands.
Saturday is the Barnes and Noble Paperback Buy with the TAB kids, that should be interesting, but other than that I have the whole day so if it's not done by Friday night it'll be done by Saturday night. And posted by at least Sunday as that's a full-fledge day of family fun.
Or at least half-day, I still have no idea what or if we're doing anything for my birthday.
It's not a big deal as I don't really celebrate them, so I'm not gonna plan anything.
Just go with the flow, see if anyone wants to do anything on Monday. Since I have it OFF!
I love City Holidays, they rock.
Okay, songs for the night:
"Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane
i'm sorry, is she singing into a plug?
"Trouble" Pink
oh my god, jeremy renner in eye makeup. before he hit it big-time, that's nice.
"Big Girls Don't Cry" Franki Valli and the Four Seasons
i wonder why. especially with those moves and that unnaturally high voice.
What else before I crash and burn...
Today was good, Slim Shady took me out for lunch for my birthday. Jammed out there for a while. Was a good changeup from my usual soup and sandwich.
Worked on some Summer Reading Event stuff after that, plus I'm still working on my Hunger Games Read-Alike, if you have titles send them my way.
Though I have like 40. I'm weeding through and only keeping the good ones.
And the Spunky Old Ladies display is still rocking it on first floor. I'm quite proud of that one actually.
Alright, fading fast. Carter and I are out!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
and that's what everyone's talking about.
So I was so excited because at about 5:59 I realized that tonight I had absolutely nothing planned.
The first night in forever that it was just me and my cat and I didn't have to freak about homework or cleaning.
I didn't even know what to do with myself.
I debated watching my DVR'd stuff, cause it's building up. Like NCIS I'm 5 behind, the Closer I still haven't made it anywhere near the end. Even 2 Broke Girls I'm missing.
I think the only show I've kept up with is Castle. And that's mostly because after I drive Squirt home for the night I hang there a while and we watch it there.
So, I decided instead to check Facebook. Because I've been told I need to put a picture up of the boyfriend or they will Facebook stalk me and find one.
Done.
But then I had all these other pictures that I hadn't even thought of posting cause they're on my phone, not my computer. Like 136 pictures, I forgot how long the new Facebook takes to upload things.
Like 2 hours later I'm finally done with it and ready to crash.
But they're awesome.
I'm thinking about making a "Best Of" album for high school and college. Camp. Old stuff.
Should be fun.
For the moment I'm gonna crash. We had the African American read-in today, news channel came and filmed it. It's weird that that's becoming normal. I'm small-town Nebraska and that never made the news.
Wait, I take it back, it did once when our cops went on strike. The mayor had a "do not pull over" list of people and they didn't like it. So they just stopped. Had to bring in the state troopers.
Anyway, there were a lot of readers and people watching and all that. Was super cool. One guy sang the African American national anthem.
Aside from that the usual running up the stairs 100 times. I should start wearing one of those things that counts your steps. A pedometer? Wore one once in college for a class. Ashley and I teamed up for a scavenger hunt for health class. Was awesome.
So, exhausted. Gonna need to start going to bed sooner. Which means I should start now.
Quotes of the week:
Girlscout: "That really skeeves me out."
Boss's Boss's Boss and I were very intrigued by this term and have decided to start using it.
Me: "She says she didn't get my e-mail. Maybe it went to her spam folder."
Trainee: "Did you title it 20% Viagra?"
Me: "Yes! Maybe that's why it didn't show up."
we keep getting all these spam emails, it's amusing but annoying.
"Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne
love the video, it still cracks me up.
though, now when i hear the song, all i can sing is this version
"Mash-up Girlfriend" DJ Lobsterdust
UNK vs Avril Lavigne vs Toni Basil
The first night in forever that it was just me and my cat and I didn't have to freak about homework or cleaning.
I didn't even know what to do with myself.
I debated watching my DVR'd stuff, cause it's building up. Like NCIS I'm 5 behind, the Closer I still haven't made it anywhere near the end. Even 2 Broke Girls I'm missing.
I think the only show I've kept up with is Castle. And that's mostly because after I drive Squirt home for the night I hang there a while and we watch it there.
So, I decided instead to check Facebook. Because I've been told I need to put a picture up of the boyfriend or they will Facebook stalk me and find one.
Done.
But then I had all these other pictures that I hadn't even thought of posting cause they're on my phone, not my computer. Like 136 pictures, I forgot how long the new Facebook takes to upload things.
Like 2 hours later I'm finally done with it and ready to crash.
But they're awesome.
I'm thinking about making a "Best Of" album for high school and college. Camp. Old stuff.
Should be fun.
For the moment I'm gonna crash. We had the African American read-in today, news channel came and filmed it. It's weird that that's becoming normal. I'm small-town Nebraska and that never made the news.
Wait, I take it back, it did once when our cops went on strike. The mayor had a "do not pull over" list of people and they didn't like it. So they just stopped. Had to bring in the state troopers.
Anyway, there were a lot of readers and people watching and all that. Was super cool. One guy sang the African American national anthem.
Aside from that the usual running up the stairs 100 times. I should start wearing one of those things that counts your steps. A pedometer? Wore one once in college for a class. Ashley and I teamed up for a scavenger hunt for health class. Was awesome.
So, exhausted. Gonna need to start going to bed sooner. Which means I should start now.
Quotes of the week:
Girlscout: "That really skeeves me out."
Boss's Boss's Boss and I were very intrigued by this term and have decided to start using it.
Me: "She says she didn't get my e-mail. Maybe it went to her spam folder."
Trainee: "Did you title it 20% Viagra?"
Me: "Yes! Maybe that's why it didn't show up."
we keep getting all these spam emails, it's amusing but annoying.
"Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne
love the video, it still cracks me up.
though, now when i hear the song, all i can sing is this version
"Mash-up Girlfriend" DJ Lobsterdust
UNK vs Avril Lavigne vs Toni Basil
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