Tonight's Tuesday Night Night-Shift Debate:
Who would win in a fight, a sea cow or a snow leopard?
Thoughts?
We decided on the sea cow. If the battle was fought underwater the snow leopard has no chance. And a snow leopard can't drag a sea cow to land to fight the battle because they're giant. Well, technically, they're extinct so they can't drag them anywhere.
This debate really went as far as that because we moved on to other useless trivia.
Other things I learned today:
-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.
-If you've ever had to haul a can of paint to the top of a water tower to defend your sister's honor you may be a redneck.
-People used a rhyme in the olden days to remind others to stay away from Oak trees in a lightning storm. "The oak brings the stroke." Apparently oak trees were thought to be highly conductive.
-It's lucky to spit in your hand before you pick up your bat. It's unlucky to share bats with someone else. ....and now totally gross if you play with superstitious people.
We Space Cadets are all about the useless trivia. And the patrons love it. When you get the two of us together we're always joking about the most random crap whether it be weird dreams, e-books, psychics, random phrases, my broken shoes, her children, my siblings - seriously anything is conversation-worthy.
And it's hilarious because we really have nothing in common whatsoever. I'm all about media, reading fiction and sleeping in - she's a nutrition major who watches nothing, reads historical nonfiction and wakes up every morning at like 4Am. Voluntarily. But when we're together we're always laughing about something. So it's fantastic.
This one night we had this older patron who I helped get signed up for an email account and the whole time she was like yelling and talking really loud and laughing and all that and I walked back to the desk laughing, because the chick was hysterical.
Me: That's gonna be me in 50 years.
SC: But you'll use your inside voice. Unless you're too deaf to hear it.
...
SC: My hearing at 70 will be your hearing at 30.
apparently my headphones are too loud. geez...mom.
But today was awesome. And I was productive so she was proud.
Shelved for four hours this morning, got groceries, ran into my adopted little sister who's moving to town - huzzah! - came back and cleaned my apartment room by room, hung up the rest of my posters, vacuumed, paid some bills, FINALLY got Dad's present. Every time I went to the office they weren't there, haha. But third time's a charm so now it's all wrapped and all that. Oh and got Castle season 3 and Bridesmaids. Totally stoked. But I still gotta finish this season of SVU even though it's not due 'til like October.
Songs of the night: Time-honored Tuesday
"Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison
always with those freaking sunglasses. love it.
this is a family favorite.
"You May Be Right" Billy Joel
more shades. love his hysteria in this video. fits the song perfectly. and the dancing...that's niiice.
Tomorrow I'm back at both branches, maybe I'll actually get to see Fearless Leader and Slim Shady. I catch glimpses of them every once in a while, I swear!
Out for some SVU and sleep.
"you may be right....i may be crazy....but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for...."
Showing posts with label apartment. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sushi for lunch + Fajitas/Margaritas for Supper = Best Food Day Ever
Today was mass craziness/awesomeness.
9-11 as an LA2 plus 11-12 as an Aide, then sushi with Second Sister and her kiddos - I have so many freaking leftovers it's insane - then stopped by work ON MY DAY OFF CAUSE I'M CRAZY! to do some Food Drive stuff. It actually worked out well because I got to get skit material. Now I can have the inspiration that I keep putting off. After that it was cleaning my apartment - couch included, then jalapeno margaritas!! with the cousins, then they came and hung out for a while and now I'm off to bed.
Sushi was fun, we ordered far too much but that's usual. Gotta love those leftovers. They're best at 2AM. We also hit up the candyshop as well. Little KJ was excited about his gummy spiders and BekBek had her Hello Kitty marshmallow thing so they were all over it.
Cleaning was an expedition. Seriously. I want the place clean so when I come back from camp it won't be nightmare-esque. But I was vacuuming and I'm like I should vacuum the couch. And yeah, don't think anyone has ever done that to this couch before. And I got it from Grams house and yeah. Found some interesting stuff. Lots of pens and spare change and all that, also some post-its, a magnetic O - Grams had this magnet board thing with all the letters that you could spell stuff out with - and then some sort of knitting thing that actually belonged to my cousin who I saw tonight! So that worked out well. She lived with Grams after I lived with her and I knew it wasn't mine so... yeah. But now it's clean! As is my apartment. For now. We'll see how long that lasts with my cat.
I love my family. Seriously. They're fantastic. We hit up our favorite mexican place and got some jalapeno margaritas for the table! minus those under 21, talked about lots of movie/tv stuff and all that and tomorrow!! we're gonna go see Harry Potter 7B in 3D! Huzzah! Cause I love it. And the Cool Aunt and Justooooone haven't seen it yet. So that's tomorrow. and Justooooone has a cape. That they bought. So we'll see if he's gonna be brave enough to wear it.
And yeah, they came over for a while and we watched a bunch of youtube clips while they played with my big fat cat. Harry Potter Musical clips on youtube are awesome. Darren Criss as Harry Potter is amusing.
But I'm gonna work in the morning, we're gonna meet up after that and go see Grams then watch Harry Potter 7A and then go see Harry Potter 7B in 3D. sorry, that's funny to me. I love it! "I've always to use that spell!"
song for the night then I'm out:
The video seems more like someone's drug-addled visions put on tape. But whatever.
This song was one of the first songs I ever uploaded onto iTunes. However, I didn't know the title. It was filed under SONG THAT IS ALWAYS STUCK IN MY HEAD. I'm pretty sure it would have stayed filed that way until Arizona senior year when I finally got tired of not knowing the title and had to google the lyrics. We were down there for a basketball tournament - btw, there is such a town as Corn On The Cob, Arizona. We gave Smo crap for it. We were driving to their high school and suddenly she was like "Did that sign say Corn On The Cob 6 Miles?!" We were like you're imagining things. Are you on something? Who would name a town Corn on the Cob? Seriously? And yeah, on the way back we saw the sign and had to take pictures under it. Corn On The Cob, Arizona. I don't remember where I was going with this. Oh, right, iTunes. Yeah, had to google it cause it was driving me nuts. But we're good now.
out!
9-11 as an LA2 plus 11-12 as an Aide, then sushi with Second Sister and her kiddos - I have so many freaking leftovers it's insane - then stopped by work ON MY DAY OFF CAUSE I'M CRAZY! to do some Food Drive stuff. It actually worked out well because I got to get skit material. Now I can have the inspiration that I keep putting off. After that it was cleaning my apartment - couch included, then jalapeno margaritas!! with the cousins, then they came and hung out for a while and now I'm off to bed.
Sushi was fun, we ordered far too much but that's usual. Gotta love those leftovers. They're best at 2AM. We also hit up the candyshop as well. Little KJ was excited about his gummy spiders and BekBek had her Hello Kitty marshmallow thing so they were all over it.
Cleaning was an expedition. Seriously. I want the place clean so when I come back from camp it won't be nightmare-esque. But I was vacuuming and I'm like I should vacuum the couch. And yeah, don't think anyone has ever done that to this couch before. And I got it from Grams house and yeah. Found some interesting stuff. Lots of pens and spare change and all that, also some post-its, a magnetic O - Grams had this magnet board thing with all the letters that you could spell stuff out with - and then some sort of knitting thing that actually belonged to my cousin who I saw tonight! So that worked out well. She lived with Grams after I lived with her and I knew it wasn't mine so... yeah. But now it's clean! As is my apartment. For now. We'll see how long that lasts with my cat.
I love my family. Seriously. They're fantastic. We hit up our favorite mexican place and got some jalapeno margaritas for the table! minus those under 21, talked about lots of movie/tv stuff and all that and tomorrow!! we're gonna go see Harry Potter 7B in 3D! Huzzah! Cause I love it. And the Cool Aunt and Justooooone haven't seen it yet. So that's tomorrow. and Justooooone has a cape. That they bought. So we'll see if he's gonna be brave enough to wear it.
And yeah, they came over for a while and we watched a bunch of youtube clips while they played with my big fat cat. Harry Potter Musical clips on youtube are awesome. Darren Criss as Harry Potter is amusing.
But I'm gonna work in the morning, we're gonna meet up after that and go see Grams then watch Harry Potter 7A and then go see Harry Potter 7B in 3D. sorry, that's funny to me. I love it! "I've always to use that spell!"
song for the night then I'm out:
The video seems more like someone's drug-addled visions put on tape. But whatever.
This song was one of the first songs I ever uploaded onto iTunes. However, I didn't know the title. It was filed under SONG THAT IS ALWAYS STUCK IN MY HEAD. I'm pretty sure it would have stayed filed that way until Arizona senior year when I finally got tired of not knowing the title and had to google the lyrics. We were down there for a basketball tournament - btw, there is such a town as Corn On The Cob, Arizona. We gave Smo crap for it. We were driving to their high school and suddenly she was like "Did that sign say Corn On The Cob 6 Miles?!" We were like you're imagining things. Are you on something? Who would name a town Corn on the Cob? Seriously? And yeah, on the way back we saw the sign and had to take pictures under it. Corn On The Cob, Arizona. I don't remember where I was going with this. Oh, right, iTunes. Yeah, had to google it cause it was driving me nuts. But we're good now.
out!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
No such number, no such zone.
Okay, you can call off your grid-search. I'll be back on the radar for the next couple weeks. After that who knows.
Last night was hands down the worst night I've spent in this apartment. Everything was fine, I fell asleep watching Justified but then my freaking cat woke me up at 4 and for reasons that will go unexplained I couldn't fall back asleep until 6. I was up at 8 for work at 9 where I shelved until 12. By then I was awake and alert and all that. I had my juice. There I stayed until 6 then took a random trip to the farmhouse because I'm stupid at 8 and now I'm finally back here at my apartment at 11:30.
I really have no explanation for today. I worked a lot. Shelved all morning cause there were carts everywhere then was all about the Food Drive in the afternoon whilst working public service. Things are going good, even though Fearless Leader is on vacation. I only ran panic-y and flailing to the basement twice today with questions for last year's co-chair who is seriously awesome and my hero every time I have to try find something in that basement. Boss's Boss's Boss said I was doing good so that's a bonus.
I should really go to bed now. But last night, amongst the awful, were some of the weirdest dreams I've had in a while. I remember cause I wrote them in my phone - as is practice with me. Anyway, one was about Christina Aguilera and Eminem singing "Like a Virgin" together, then in another I got a text message at 3AM from the Library Goddess saying "Reality Sucks" end of message with no explanation, and then in a third something must have really wonked out my brain because I typed
"Gedma thold onto yardsti"
and that was the end of that.
So, if you can translate my sleep-addled brain let me know. I'm curious.
Hahahaha, reading dream log from this day last year, it says "There are two dead bodies under the bed." "It was your bed."
Songs of the Day: Let's go with a throwback.
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
yeah, he's a total badass. I love her complete lack of emotion at 1:57. fantastic.
I love the description of the video: "They combined an innocent adolescent charm with more than a hint of darkness, singing about dead bikers, teenage runaways, and doomed love affairs as well as ebullient high-school crushes." nice.
Return to Sender - Elvis
Ummm....what's with 1:37? anyone?
out!
Last night was hands down the worst night I've spent in this apartment. Everything was fine, I fell asleep watching Justified but then my freaking cat woke me up at 4 and for reasons that will go unexplained I couldn't fall back asleep until 6. I was up at 8 for work at 9 where I shelved until 12. By then I was awake and alert and all that. I had my juice. There I stayed until 6 then took a random trip to the farmhouse because I'm stupid at 8 and now I'm finally back here at my apartment at 11:30.
I really have no explanation for today. I worked a lot. Shelved all morning cause there were carts everywhere then was all about the Food Drive in the afternoon whilst working public service. Things are going good, even though Fearless Leader is on vacation. I only ran panic-y and flailing to the basement twice today with questions for last year's co-chair who is seriously awesome and my hero every time I have to try find something in that basement. Boss's Boss's Boss said I was doing good so that's a bonus.
I should really go to bed now. But last night, amongst the awful, were some of the weirdest dreams I've had in a while. I remember cause I wrote them in my phone - as is practice with me. Anyway, one was about Christina Aguilera and Eminem singing "Like a Virgin" together, then in another I got a text message at 3AM from the Library Goddess saying "Reality Sucks" end of message with no explanation, and then in a third something must have really wonked out my brain because I typed
"Gedma thold onto yardsti"
and that was the end of that.
So, if you can translate my sleep-addled brain let me know. I'm curious.
Hahahaha, reading dream log from this day last year, it says "There are two dead bodies under the bed." "It was your bed."
Songs of the Day: Let's go with a throwback.
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
yeah, he's a total badass. I love her complete lack of emotion at 1:57. fantastic.
I love the description of the video: "They combined an innocent adolescent charm with more than a hint of darkness, singing about dead bikers, teenage runaways, and doomed love affairs as well as ebullient high-school crushes." nice.
Return to Sender - Elvis
Ummm....what's with 1:37? anyone?
out!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Watch me now, hey!
I was actually productive today, shocker! I know! I cleaned my apartment! But then after I got through with all the vacuuming I felt like I was gonna pass out so I quit and watched Big Bang Theory for a while.
Why do I always get sick when I have the day off? Fever and all. But it's gone now. I woke up with a headache which is why I went back to sleep but I didn't think much of it until I felt light-headed and all that joy. I'm fine now so tomorrow will be fine.
But, aside from cleaning and watching half a season of BBT, I also started book #11. geez, 11. And started both of the wikis for both of the books this week. So, tomorrow I think I'm gonna keep reading, not sure how much I'll get done since I think Mom will be in town. Except I'm working so I don't know if I will see her. Tuesday will be my major workday as always since I have the whole afternoon to read and write up my paper. I already went to the teen activity I just have to give the highlights version in a 2 page paper. At least I think it's 2 pages. I can ramble for a couple pages about kids duct-taping stuff. Sensei told me once that she wouldn't respect me if I couldn't ramble for at least a page. I laughed. Think I've got the rambling thing down, scroll through the blog and you'll see that plain as day.
I bought a bunch of stuff on itunes on Ziva this week and haven't had time to load it on my (yet-to-be-named) ipod 'til I had all this free time today and now the freaking John Deere Green song is stuck in my head again! It just got out of my head! I finally stopped singing it at work! Now I had to go and listen to it again! AHH! "and the whole town said the fool should've used red but it looked good to Charlene......in John Deere Green!!!" but the funniest thing about this whole thing was I wasn't really paying attention to the album covers when I bought it and now I've got this big picture of his face staring at me every time I listen to the song and, here - I'll find a pic.
maybe i'm still like sick and need sleep but i laugh every time i see that pic. awesome fashion sense there.
Okay, gotta listen to something else so it goes away.
songs for the night:
"Do You Love Me" The Contours live and lipsyncing!
Check out Dennis Edwards dancing in the background (later frontman for the Temptations) plus the ensemble isn't the same without those matching white shoes, fancy stuff man.
SIDENOTE - gonna have to get a pair of white shoes to wear around camp at night... long story short, my predecessor who used to roam the camp at night (making sure everyone went to bed) wore a black outfit and white shoes. I always asked why the white shoes and he said he had to give the kids some chance to tell he was coming. He's been doing that since as long as I can remember and I've been going since 2nd grade but he's only doing the boys side this year soo guess who gets to roam the girls side and be the mean one everyone just loves to see coming. Pretty sure they feel that way about me already anyway so whatever. i'm just so excited. can't you tell how excited i am? BUT! that means he can't yell at me for being up! so take that! Technically, I'm the boss of him anyway. Technically, I have been for a couple years now. So, Technically he...whatever, next song rec.
"I Like It" Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - Jersey Shore Edition
okay so I don't listen to the radio and therefore haven't heard the entire song before yesterday - it helps me to escape bieber fever, rebecca black and mylie? miley? yeah miley cyrus and all them.
ANYWAY, totally love this song. I'm jamming, seriously. especially 2:44-2:58 high voice enrique, reminds me of "you can ru-uu-un" from "escape" back in the day. used to sing that with nic all the time. still do every once in a while.
OUT!
Why do I always get sick when I have the day off? Fever and all. But it's gone now. I woke up with a headache which is why I went back to sleep but I didn't think much of it until I felt light-headed and all that joy. I'm fine now so tomorrow will be fine.
But, aside from cleaning and watching half a season of BBT, I also started book #11. geez, 11. And started both of the wikis for both of the books this week. So, tomorrow I think I'm gonna keep reading, not sure how much I'll get done since I think Mom will be in town. Except I'm working so I don't know if I will see her. Tuesday will be my major workday as always since I have the whole afternoon to read and write up my paper. I already went to the teen activity I just have to give the highlights version in a 2 page paper. At least I think it's 2 pages. I can ramble for a couple pages about kids duct-taping stuff. Sensei told me once that she wouldn't respect me if I couldn't ramble for at least a page. I laughed. Think I've got the rambling thing down, scroll through the blog and you'll see that plain as day.
I bought a bunch of stuff on itunes on Ziva this week and haven't had time to load it on my (yet-to-be-named) ipod 'til I had all this free time today and now the freaking John Deere Green song is stuck in my head again! It just got out of my head! I finally stopped singing it at work! Now I had to go and listen to it again! AHH! "and the whole town said the fool should've used red but it looked good to Charlene......in John Deere Green!!!" but the funniest thing about this whole thing was I wasn't really paying attention to the album covers when I bought it and now I've got this big picture of his face staring at me every time I listen to the song and, here - I'll find a pic.
maybe i'm still like sick and need sleep but i laugh every time i see that pic. awesome fashion sense there.
Okay, gotta listen to something else so it goes away.
songs for the night:
"Do You Love Me" The Contours live and lipsyncing!
Check out Dennis Edwards dancing in the background (later frontman for the Temptations) plus the ensemble isn't the same without those matching white shoes, fancy stuff man.
SIDENOTE - gonna have to get a pair of white shoes to wear around camp at night... long story short, my predecessor who used to roam the camp at night (making sure everyone went to bed) wore a black outfit and white shoes. I always asked why the white shoes and he said he had to give the kids some chance to tell he was coming. He's been doing that since as long as I can remember and I've been going since 2nd grade but he's only doing the boys side this year soo guess who gets to roam the girls side and be the mean one everyone just loves to see coming. Pretty sure they feel that way about me already anyway so whatever. i'm just so excited. can't you tell how excited i am? BUT! that means he can't yell at me for being up! so take that! Technically, I'm the boss of him anyway. Technically, I have been for a couple years now. So, Technically he...whatever, next song rec.
"I Like It" Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - Jersey Shore Edition
okay so I don't listen to the radio and therefore haven't heard the entire song before yesterday - it helps me to escape bieber fever, rebecca black and mylie? miley? yeah miley cyrus and all them.
ANYWAY, totally love this song. I'm jamming, seriously. especially 2:44-2:58 high voice enrique, reminds me of "you can ru-uu-un" from "escape" back in the day. used to sing that with nic all the time. still do every once in a while.
OUT!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
She said I love the way you think but I hate the way you act.
I was totally productive today. I'm proud of myself. You would be too. Cleaned my room - like officially unpacked. I've lived here over a year now, it was time. But the boxes are gone, stuff is put away in the closet, posters are on the wall, stuff is shredded and in the trash - all while I listened to my audio book for class. Ha! Multi-tasking. I'm on disc 9 out of 14 so it was good day.
Except for the bookdrop thing. I'm all for bookdrops. I love them. They're easy and awesome, until you have to climb in one. I just felt like showering all morning. But we had so much stuff since we were closed for two days and it was overflowing. Blah. Lots and lots of checking in. But I just shelved - huzzah! And I actually shelved everything before noon so that was exciting. Then came back here intending to shower and nap but instead listening to my book and deciding it was time to unpack. I worked hard today. And actually feel a sense of accomplishment. So huzzah! to that.
But yeah, disc 9 of 14 on book #7. I'm thinking of burning the rest of them on my computer and uploading them to my ipod so I can listen on the go. A decent book so far, it's pretty intriguing but I still wish I could get through it faster so I can figure out what's really going on. There's a lot of backstory, so there's more things revealed in every chapter. I have to finish it just to figure out what everything means! I actually got this for a decent price off Amazon but a bunch of my classmates got it for free on some trial thing on there. Totally jealous. Anyway, tomorrow I need to go shopping, so then I can multitask as well if it's on my ipod. I need pop, cat food, human food, light bulbs, and more pop. I'm hoping that writing these down - well, putting these out there - will help me to remember what I need. But of course I'll forget.
Okay, one more thing, I think Facebook needs a "poke all" button. Just because so many people freaking poke me - it's a poke war basically - and it takes forever to hit "poke back". It'd be nice to just hit one button and be done.
"No Such Thing"
my favorite of his songs, other than "Daughter"
"Always" Rilo Kiley
although the song doesn't really start start until like 1:48, not sure why the intro is so long. kind of annoying. i always find myself skipping ahead. so that's my advice to you. if you actually listen to the song, skip ahead to around 1:40. from then on, awesomeness.
and since that one had a late start and was more like a half I'll hit you with another.
"Steal My Kisses" Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
another late start, skip to 0:40.
out!
Except for the bookdrop thing. I'm all for bookdrops. I love them. They're easy and awesome, until you have to climb in one. I just felt like showering all morning. But we had so much stuff since we were closed for two days and it was overflowing. Blah. Lots and lots of checking in. But I just shelved - huzzah! And I actually shelved everything before noon so that was exciting. Then came back here intending to shower and nap but instead listening to my book and deciding it was time to unpack. I worked hard today. And actually feel a sense of accomplishment. So huzzah! to that.
But yeah, disc 9 of 14 on book #7. I'm thinking of burning the rest of them on my computer and uploading them to my ipod so I can listen on the go. A decent book so far, it's pretty intriguing but I still wish I could get through it faster so I can figure out what's really going on. There's a lot of backstory, so there's more things revealed in every chapter. I have to finish it just to figure out what everything means! I actually got this for a decent price off Amazon but a bunch of my classmates got it for free on some trial thing on there. Totally jealous. Anyway, tomorrow I need to go shopping, so then I can multitask as well if it's on my ipod. I need pop, cat food, human food, light bulbs, and more pop. I'm hoping that writing these down - well, putting these out there - will help me to remember what I need. But of course I'll forget.
Okay, one more thing, I think Facebook needs a "poke all" button. Just because so many people freaking poke me - it's a poke war basically - and it takes forever to hit "poke back". It'd be nice to just hit one button and be done.
"No Such Thing"
my favorite of his songs, other than "Daughter"
"Always" Rilo Kiley
although the song doesn't really start start until like 1:48, not sure why the intro is so long. kind of annoying. i always find myself skipping ahead. so that's my advice to you. if you actually listen to the song, skip ahead to around 1:40. from then on, awesomeness.
and since that one had a late start and was more like a half I'll hit you with another.
"Steal My Kisses" Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
another late start, skip to 0:40.
out!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
You'll probably move right through me on my way to you.
Okay, it's official, I've been at both branches for a year. Woohoo! Huzzah! And other celebration declarations!
Spent the morning shelving, then the afternoon watching more DVDs that are checked out and due soon plus did a little reading. I'm hoping to get down to only a hundred pages left in Book #5 by the end of the night. But that's just hoping, I might fall asleep in the meantime. I've been exhausted all day. Was up way too late last night. But Bridesmaids was hysterical and you know when you're on like an emotional high and you just can't sleep? That was me. So I watched half a season of Frasier, seriously like two discs worth of episodes to zen me out but it didn't work. I think I was out by maybe 3 or so. Then, at like 7AM, somebody like buzzed or beeped - I guess it's more of a loud beep - me and I don't know if they were intentionally hitting my button or if they just needed in or what but I totally just laid there hoping they would go away. And I checked my phone to make sure it wasn't like my mother saying why aren't you awake and letting me in? But no messages and no second beeps so I think it was just someone forgetting their keys or something. Cause, clearly, if it was meant for me and it's before 10AM they're crazy. Unless they're my mother, who usually gives some level of forewarning. And she brings things like coffee or bananas. So it's worth it.
Was that more thunder? Seriously? Although I guess I shouldn't be complaining as my apartment building is still intact unlike some houses and things that were destroyed earlier this week. YIKES! Must be natural disaster season.
"Paralyzer" - finger eleven
See, at first I thought he was just a spy. But dancing spy ninja-looking person, so much cooler.
"Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston
awesome video.
Alright, tomorrow is a short day then dinner with some family so I'm gonna read and konk out. Have a good night.
Spent the morning shelving, then the afternoon watching more DVDs that are checked out and due soon plus did a little reading. I'm hoping to get down to only a hundred pages left in Book #5 by the end of the night. But that's just hoping, I might fall asleep in the meantime. I've been exhausted all day. Was up way too late last night. But Bridesmaids was hysterical and you know when you're on like an emotional high and you just can't sleep? That was me. So I watched half a season of Frasier, seriously like two discs worth of episodes to zen me out but it didn't work. I think I was out by maybe 3 or so. Then, at like 7AM, somebody like buzzed or beeped - I guess it's more of a loud beep - me and I don't know if they were intentionally hitting my button or if they just needed in or what but I totally just laid there hoping they would go away. And I checked my phone to make sure it wasn't like my mother saying why aren't you awake and letting me in? But no messages and no second beeps so I think it was just someone forgetting their keys or something. Cause, clearly, if it was meant for me and it's before 10AM they're crazy. Unless they're my mother, who usually gives some level of forewarning. And she brings things like coffee or bananas. So it's worth it.
Was that more thunder? Seriously? Although I guess I shouldn't be complaining as my apartment building is still intact unlike some houses and things that were destroyed earlier this week. YIKES! Must be natural disaster season.
"Paralyzer" - finger eleven
See, at first I thought he was just a spy. But dancing spy ninja-looking person, so much cooler.
"Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston
awesome video.
Alright, tomorrow is a short day then dinner with some family so I'm gonna read and konk out. Have a good night.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
"Oh, because Cheers was taken!"
So, it's official. My social life is dead and gone for the next 2 and a half months. I got my first camp application in the mail today. Geez. I just sent them out like two days ago. And I should be excited. Because I love camp! I seriously love it! I could ramble on about camp for days and days - I do, actually, to the BFF and I think it drives her bananas - but right now, I'm just trying to get through the whole grad school read your brains out thing. So, I think, for the most part, I'll upload the information into a spreadsheet and then deal with it later after the meeting. Which will hopefully either be this weekend or the next. I guess I should ask my partner about that one and if he has any updates on it. Gotta find a new binder as well - my old one is still stuffed with last years info and the year before that's as well. I have a whole corner in my bedroom filled with tubs stuffed with old camp forms, tshirts, bandanas, lanyards, envelopes with the old themes written on them, just like piled up in the corner. I should go through those as well.
I've lived here almost a year now - it'll be a year end of next week - and I still haven't completely unpacked. I now have pictures and paintings on the wall of the living room, so if you just go in there I can completely fool you. But if you make it past the bathroom to the bedroom then I'm toast. There's still boxes everywhere. And I don't even have posters on the walls. Which is soooo bizarre for me. Yes, I still act like a teenager in my decor choices. It drives my sister - well sisters - nuts.
So, this summer, aside from directing a camp, taking classes and working two jobs I will also not only empty all the boxes and put stuff away but also hang stuff up on the walls, get curtains that block out the sun - I hate myself every morning for putting that off - and...well, I'm sure I'll come up with something else later on. Other than clean. Which I also need to do.
But speaking of year anniversaries, I've now officially been at one of the branches for over a year....well, as of Monday I had anyway. Now it's been a year and two days...and still haven't had my 6 month evaluation. Which makes me laugh. But yes, a year. Huzzah! It's funny because it flew by. So it doesn't feel like it's been a year. And on the 24th I will have officially been at the other branch for a year. Although, technically, it was only for a temp position so my 1-year-official-anniversary isn't until like September 18th. Or 16th. I can't remember. I'll look into it later.
Songs for the night:
"Say Hey (I Love You)" - Michael Franti & Spearhead
love the video and the song. those drummers are sweet!
okay...what else....I'll put my ipod on shuffle and hit you with whatever comes up. nope, not that one...or that one...that one's just dumb...okay, i lied. i'll hit you with one when i find one that i haven't already recommended, doesn't suck or won't be stuck in my head for the rest of the night as i have to read and do homework stuff.
...close enough.
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" - LeAnn Rimes and Piper Perabo
because i like the final scene better than the music video.
i actually thought about this movie today during work - when she asks if she's on drugs and she's like "just coffee." See, THIS! is Maria Bello's perfect role. Seriously. This is who I see her as. So, don't go casting her in roles with British accents "Rick, watch out for those rocks!" I just cringe every time. I mean, the whole like 3 times I've watched it. I refuse. The Mummy isn't The Mummy without Rachel Weisz, I'm sorry. Okay, rant over. Anyway, this is Maria Bello man. HBIC bartender. Awesomeness. If you have no idea who I'm rambling about she's at 0:15 and she's the first one to scream. Piper's not bad herself, haha.
So yes, I do have the soundtrack and yes, it is amazing.
I'm still channeling Victoria... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-ne7vkA40 I'll just keep posting it until you all actually go there and watch it. Or start protesting. Whichever happens first.
Book #3 is finished now I'm started on #4, I'll give you a S.O.A. on them when I finish that one and post all the info. Huzzah!
I've lived here almost a year now - it'll be a year end of next week - and I still haven't completely unpacked. I now have pictures and paintings on the wall of the living room, so if you just go in there I can completely fool you. But if you make it past the bathroom to the bedroom then I'm toast. There's still boxes everywhere. And I don't even have posters on the walls. Which is soooo bizarre for me. Yes, I still act like a teenager in my decor choices. It drives my sister - well sisters - nuts.
So, this summer, aside from directing a camp, taking classes and working two jobs I will also not only empty all the boxes and put stuff away but also hang stuff up on the walls, get curtains that block out the sun - I hate myself every morning for putting that off - and...well, I'm sure I'll come up with something else later on. Other than clean. Which I also need to do.
But speaking of year anniversaries, I've now officially been at one of the branches for over a year....well, as of Monday I had anyway. Now it's been a year and two days...and still haven't had my 6 month evaluation. Which makes me laugh. But yes, a year. Huzzah! It's funny because it flew by. So it doesn't feel like it's been a year. And on the 24th I will have officially been at the other branch for a year. Although, technically, it was only for a temp position so my 1-year-official-anniversary isn't until like September 18th. Or 16th. I can't remember. I'll look into it later.
Songs for the night:
"Say Hey (I Love You)" - Michael Franti & Spearhead
love the video and the song. those drummers are sweet!
okay...what else....I'll put my ipod on shuffle and hit you with whatever comes up. nope, not that one...or that one...that one's just dumb...okay, i lied. i'll hit you with one when i find one that i haven't already recommended, doesn't suck or won't be stuck in my head for the rest of the night as i have to read and do homework stuff.
...close enough.
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" - LeAnn Rimes and Piper Perabo
because i like the final scene better than the music video.
i actually thought about this movie today during work - when she asks if she's on drugs and she's like "just coffee." See, THIS! is Maria Bello's perfect role. Seriously. This is who I see her as. So, don't go casting her in roles with British accents "Rick, watch out for those rocks!" I just cringe every time. I mean, the whole like 3 times I've watched it. I refuse. The Mummy isn't The Mummy without Rachel Weisz, I'm sorry. Okay, rant over. Anyway, this is Maria Bello man. HBIC bartender. Awesomeness. If you have no idea who I'm rambling about she's at 0:15 and she's the first one to scream. Piper's not bad herself, haha.
So yes, I do have the soundtrack and yes, it is amazing.
I'm still channeling Victoria... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-ne7vkA40 I'll just keep posting it until you all actually go there and watch it. Or start protesting. Whichever happens first.
Book #3 is finished now I'm started on #4, I'll give you a S.O.A. on them when I finish that one and post all the info. Huzzah!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Are you sure you want to forge the river?
Name that video game reference.
Got off early today then came home and cleaned. Shocker. Me being productive after work? Never. So this is new. And probably won't last. But at least my apartment is clean...er. I'm being OCD about it again, but it's bigger than I thought it was. I'm doing it one room at a time, I'm finished with the living room and the kitchen, next is the bedroom, bathroom and closet. Yikes.
I borrowed some of that dusting spray stuff from my sister, I think she was shocked. It's not that I'm a slob. I'm actually pretty neat, but it takes a lot of motivation for me to like scrub and dust and like clean clean, you know? Well, I've had the motivation. And got more today! I thought the whole bug thing would be over by now! Nope. Apparently they plan to continue giving me crap until it gets old. Which, in a library, could possibly mean forever. I'm toast.
Okay, here's another shocking statement. Congratulation Sarah, you're right. Save this post you won't hear/read it again for a very long time. But Maroon 5 does, in fact, rock. Seriously. Here's my new favorite.
Think that's all for tonight, kinda exhausted from all the cleaning. Gonna shower, watch some more SVU and then crash. These library dvd's are kickin' my butt, they all come in at once!!
Tomorrow means work then family then more cleaning then sleep. Hopefully in that order.
And yes, I did forge the river frequently. Paying that dude to do whatever it is he did so that we didn't drown was always expensive and I only remember not making it like once. Oregon Trail. If you didn't get that by now.
"Every time I wind up back at your door....."
Got off early today then came home and cleaned. Shocker. Me being productive after work? Never. So this is new. And probably won't last. But at least my apartment is clean...er. I'm being OCD about it again, but it's bigger than I thought it was. I'm doing it one room at a time, I'm finished with the living room and the kitchen, next is the bedroom, bathroom and closet. Yikes.
I borrowed some of that dusting spray stuff from my sister, I think she was shocked. It's not that I'm a slob. I'm actually pretty neat, but it takes a lot of motivation for me to like scrub and dust and like clean clean, you know? Well, I've had the motivation. And got more today! I thought the whole bug thing would be over by now! Nope. Apparently they plan to continue giving me crap until it gets old. Which, in a library, could possibly mean forever. I'm toast.
Okay, here's another shocking statement. Congratulation Sarah, you're right. Save this post you won't hear/read it again for a very long time. But Maroon 5 does, in fact, rock. Seriously. Here's my new favorite.
Think that's all for tonight, kinda exhausted from all the cleaning. Gonna shower, watch some more SVU and then crash. These library dvd's are kickin' my butt, they all come in at once!!
Tomorrow means work then family then more cleaning then sleep. Hopefully in that order.
And yes, I did forge the river frequently. Paying that dude to do whatever it is he did so that we didn't drown was always expensive and I only remember not making it like once. Oregon Trail. If you didn't get that by now.
"Every time I wind up back at your door....."
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Baby, Baby, Baby, NOOO!!!
Soooo.... pretty sure my neighbors think I'm nuts. Started on my paper, just have to add final touches tomorrow after work when I get more info on Reference USA and how to cite it. After that I caught up on my shows, aka Castle, Glee, Harry's Law, good episodes all around.
Castle - Beckett quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald aka the quote I carry around in my back pocket, literally.
Glee - Mercedes and Rachel performed "Take me or leave me" from Rent plus Sue danced and sang in a flannel tracksuit.
Harry Law - Harriet goes all rambo and tanks her defense, and while getting dragged toward the holding cell by the bailiff she screams, "You're not gonna put me in a cell with my client are you? Cause he kills people!"
Anyway, they probably think I'm nuts because there was a lot of commentary (meaning screaming) coming from me while usually I'm pretty quiet. Except during Husker games. Or if I'm listening to music...which is always, but usually it's into headphones...so yes. Quiet, I'm a quiet neighbor. My cat, when he bangs on the door, he has a mind of his own. But I'm quiet. Anyway, I was stoked about Beckett reciting my favorite quote (yes i'm a nerd and a writer so i have a favorite quote) so there was some yelling there, I laughed hysterically at Harriet's quote about her client but my outbursts while watching Glee are probably why my neighbors think I'm messed up because at first it was, "Oh, god no, not Bieber!" but then like ten minutes later I was so excited for Rent. So there was a lot of shouting. Who doesn't shout for Rent, honestly? Probably a lot of people. But again, I'm a nerd and saw it live. Took my roommate and some college friends plus a high school one, it was fantastic. Surprised them with tickets actually. I think I pulled off the secret 'til we pulled up to the theater which is pretty impressive. Except Schwartz, I needed her cause I was freaking out. Everybody else I got pretty good.
Anyway, I wanted to post that clip as it is awesome, but I couldn't find it so you're stuck with this one. Because I had to suffer through it you do too. My main problem now is before I could say I had never heard the whole song. I don't listen to the radio, so if it weren't for my niece and her Bieber Fever - well, past love of Bieber now apparently he's lame - I wouldn't even know of him. Now I have to actually claim to have heard the whole song all the way through and not hated it. Well, Sam's version anyway. He's not so bad. But don't worry, I'm not gonna go out and do anything drastic like listen to the original.
Here's Sam and his awesome dance moves that I'm guessing are what Bieber does.
Other than writing the paper and catching up on shows my day also consisted of searching for a new messenger bag online, found a cool one, and ordering my bridesmaids dress for the aforementioned roommate's wedding as she is getting married in July. Fun stuff.
Quote of the day comes from Idina Menzel for her double appearance as Rachel's mom in Glee and Maureen in Rent: Moo with me.
Unfortunately she didn't make an appearance in this one, but it was still kind of funny watching Rachel sing as Maureen.
Castle - Beckett quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald aka the quote I carry around in my back pocket, literally.
Glee - Mercedes and Rachel performed "Take me or leave me" from Rent plus Sue danced and sang in a flannel tracksuit.
Harry Law - Harriet goes all rambo and tanks her defense, and while getting dragged toward the holding cell by the bailiff she screams, "You're not gonna put me in a cell with my client are you? Cause he kills people!"
Anyway, they probably think I'm nuts because there was a lot of commentary (meaning screaming) coming from me while usually I'm pretty quiet. Except during Husker games. Or if I'm listening to music...which is always, but usually it's into headphones...so yes. Quiet, I'm a quiet neighbor. My cat, when he bangs on the door, he has a mind of his own. But I'm quiet. Anyway, I was stoked about Beckett reciting my favorite quote (yes i'm a nerd and a writer so i have a favorite quote) so there was some yelling there, I laughed hysterically at Harriet's quote about her client but my outbursts while watching Glee are probably why my neighbors think I'm messed up because at first it was, "Oh, god no, not Bieber!" but then like ten minutes later I was so excited for Rent. So there was a lot of shouting. Who doesn't shout for Rent, honestly? Probably a lot of people. But again, I'm a nerd and saw it live. Took my roommate and some college friends plus a high school one, it was fantastic. Surprised them with tickets actually. I think I pulled off the secret 'til we pulled up to the theater which is pretty impressive. Except Schwartz, I needed her cause I was freaking out. Everybody else I got pretty good.
Anyway, I wanted to post that clip as it is awesome, but I couldn't find it so you're stuck with this one. Because I had to suffer through it you do too. My main problem now is before I could say I had never heard the whole song. I don't listen to the radio, so if it weren't for my niece and her Bieber Fever - well, past love of Bieber now apparently he's lame - I wouldn't even know of him. Now I have to actually claim to have heard the whole song all the way through and not hated it. Well, Sam's version anyway. He's not so bad. But don't worry, I'm not gonna go out and do anything drastic like listen to the original.
Here's Sam and his awesome dance moves that I'm guessing are what Bieber does.
Other than writing the paper and catching up on shows my day also consisted of searching for a new messenger bag online, found a cool one, and ordering my bridesmaids dress for the aforementioned roommate's wedding as she is getting married in July. Fun stuff.
Quote of the day comes from Idina Menzel for her double appearance as Rachel's mom in Glee and Maureen in Rent: Moo with me.
Unfortunately she didn't make an appearance in this one, but it was still kind of funny watching Rachel sing as Maureen.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Your automobills?
quote of the day comes from a work friend - "it was like bad karaoke...to their own music!" which i had to agree with, as much as i like the black eyed peas, they aren't as great live. but that's probably true for a lot of performers.
so, i figured i'd give you an example of some good music that came from sunday. glee awesomeness, and it's been stuck in my head ever since.
and as awesome as thriller is, if not a bit overrated, it's not as awesome when mashed up with something else. so my favorites were probably this one and "she's not there" a remake of the zombies which i've been singing all day at work, had to buy them both off itunes.
i should post their original version as well, both awesome but this is like a spot on impression with the background noises. amazing. why not.
this is back in their '99 album Writings on the Wall when there were still the original 4. shortly after this is when they broke up and started suing each other. yep i'm a fan. scroll down to yesterday's post to read about destiny's child fangirlness.
tonight was the mother of all grocery shopping. like seriously, and i didn't want to make more than one trip up the stairs so i carried everything in at once almost wiping out on the ice. smooth. but i got new shoes since dragging my feet causes a definite lack of traction on my other ones.
tomorrow is split shift. maybe i'll take a nap between, that'd be nice. usually i run errands but now they're done. speaking of, i totally made food tonight for supper. like fajitas, and after successfully finding the fan, didn't burn down the building. shocker. i should have taken pictures, space cadet will be amazed.
so, i figured i'd give you an example of some good music that came from sunday. glee awesomeness, and it's been stuck in my head ever since.
and as awesome as thriller is, if not a bit overrated, it's not as awesome when mashed up with something else. so my favorites were probably this one and "she's not there" a remake of the zombies which i've been singing all day at work, had to buy them both off itunes.
i should post their original version as well, both awesome but this is like a spot on impression with the background noises. amazing. why not.
this is back in their '99 album Writings on the Wall when there were still the original 4. shortly after this is when they broke up and started suing each other. yep i'm a fan. scroll down to yesterday's post to read about destiny's child fangirlness.
tonight was the mother of all grocery shopping. like seriously, and i didn't want to make more than one trip up the stairs so i carried everything in at once almost wiping out on the ice. smooth. but i got new shoes since dragging my feet causes a definite lack of traction on my other ones.
tomorrow is split shift. maybe i'll take a nap between, that'd be nice. usually i run errands but now they're done. speaking of, i totally made food tonight for supper. like fajitas, and after successfully finding the fan, didn't burn down the building. shocker. i should have taken pictures, space cadet will be amazed.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
"What's a Bieber?" - extended clips and a world of superbowl fun
the extended cut "ALL ABOARD!! the 5G train."
the bloopers of the extended cut "I am the prince of darkness!!"
hahahahahaha, oh man, my sister and niece and I watched the extended cut over and over. It was our favorite, followed closely by Cars.com's "Is it safe?" *gets hit by arrows* "Nope." or any of Pepsi Max's and then that hotel tester thing with the "test baby" Cindy was so offended by that "Smashing a baby against a window?! That's just wrong!!" Then after we found it online it she said it, "brings a tear of hilarity to my eyes." She was mostly offended by the smushy baby face against the window. But her trying to be offended by the commercial while laughing so hard at it made Mandy fall over, literally. If only commercials were always this enjoyable.
Time with family is always fun. I don't remember which play it was but, Mandy was like "how many guys was that?" Then, my nephew, while doing math, answers, "Four: him, himself, and that other guy." "That's three," Rick and I chimed in at the same time. So funny and ironic as he was doing math homework at the time.
Then Sue Sylvester making them slap themselves with chicken cutlets, oh man. Mom loved it. Hilarious. Although, the best song on there was probably "bills, bills, bills" performed by Dalton Academy - well, for me anyway it brought me back to grade school, gotta love Destiny's Child. Yep, Me = Generation when Destiny's Child was more than just Beyonce. There were 6 altogether; it started with 4 then 2 left and they got 2 more then 1 left then they split and started sueing each other, and only Kelly and Beyonce had any success. and yes I was a fan I'm sure you can tell.
Today was kind of funny. Cause now I officially live in this apartment. I mean I've slept here since May but now I officially live here because now there's stuff hung up on the walls. It feels weird. It's like permanent. Plus I have a new TV which was a bday present but I got it early cause they had time to buy it and set it up. So now I actually have a living room that's livable. It looks completely different. That means I should probably start hanging up posters in my bedroom. Yep, that generation again, get over it.
Tomorrow means halfday and it's the later half so I can still sleep in and eat breakfast and stuff. In the morning. Breakfast in the morning? What a concept!!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
"Screw the fan, You want an E-Reader!"
I loved today. I'm enthusiastic and thankful! - We'll get there.
This morning was work as usual. No real changes, shelving, straightening, joking with coworkers, checking in, more shelving, etc. Then, suddenly, Mom shows up! All nonchalant, walks straight up to the counter and says she wants to return some DVDs. Hands them to my boss. I look up and am like, wait, what?! So I introduced her to my boss. They had some laughs. I knew she was coming to see Grams and that we might at some point meet up for food, but I didn't expect to see her at work. I think she likes to do that. She showed up mysteriously twice at the other library as well. Haha, it was funny. My coworker tried to help her and she was like, no, I'll wait for her to be free. He was like, well, I can help you too. And she said something to the effect of Yes, but you're not my daughter.
We went to Culvers for lunch. I'm beginning to think Mom has a thing for Culvers. We go there everytime she comes to town for lunch. Then Target for groceries which she paid for. I tried, I really did, but trying to pay for something in this family is like armegeddon or bedlam - choose your reference. My aunt and Grams were the worst. So funny, they would like fight for the check when I was living with Grams. Sometimes my aunt would let Grams win then substitute the money with hers. Sneaky.
Okay, really sensing a pattern here when I say this but I love my coworkers. Tuesday nights are usually the funniest just because we really just wanna get out of there or we're so burnt out that trying to function is hysterical. Since our schedule switches nights every three months I get a new coworker for Tuesday nights until March. And I love this one. She's hilarious, I've worked with her a few nights before as well but usually just in the mornings. When we're sleep-deprived space cadets. That's her. We also have this joke between us that we're going to start ordering pizzas from all different places every Tuesday night and then debate which is the best. The only condition is that it must come with breadsticks. We're both big fans of breadsticks. My best friend calls me the 'breadstick queen' but I may have some competition.
We usually talk a lot about food. Tonight was just funny. We're ENTHUSIASTIC and THANKFUL! We're enthusiastic about e-readers and thankful we have jobs. The second part is self-explanatory with the economy but the e-readers need further explanation. Basically, since Christmas, no since they started selling them we've been getting calls and people who show up who want to know how to read library books on them. Which they can. If they have the right device. Kindle doesn't work because it's proprietory to Amazon. Which ticks some people off but hey, they'll get over it. So we teach them how to use them. I taught my bosses. That was funny. The enthusiasm comes in because neither of us really have the desire to own them. We think they're a good idea, just for someone else. She likes to hold the physical book in her hand whereas me, I haven't read a book all the way through since I started working in the library system! Irony. Maybe if I did own one I would have more motivation.
Anyway, with call after call we still have to remain enthusiastic about them. Yay e-readers! Which is where the title comes in. We kept throwing out "yay e-readers!" and "we're enthusiastic about e-readers!" throughout the night. Meanwhile, we started talking about simple pleasures like how my shower drain works now - more on that later - and how her husband is very handyman-like and fixes things around the house. One thing he's fixing is the ceiling fan. Apparently the lights flicker - which he fixed - now the fan won't stop running, even when you pull the string. I was like, "well maybe you should get a new fan", and she was like "it is new!" So I yelled "Well then screw the fan! You want an e-reader!" She died. Hilarious. I think you had to be there.
Then there was the conversation about how I'm gonna get a master's in library science and I'll always be enthusiastic. "You'll be like shame Vicki shame!" I said I'd probably be more likely to say, "Why am I doing this again?" I mean, I just got away from doing homework!! Now I'm going back? Voluntarily?!
"Shamey, Shamey." Her words not mine. Although it's catchy.
Okay, so while paying rent I talked to the manager in the office and mentioned that my bathtub had stopped draining. She said she'd send someone over tomorrow. Like fifteen minutes later maintenance shows up. Luckily I was already cleaning my apartment so it wasn't a total mess. But I love it here. People are friendly and things get done quickly. He was cool and fixed it right away while talking about my awesomely fat cat. Apparently he has a fat cat as well.
So, simple pleasures. Fun coworkers. A shower that drains. A mother who buys me groceries. A fat cat who falls asleep in my lap but bites everyone else. Life is good.
Watching her write with a pen bent in half. "Did you do that?" "Yes, I took out my rage against e-readers on this pen!"
And to all a good-night.
This morning was work as usual. No real changes, shelving, straightening, joking with coworkers, checking in, more shelving, etc. Then, suddenly, Mom shows up! All nonchalant, walks straight up to the counter and says she wants to return some DVDs. Hands them to my boss. I look up and am like, wait, what?! So I introduced her to my boss. They had some laughs. I knew she was coming to see Grams and that we might at some point meet up for food, but I didn't expect to see her at work. I think she likes to do that. She showed up mysteriously twice at the other library as well. Haha, it was funny. My coworker tried to help her and she was like, no, I'll wait for her to be free. He was like, well, I can help you too. And she said something to the effect of Yes, but you're not my daughter.
We went to Culvers for lunch. I'm beginning to think Mom has a thing for Culvers. We go there everytime she comes to town for lunch. Then Target for groceries which she paid for. I tried, I really did, but trying to pay for something in this family is like armegeddon or bedlam - choose your reference. My aunt and Grams were the worst. So funny, they would like fight for the check when I was living with Grams. Sometimes my aunt would let Grams win then substitute the money with hers. Sneaky.
Okay, really sensing a pattern here when I say this but I love my coworkers. Tuesday nights are usually the funniest just because we really just wanna get out of there or we're so burnt out that trying to function is hysterical. Since our schedule switches nights every three months I get a new coworker for Tuesday nights until March. And I love this one. She's hilarious, I've worked with her a few nights before as well but usually just in the mornings. When we're sleep-deprived space cadets. That's her. We also have this joke between us that we're going to start ordering pizzas from all different places every Tuesday night and then debate which is the best. The only condition is that it must come with breadsticks. We're both big fans of breadsticks. My best friend calls me the 'breadstick queen' but I may have some competition.
We usually talk a lot about food. Tonight was just funny. We're ENTHUSIASTIC and THANKFUL! We're enthusiastic about e-readers and thankful we have jobs. The second part is self-explanatory with the economy but the e-readers need further explanation. Basically, since Christmas, no since they started selling them we've been getting calls and people who show up who want to know how to read library books on them. Which they can. If they have the right device. Kindle doesn't work because it's proprietory to Amazon. Which ticks some people off but hey, they'll get over it. So we teach them how to use them. I taught my bosses. That was funny. The enthusiasm comes in because neither of us really have the desire to own them. We think they're a good idea, just for someone else. She likes to hold the physical book in her hand whereas me, I haven't read a book all the way through since I started working in the library system! Irony. Maybe if I did own one I would have more motivation.
Anyway, with call after call we still have to remain enthusiastic about them. Yay e-readers! Which is where the title comes in. We kept throwing out "yay e-readers!" and "we're enthusiastic about e-readers!" throughout the night. Meanwhile, we started talking about simple pleasures like how my shower drain works now - more on that later - and how her husband is very handyman-like and fixes things around the house. One thing he's fixing is the ceiling fan. Apparently the lights flicker - which he fixed - now the fan won't stop running, even when you pull the string. I was like, "well maybe you should get a new fan", and she was like "it is new!" So I yelled "Well then screw the fan! You want an e-reader!" She died. Hilarious. I think you had to be there.
Then there was the conversation about how I'm gonna get a master's in library science and I'll always be enthusiastic. "You'll be like shame Vicki shame!" I said I'd probably be more likely to say, "Why am I doing this again?" I mean, I just got away from doing homework!! Now I'm going back? Voluntarily?!
"Shamey, Shamey." Her words not mine. Although it's catchy.
Okay, so while paying rent I talked to the manager in the office and mentioned that my bathtub had stopped draining. She said she'd send someone over tomorrow. Like fifteen minutes later maintenance shows up. Luckily I was already cleaning my apartment so it wasn't a total mess. But I love it here. People are friendly and things get done quickly. He was cool and fixed it right away while talking about my awesomely fat cat. Apparently he has a fat cat as well.
So, simple pleasures. Fun coworkers. A shower that drains. A mother who buys me groceries. A fat cat who falls asleep in my lap but bites everyone else. Life is good.
Watching her write with a pen bent in half. "Did you do that?" "Yes, I took out my rage against e-readers on this pen!"
And to all a good-night.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thank God the Dog Days Are Over
Today and yesterday were kind of crappy. I told my grad rep why they were crappy, because apparently I like to ramble to people who have nothing to do with the situation but are very supportive, (which suddenly sounds a lot like a blog) And she said, and I quote, "You do more things right than wrong. Your colleagues speak highly of your energy, good ideas and work ethic." Awwwww... right? Totally lying, but I'll take it. She's awesome. Jalapeno Margaritas awesome! Which is like a 10/10 coming from me.
Hmmm... maybe I should make an official "Scale of Awesome". That might be interesting. Like a 7/10 would be the NCIS marathon that was on tv today. They were all seasons 3 and later and although Ziva is awesome I love Sasha Alexander and Kate was my favorite character until they killed her off. So, good episodes but I had seen them all. Which, I guess, makes sense since I own all the seasons. But there were commercial breaks which seriously made me want to pull out the dvds and watch those episodes without them. And usually I do. But today I cleaned instead.
A 5/10 would be the average day - not too awesome but not crappy enough that I want to yell and throw things.
A 3/10 would be today and yesterday because of the incident, but also because it was good day up until that point.
And a -10/10 would be the movie Rushmore. Two hours of my life that I want back. Seriously. I compare all crappy movies to it.
On a different subject, you know, it's amazing how many chores you can get done when you're avoiding doing something else. Like usually, I put off cleaning my apartment. Because it takes forever and I have no motivation unless my mother is coming to visit. Today, after putting it off for weeks, I needed to register for my grad school class. But, since I didn't want to do that because it involved calling the IT people and having them walk me through it, my apartment is now practically spotless. Like, you can actually see the floor, like all of it! My cat walked around meowing like, "whoa? what's going on? what's that big gray loud thing she's pushing around? maybe i should run and hide in the closet." Which he did, so I vacuumed and now it's all pretty. Don't worry, I'm sure it won't last long.
And, because it's been a crappy week so far, I watched Glee and here's the clip of the week. I bought the song on itunes and have had it blasting in my headphones on repeat. I feel it fits my life at this time.
It's reversely screened but it does the trick. Is that a word? Reveresly? I'm making it one. It seems to me that it's the cast singing it as themselves instead of their characters and that it's not really choreographed. Which I loved.
Hmmm... maybe I should make an official "Scale of Awesome". That might be interesting. Like a 7/10 would be the NCIS marathon that was on tv today. They were all seasons 3 and later and although Ziva is awesome I love Sasha Alexander and Kate was my favorite character until they killed her off. So, good episodes but I had seen them all. Which, I guess, makes sense since I own all the seasons. But there were commercial breaks which seriously made me want to pull out the dvds and watch those episodes without them. And usually I do. But today I cleaned instead.
A 5/10 would be the average day - not too awesome but not crappy enough that I want to yell and throw things.
A 3/10 would be today and yesterday because of the incident, but also because it was good day up until that point.
And a -10/10 would be the movie Rushmore. Two hours of my life that I want back. Seriously. I compare all crappy movies to it.
On a different subject, you know, it's amazing how many chores you can get done when you're avoiding doing something else. Like usually, I put off cleaning my apartment. Because it takes forever and I have no motivation unless my mother is coming to visit. Today, after putting it off for weeks, I needed to register for my grad school class. But, since I didn't want to do that because it involved calling the IT people and having them walk me through it, my apartment is now practically spotless. Like, you can actually see the floor, like all of it! My cat walked around meowing like, "whoa? what's going on? what's that big gray loud thing she's pushing around? maybe i should run and hide in the closet." Which he did, so I vacuumed and now it's all pretty. Don't worry, I'm sure it won't last long.
And, because it's been a crappy week so far, I watched Glee and here's the clip of the week. I bought the song on itunes and have had it blasting in my headphones on repeat. I feel it fits my life at this time.
It's reversely screened but it does the trick. Is that a word? Reveresly? I'm making it one. It seems to me that it's the cast singing it as themselves instead of their characters and that it's not really choreographed. Which I loved.
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