Off for the weekend!
2G Golf tomorrow and softball tournament Sunday.
Both with the same gang.
Gonna be awesome.
Today was good. Worked 9-6, huge amount of stats since I got 27 alone from one phone call.
Wanted every copy we have of a book and since our system just had a major software update I got to call each of the branches individually and have them pull them all instead of putting each one on hold - though that's what I ended up doing anyway once the system started working again.
After that the day was cake.
Helped that it was super slow because of the whole no parking thing. I mean, the morning was fairly busy but by 4 it had pretty much cleared out.
That's okay, gave me time to work on TAB stuff.
Not so thrilled about my fall schedule as it messes up TAB cause I won't be there Tuesday afternoons to host the meetings.
But that's really the only way I'll finish the 90 hours before the deadline.
The practicum sounds like a lot of fun, but I'm hesitant because I'm combining it with so many things - another class, comprehensive exams, working 40 hours, etc.
I'm sure it'll be fine. I always freak out when it comes to the fall.
After work went out to see the boyfriend. We spent the night hanging out with his friends. The boys played Call of Duty while us girls played Angry Birds and posted obnoxious things on Facebook.
Hence the post overload, in case you were wondering.
He had a lot of fun, which is good as the whole scheduling thing lately has got us on edge.
My crazy schedule plus his major change in schedule makes me want to kick things.
I'm sure it'll work out okay. I'm just not thrilled.
Watching old episodes of Bones - love Mom's DVR - I miss Zack.
Major difference between first season Brennan and current Brennan.
"Where are my bones?!"
She was a lot more with it and badass back then.
"Listen dude..."
And that's all I got for today. I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories tomorrow.
Song of the day:
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
kind of a nut for this movie. sketch would call that an understatement. but heard this on the ipod and jammed to it repeatedly throughout the day.
"we're about a hundred miles past where Jesus lost his sandals."
"i assume that's a way of saying we're extremely isolated."
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Blurred lines.
The doors are broken again.
Poor supervisory people had to wait on the locksmith.
But I had to leave right after work cause I had those presentations.
What ended up happening was only 2 of us could make it - but there are only 8 in the class - and then the software wasn't working so I basically sent the professor my stuff and she was able to upload and then I presented.
Which wasn't my intention even though I actually was prepared.
Anyway, so yeah I went first and more people get to go Wednesday and Friday this week.
And I'm done, so take that.
Felt like I rambled a bit in the Q&A section, but the rest I had all written out so it was fine.
That's the nice thing about presenting online and not being on webcam. You can read directly from your notes and not even look up.
Which is what I did, basically.
Today I went over my Powerpoint and wrote down everything I needed to say.
Another joy of having the day off - well, mostly off - is that I have time to work on homework cause by the time I get home I'm so zonked I don't have the motivation to do any of it.
Which is why I'm on here and not finishing my final assignment in the other class.
But it's not due until Thursday so I have time.
I also slept in, only 'til noon, then did homework, then watched some old episodes of Bones, Castle and NCIS - yay Kate. Gotta love TV marathons, they're fun.
Castle tonight was interesting.
Not as epic as last week's.
And I don't know that I'm all that excited about the finale.
*spoiler alert*
I mean she can't leave.
It'd kill the show.
But you know they're gonna make Castle all angsty and heartbroken about her possibly leaving - even though she won't - and those finales always suck.
Just like the Bones finale, you know eventually they will get married but until then Temperance is just miserable because of stupid mr. serial killer man.
I'm hoping some humor will sneak through.
*okay spoiler alert over with*
Speaking of serial killer men on Bones, watched the one with Epps and the head in the fridge.
Love those episodes and Gormagon, see those were awesome villains, this new one...I don't know if it's cause I just don't watch the show as faithfully, but I just don't like him as much as the other ones.
Not that I liked them, they're serial killers, but you know what I mean.
It's not as good of a show as it was before.
And speaking of not good shows, I love the Voice.
You're all aware.
But tonight's was a bit of a let down.
I'm thinking huge standout performances cause it's the first night of the live shows and Judith and Sarah and Amber and Michelle and Caroline performed but I was like ehh.
It was alright.
Gonna check iTunes after this to see how they're doing. Guessing not as chart-topping as last year's.
But it was basically "bare your souls and sing something stripped down" night.
Music stripped down, not people stripped down.
I don't know if they're trying to bring back something like Terry's version of "I want to know what love is" or what, but I wasn't impressed.
This is what I'm talking about.
I'm hoping tomorrow's will be better. It's Team Shakira and Team Blake's turn then.
And that's all I got for today.
Slept in, reruns, homework, work for 2 hours, Voice, Castle, post and I'm out.
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams and T.I.
So I hate that I like this song.
Because I'm really not a Robin Thicke fan.
I mean, "When I Get You Alone" is awesome, but since then it's been complete crap.
And then funny part is that I got this text from Second Sister - see anytime I get a text after 11PM I can guarantee that it's either Sketch or Second Sister - saying that he looks like a pedophile, which he does, have you watched this video? To which I agreed.
That of course led to the conversation of what other things we strongly dislike/find pedophilish to which I replied brussel sprouts.
Not that I find them pedophilish, I just don't like them.
But I do find big beards pedophilish. I mean Duck Dynasty big and disgusting. Cause they are the only beards I see on customers at work.
She said she didn't mind big beards but that thin mustaches and super groomed facial hair creep her out. She says that no one man should have the time and attention to create a tiny groomed area about his lip. She feels it's against God's will. It isn't addressed in the Bible, but it might as well be.
These are the conversations I have with my siblings.
We start random threads during the day, a couple days ago we got a text from Second Sister that said her son was watching Scooby Doo. She said "this looks like a really scary one, should we change the channel?" and her son said, "Mom, it's Scooby Doo. They always win."
That's my Godson.
Take that.
Anyway, my brother replies with "thanks for spoiling it for me."
Today I got pictures of my youngest niece eating a banana peel and my oldest niece driving to get coffee.
Oldest Sister claims it was squirt's idea.
And that you can see the "scared in her eyes."
That's what Dad said the first time he rode with me.
I am not that bad of a driver.
I know a select few of you laughed out loud at that statement.
But we're driving down a country road and Dad's holding the door handle with both hands saying, "you can see the scared in my eyes."
Which I couldn't cause I was a smart enough driver at that point to know not look away from the road.
But it's become a family catchphrase.
Dad has a lot of those.
"Convoy" is another.
It basically means good.
He tells Mom to buy "convoy cherries" when she goes to the grocery store.
I have no idea where it came from.
Or why he calls all of the cats Shaver.
No wait, some are Shaver's Brother.
He also has nicknames for all of us.
Mine is Dude.
Cause I used to say that a lot. Actually still do.
Oldest Sister is Bunny Rabbit or B.R. for short.
Brother is The Claw.
Don't ask, I don't know.
Second Sister is G.R.
That one I really don't know.
And when I asked Mom she didn't either.
I wonder if Second Sister even knows what it means.
Mom called her gr once.
As in the sound not the letters.
Made us laugh.
alright, i should really stop rambling and sleep.
more tomorrow i'm sure.
Poor supervisory people had to wait on the locksmith.
But I had to leave right after work cause I had those presentations.
What ended up happening was only 2 of us could make it - but there are only 8 in the class - and then the software wasn't working so I basically sent the professor my stuff and she was able to upload and then I presented.
Which wasn't my intention even though I actually was prepared.
Anyway, so yeah I went first and more people get to go Wednesday and Friday this week.
And I'm done, so take that.
Felt like I rambled a bit in the Q&A section, but the rest I had all written out so it was fine.
That's the nice thing about presenting online and not being on webcam. You can read directly from your notes and not even look up.
Which is what I did, basically.
Today I went over my Powerpoint and wrote down everything I needed to say.
Another joy of having the day off - well, mostly off - is that I have time to work on homework cause by the time I get home I'm so zonked I don't have the motivation to do any of it.
Which is why I'm on here and not finishing my final assignment in the other class.
But it's not due until Thursday so I have time.
I also slept in, only 'til noon, then did homework, then watched some old episodes of Bones, Castle and NCIS - yay Kate. Gotta love TV marathons, they're fun.
Castle tonight was interesting.
Not as epic as last week's.
And I don't know that I'm all that excited about the finale.
*spoiler alert*
I mean she can't leave.
It'd kill the show.
But you know they're gonna make Castle all angsty and heartbroken about her possibly leaving - even though she won't - and those finales always suck.
Just like the Bones finale, you know eventually they will get married but until then Temperance is just miserable because of stupid mr. serial killer man.
I'm hoping some humor will sneak through.
*okay spoiler alert over with*
Speaking of serial killer men on Bones, watched the one with Epps and the head in the fridge.
Love those episodes and Gormagon, see those were awesome villains, this new one...I don't know if it's cause I just don't watch the show as faithfully, but I just don't like him as much as the other ones.
Not that I liked them, they're serial killers, but you know what I mean.
It's not as good of a show as it was before.
And speaking of not good shows, I love the Voice.
You're all aware.
But tonight's was a bit of a let down.
I'm thinking huge standout performances cause it's the first night of the live shows and Judith and Sarah and Amber and Michelle and Caroline performed but I was like ehh.
It was alright.
Gonna check iTunes after this to see how they're doing. Guessing not as chart-topping as last year's.
But it was basically "bare your souls and sing something stripped down" night.
Music stripped down, not people stripped down.
I don't know if they're trying to bring back something like Terry's version of "I want to know what love is" or what, but I wasn't impressed.
This is what I'm talking about.
Epic.
I'm hoping tomorrow's will be better. It's Team Shakira and Team Blake's turn then.
And that's all I got for today.
Slept in, reruns, homework, work for 2 hours, Voice, Castle, post and I'm out.
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams and T.I.
So I hate that I like this song.
Because I'm really not a Robin Thicke fan.
I mean, "When I Get You Alone" is awesome, but since then it's been complete crap.
And then funny part is that I got this text from Second Sister - see anytime I get a text after 11PM I can guarantee that it's either Sketch or Second Sister - saying that he looks like a pedophile, which he does, have you watched this video? To which I agreed.
That of course led to the conversation of what other things we strongly dislike/find pedophilish to which I replied brussel sprouts.
Not that I find them pedophilish, I just don't like them.
But I do find big beards pedophilish. I mean Duck Dynasty big and disgusting. Cause they are the only beards I see on customers at work.
She said she didn't mind big beards but that thin mustaches and super groomed facial hair creep her out. She says that no one man should have the time and attention to create a tiny groomed area about his lip. She feels it's against God's will. It isn't addressed in the Bible, but it might as well be.
These are the conversations I have with my siblings.
We start random threads during the day, a couple days ago we got a text from Second Sister that said her son was watching Scooby Doo. She said "this looks like a really scary one, should we change the channel?" and her son said, "Mom, it's Scooby Doo. They always win."
That's my Godson.
Take that.
Anyway, my brother replies with "thanks for spoiling it for me."
Today I got pictures of my youngest niece eating a banana peel and my oldest niece driving to get coffee.
Oldest Sister claims it was squirt's idea.
And that you can see the "scared in her eyes."
That's what Dad said the first time he rode with me.
I am not that bad of a driver.
I know a select few of you laughed out loud at that statement.
But we're driving down a country road and Dad's holding the door handle with both hands saying, "you can see the scared in my eyes."
Which I couldn't cause I was a smart enough driver at that point to know not look away from the road.
But it's become a family catchphrase.
Dad has a lot of those.
"Convoy" is another.
It basically means good.
He tells Mom to buy "convoy cherries" when she goes to the grocery store.
I have no idea where it came from.
Or why he calls all of the cats Shaver.
No wait, some are Shaver's Brother.
He also has nicknames for all of us.
Mine is Dude.
Cause I used to say that a lot. Actually still do.
Oldest Sister is Bunny Rabbit or B.R. for short.
Brother is The Claw.
Don't ask, I don't know.
Second Sister is G.R.
That one I really don't know.
And when I asked Mom she didn't either.
I wonder if Second Sister even knows what it means.
Mom called her gr once.
As in the sound not the letters.
Made us laugh.
alright, i should really stop rambling and sleep.
more tomorrow i'm sure.
Monday, April 29, 2013
It's Shakespearean, it's Dickensian, it's Kardashian.
Back at work today.
You could tell it was Monday.
Lots of tired staff and not a lot of patrons so it was a little slow.
Which is fine cause it gives me time to work on other projects like more Summer Reading and volunteer stuff.
Got one of my adult volunteers started on shelving Youth Services.
She's Russian and used to work in a library in Russia so she picked it up very quickly.
So quickly in fact that I barely had to train her at all. When I went through each category she pointed out where they go and when I started her on shelving she put them in the exact space they're supposed to go.
I'm making her tag them so I can look over them, but still, I'm impressed.
That's really all I can remember about today.
Oh, except for the part where some dude asked if he could take a picture of my Green Lantern t-shirt.
But what do you say to that, really?
I told him he could find pictures of it online or find it at Target.
Guess that's what I get for wearing fun shirts.
He's another one that makes up excuses to come to the desk to talk to me. Last week he rambled about some sort of chemistry meteorology thing, I don't know I can't remember.
Tried to block it from my brain.
But Queen of the Known Universe was laughing.
Dangit, just when my stalker count was lowering out.
Castle tonight was epic. Love the flashbacks. Kind of cheesed up the drama part, but she was standing on a bomb so you had to have some sort of comic relief.
And Bones was alright. For a season finale I was expecting more. I am super depressed for Brennan now though.
2 Broke Girls was humorous.
Yes I spent a lot of tonight on the couch watching TV but I need a night off from homework and stress and all that.
Anyway, they filmed an episode - well, fake filmed - an episode of SVU in the diner and hired Max and Caroline as extras.
That's where the status is from, basically they're pimping themselves out as actresses so they can get money to pay for Chesnutt's shoes - he's a horse.
The Voice was also on tonight and of course I'm saving it for last cause I get all rambly.
Battles were last week - check out this video cause it's awesome:
Dropping it down from 12 members to 8.
I love that video, that's cool.
Tonight was Night One for Knockouts - Team Adam and Team Shakira, tomorrow will be Team Blake and Team Usher. Each artist picks their own song to sing and their coaches pair them up against each other. So they went from 8 to 4 members each for the live rounds which will start next week!
Big upsets tonight, I lost 2 of my top 5 - Midas Whale (huge shock) and Monique Abbadie.
But the winners deserved it.
Here's my lineups after Night One of the Knockouts.
Red = Adam
Green = Blake
Blue = Usher
Purple = Shakira
Tomorrow will be the green and the blue as Team Usher and Team Blake are up.
The most epic of tonight's battles was probably Sarah Simmons vs. Warren Stone. You can check it out here:
It's amusing because they post all these behind-the-scenes sort of videos so you can get to know the artists.
Here is my favorite for Team Adam
(Dolly Partner, is that weird? Yes it's weird.)
and Team Shakira
(don't worry I can't tell them apart either Tawnya. and Bruno Mars? I can see that.)
and of course my other music rec of the night is:
Dip it Low - Christina Milian
alright, back to Diners, Driveins and Dives.
making me want a hamburger.
You could tell it was Monday.
Lots of tired staff and not a lot of patrons so it was a little slow.
Which is fine cause it gives me time to work on other projects like more Summer Reading and volunteer stuff.
Got one of my adult volunteers started on shelving Youth Services.
She's Russian and used to work in a library in Russia so she picked it up very quickly.
So quickly in fact that I barely had to train her at all. When I went through each category she pointed out where they go and when I started her on shelving she put them in the exact space they're supposed to go.
I'm making her tag them so I can look over them, but still, I'm impressed.
That's really all I can remember about today.
Oh, except for the part where some dude asked if he could take a picture of my Green Lantern t-shirt.
But what do you say to that, really?
I told him he could find pictures of it online or find it at Target.
Guess that's what I get for wearing fun shirts.
He's another one that makes up excuses to come to the desk to talk to me. Last week he rambled about some sort of chemistry meteorology thing, I don't know I can't remember.
Tried to block it from my brain.
But Queen of the Known Universe was laughing.
Dangit, just when my stalker count was lowering out.
Castle tonight was epic. Love the flashbacks. Kind of cheesed up the drama part, but she was standing on a bomb so you had to have some sort of comic relief.
And Bones was alright. For a season finale I was expecting more. I am super depressed for Brennan now though.
2 Broke Girls was humorous.
Yes I spent a lot of tonight on the couch watching TV but I need a night off from homework and stress and all that.
Anyway, they filmed an episode - well, fake filmed - an episode of SVU in the diner and hired Max and Caroline as extras.
That's where the status is from, basically they're pimping themselves out as actresses so they can get money to pay for Chesnutt's shoes - he's a horse.
The Voice was also on tonight and of course I'm saving it for last cause I get all rambly.
Battles were last week - check out this video cause it's awesome:
Dropping it down from 12 members to 8.
I love that video, that's cool.
Tonight was Night One for Knockouts - Team Adam and Team Shakira, tomorrow will be Team Blake and Team Usher. Each artist picks their own song to sing and their coaches pair them up against each other. So they went from 8 to 4 members each for the live rounds which will start next week!
Big upsets tonight, I lost 2 of my top 5 - Midas Whale (huge shock) and Monique Abbadie.
But the winners deserved it.
Here's my lineups after Night One of the Knockouts.
Red = Adam
Green = Blake
Blue = Usher
Purple = Shakira
Judith Hill - Adam, defeated Karina in battles and Orlando in knockout round
Jess Kellner - Usher, defeated Taylor
Midas Whale - Adam, defeated Patrick, beat by Amber in knockout round
Caroline Glaser - Blake, lost to Taylor stolen by Adam, defeated Amy in knockout round
Monique Abbadie - Shakira, defeated Luke, lost to Karina in knockout round
Sasha Allen - lost battle, stolen by Shakira, defeated Shawna in knockout round
Michelle Chamuel - Usher, defeated Chelsea
Sarah Simmons - Adam, defeated Duncan in battles and Warren in knockout round
Christian Porter - Blake, eliminated during battles
Jessica Childress - Usher, eliminated during battles
Jeff Lewis - Usher, eliminated during battles
Jacqui Sandell - Blake, eliminated during battles
Karina Iglesius - lost to Judith stolen by Shakira, defeated Monique in knockout round
Holly Tucker - Blake, defeated Michelle
Garrett Gardner - Shakira, defeated J'Sun in battles and Tawnya in knockout round
Danielle Bradbery - Blake, defeated Caroline
Amber Carrington - Adam, defeated Sasha in battles and Midas Whale in knockout round
Savannah Berry - Blake, defeated Jacqui
Josiah Hawley - Usher, defeated Jeff
Audrey Karrasch - Usher, defeated Jamila
Tomorrow will be the green and the blue as Team Usher and Team Blake are up.
The most epic of tonight's battles was probably Sarah Simmons vs. Warren Stone. You can check it out here:
It's amusing because they post all these behind-the-scenes sort of videos so you can get to know the artists.
Here is my favorite for Team Adam
(Dolly Partner, is that weird? Yes it's weird.)
and Team Shakira
(don't worry I can't tell them apart either Tawnya. and Bruno Mars? I can see that.)
and of course my other music rec of the night is:
Dip it Low - Christina Milian
alright, back to Diners, Driveins and Dives.
making me want a hamburger.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Please don't say "caveman!"
Finally home.
Carter attacked me when I got here.
Literally jumped on me cause he missed me.
It was nice to get away but I did miss him.
So, got away from the chaos, cleared my head, now I'm ready to go back to work.
For like 2 days before I get another one off anyway, woohoo!
Need to get my hair chopped at some point soon.
But not like chopped chopped, I'm not that brave.
Don't think I could ever do that.
"Please don't say caveman!!"
Hailey Nash/Maid Marian is on Bones. Now she's a publisher.
I haven't watched this show in a long time and there was a double episode. Huzzah.
So what else from today?
I slept in, watched some TV, took a nap, went over to my brother's to fill out some paperwork. Got to see their cute kiddos and puppy dogs.
Then stopped by the boyfriend's place and we watched the Husker men get smoked by Illinois. Then some Mighty Ducks.
Flashbacks man.
Haven't seen that movie in like 20 years.
Didn't even remember the storyline but now I have an urge to get the rest of the series through Interlibrary Loan.
I have another request in the works but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Guess I'll check on that tomorrow.
It's back to work I go and it's late so I should sleep.
Yes, I know, I'm boring.
Here.
More Useless Information
-Starfish have no brains.
-The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
-A "clue" originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said to "unravel" the clues of a mystery.
-Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the "Happy Birthday" song
-Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
-A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
-Apples are actually part of the rose family.
-The Zip in Zipcode means Zoning Improvement Plan.
on to the music
We'll call this section "Under-rated soundtracks"
Goodnight Moon - Shivaree
Retro 1999 from Kill Bill Volume 2 and apparently now Silver Linings Playbook, which I still have yet to see.
Chelsea - Stefy
reminds me a bit of the Eurythmics.
John. Tucker. Must. Die. I watched this movie twice a day for 3 months.
Enough said.
When the Morning Comes - Jon Allen
Give him a chance it's fantastic. Bones always has great music, like Grey's did. Back when I watched it anyway.
and i'm off.
Carter attacked me when I got here.
Literally jumped on me cause he missed me.
It was nice to get away but I did miss him.
So, got away from the chaos, cleared my head, now I'm ready to go back to work.
For like 2 days before I get another one off anyway, woohoo!
Need to get my hair chopped at some point soon.
But not like chopped chopped, I'm not that brave.
Don't think I could ever do that.
"Please don't say caveman!!"
Hailey Nash/Maid Marian is on Bones. Now she's a publisher.
I haven't watched this show in a long time and there was a double episode. Huzzah.
So what else from today?
I slept in, watched some TV, took a nap, went over to my brother's to fill out some paperwork. Got to see their cute kiddos and puppy dogs.
Then stopped by the boyfriend's place and we watched the Husker men get smoked by Illinois. Then some Mighty Ducks.
Flashbacks man.
Haven't seen that movie in like 20 years.
Didn't even remember the storyline but now I have an urge to get the rest of the series through Interlibrary Loan.
I have another request in the works but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Guess I'll check on that tomorrow.
It's back to work I go and it's late so I should sleep.
Yes, I know, I'm boring.
Here.
More Useless Information
-Starfish have no brains.
-The powder on chewing gum is finely-ground marble.
-A "clue" originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said to "unravel" the clues of a mystery.
-Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the "Happy Birthday" song
-Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
-A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
-Apples are actually part of the rose family.
-The Zip in Zipcode means Zoning Improvement Plan.
on to the music
We'll call this section "Under-rated soundtracks"
Goodnight Moon - Shivaree
Retro 1999 from Kill Bill Volume 2 and apparently now Silver Linings Playbook, which I still have yet to see.
Chelsea - Stefy
reminds me a bit of the Eurythmics.
John. Tucker. Must. Die. I watched this movie twice a day for 3 months.
Enough said.
When the Morning Comes - Jon Allen
Give him a chance it's fantastic. Bones always has great music, like Grey's did. Back when I watched it anyway.
and i'm off.
Monday, December 3, 2012
I want to know what love is. I want you to show me.
Oh my god, it's Cyndi Lauper back as the psychic.
Haven't seen her since Harbinger's in the Fountain.
No, wait, she made an appearance on The Voice, singing with one of the final four from season one.
It was... interesting.
Avalon. That's her name. Now I feel like watching that episode.
Let's see, today.
Woke up at 8:35. I don't know what's going on with alarms, but the second one has stopped going off. I set one of them for 8:00 and hit snooze repeatedly so it goes off at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and then 8:15 before it stops for good. Then I have a second one that's supposed to go off at 8:20 but hasn't been. One of these days it's gonna screw me over.
Will reset everything just in case.
Work flew by fairly quickly.
Worked at the desk, updated the TAB website, stocked supplies, the usual. Oh, and had a volunteer come in, she's great. Very focused. I've got some great Go-Po's. Government and Politics students. They have to do 20 hours of community service for class, I get a lot of applications but only take 5 on at a time.
After work came The Voice, which I will attempt to keep to an abbreviated ramble. Aka it rocked and you need to watch the clip below.
After the Voice I watched Blake Shelton's Xmas program...it was alright. I bought the CD already so it was cool to see them perform the songs live, but I could have lived without the majority of the comedy stuff.
Though I did enjoy Xtina's appearance and the almost like the Voice chair skit.
I want one.
It has a bell and everything.
Then came Castle's Xmas episode, which was alright I guess.
Everything's "alright I guess." What is it about today?
Now it's on to Bones. This is what happens when I only have one assignment left and it's not due 'til the end of the week. Actual time to relax and edit stuff for my awesomely published friend, huzzah!
Gonna go over some of that tonight after Bones and crash.
So, on to the music.
For the love of God, go to iTunes and download this song.
It's worth the $1.29 and then some I promise.
oh, and while you're at it purchase some Cassadee Pope as well.
I highly recommend last week's performance of "Are You Happy Now", or the week before that's "Over You" which was written by Blake and Miranda's and topped the iTunes chart knocking off Gangnam Style for like a week. or there's "Torn" which was the blind audition.
Or really anything by Amanda Brown. "Dream On" was a big hit.
And vote.
For Cassadee.
And Terry.
And Trevin.
And Amanda.
not that I'm not a fan of Nicholas he's great and Melanie is on my top 20. They're normally awesome, but after tonight's performances, holy crap, top four was apparent.
But I guess it's up to America and all that. Anything could happen. Tomorrow tells all.
Until next week that is.
I really wouldn't be surprised if Nicholas pulls through and one of mine gets eliminated. He's got a lot of people pulling for him.
Off!
Haven't seen her since Harbinger's in the Fountain.
No, wait, she made an appearance on The Voice, singing with one of the final four from season one.
It was... interesting.
Avalon. That's her name. Now I feel like watching that episode.
Let's see, today.
Woke up at 8:35. I don't know what's going on with alarms, but the second one has stopped going off. I set one of them for 8:00 and hit snooze repeatedly so it goes off at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and then 8:15 before it stops for good. Then I have a second one that's supposed to go off at 8:20 but hasn't been. One of these days it's gonna screw me over.
Will reset everything just in case.
Work flew by fairly quickly.
Worked at the desk, updated the TAB website, stocked supplies, the usual. Oh, and had a volunteer come in, she's great. Very focused. I've got some great Go-Po's. Government and Politics students. They have to do 20 hours of community service for class, I get a lot of applications but only take 5 on at a time.
After work came The Voice, which I will attempt to keep to an abbreviated ramble. Aka it rocked and you need to watch the clip below.
After the Voice I watched Blake Shelton's Xmas program...it was alright. I bought the CD already so it was cool to see them perform the songs live, but I could have lived without the majority of the comedy stuff.
Though I did enjoy Xtina's appearance and the almost like the Voice chair skit.
I want one.
It has a bell and everything.
Then came Castle's Xmas episode, which was alright I guess.
Everything's "alright I guess." What is it about today?
Now it's on to Bones. This is what happens when I only have one assignment left and it's not due 'til the end of the week. Actual time to relax and edit stuff for my awesomely published friend, huzzah!
Gonna go over some of that tonight after Bones and crash.
So, on to the music.
For the love of God, go to iTunes and download this song.
It's worth the $1.29 and then some I promise.
oh, and while you're at it purchase some Cassadee Pope as well.
I highly recommend last week's performance of "Are You Happy Now", or the week before that's "Over You" which was written by Blake and Miranda's and topped the iTunes chart knocking off Gangnam Style for like a week. or there's "Torn" which was the blind audition.
Or really anything by Amanda Brown. "Dream On" was a big hit.
And vote.
For Cassadee.
And Terry.
And Trevin.
And Amanda.
not that I'm not a fan of Nicholas he's great and Melanie is on my top 20. They're normally awesome, but after tonight's performances, holy crap, top four was apparent.
But I guess it's up to America and all that. Anything could happen. Tomorrow tells all.
Until next week that is.
I really wouldn't be surprised if Nicholas pulls through and one of mine gets eliminated. He's got a lot of people pulling for him.
Off!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
and whispered in the sound of silence.
Things you've missed this week:
World Kindness Day Celebration
-So we knew there wouldn't be a giant turnout because of the game timing, but we had a lot of fun with the people that showed up. And the TAB kids got really into the pin the food on the cornucopia game. One of the kids got so lost he ended up behind the staff desk - and the posted was hung up on the staff door by the PAC's.
Smooth.
So we made our bag turkeys, spoon pilgrims, pilgrim hats, and hand and foot turkeys, plus ate some cookies and drank some apple juice with the Queen of Awesome.
Fun stuff.
Oh, and the QofA was also the first of my coworkers to meet the boyfriend.
Pretty sure she's proud of that.
Oh, totally kissed him in front of my kids and didn't even realize it. Cause you know how stuff like that can turn into a routine thing?
Or is that just us?
It wasn't like a serious thing but when I turned around and they were all smiling I was like, did I just? ah, crap.
Won't be living that one down any time soon.
More fun life stuff a work friend of mine is pregnant and I TOTALLY CALLED IT! Cause I can tell the symptoms, I have three sisters and 8 nieces and nephews I can tell the signs.
Ask Second Sister, got in the car to see Wicked,
"Are you wearing perfume?"
"Are you pregnant?"
"Oh my god!"
She knew for a like a day.
Anyway, I was joking that I had called it but she denied it so I was gonna go up and say "In your face!" but pregnant women are hormonal and nauseous so Queen of the Known Universe said the friend may counter with "On your shoes!"
What else?
Oh, I have a new nickname from Sketch.
Hazmat.
Long story.
But previously I was Pancake.
So now I am a Hazmat Pancake.
I'm sure there's more - oh like tonight, we - Maegan, Sam and myself - interviewed a reference librarian for an assignment. I finished all of my other stuff for that class so really I could write this paper from my notes and be done with homework for that class. All I have left is a physical class next month and we're good for the semester.
But I still have the other two classes to finish. Two more major assignments and some discussion boards. This week I'm off for holiday so no homework or discussions - huzzah!
I've already started on one of them, I should really get going on the other. Perhaps I'll work on them over Thanksgiving break.
Ha.
Right.
What else?
Oh, did some Christmas shopping this morning. I'm now done with Favorite Sister-In-Law, Booge, Abby Cadabra, and Claire, plus KJ, G-Wigger and Obi-Wan. Halfway done with Mom. Have one thing for Dad but it's not a lot.
Working on presents for the boyfriend's birthday and Xmas.
So that's.... let's see gotta count there's
2
4
5-4 so 1
5-1 so 4
plus Laverna, Grams
oh and I got the Cool Aunt done.
And I should get something for the Library Goddess.
so that's what like 14 left? Plus the boyfriend x2 so 16.
And I should get stuff for his family so there's more.
Eh, I got time.
I still haven't made my list.
We've started doing this thing over Thanksgiving where all the siblings take over the couches in one room and pass around the ads and make our lists. It's quite handy.
Bookshelves may be good.
I have like 3 well, 4 smaller ones but they're overflowing. Maybe I should ask for some tall ones. I could put them where the shorter ones are now and then use the shorter ones for DVD's and CD's or pictures or something.
But they've gotta be good sturdy ones cause I'm an English major so there's a lot of anthologies involved.
Plus like every work by Shakespeare, a bunch of classic novels, some random nonfiction, and A LOT of popular fiction. One of my volunteers was talking about favorite novels. I told her I was a Patterstonian. She thought that was funny.
Please tell me you get that reference.
Back when the show was still good.
Alright, music and I'm off. Got a meeting in the morning to plan out the next newsletter with the Library Goddess.
Huzzah for coffee.
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
legitimate pre-11:50 post. holy crap tag in use.
World Kindness Day Celebration
-So we knew there wouldn't be a giant turnout because of the game timing, but we had a lot of fun with the people that showed up. And the TAB kids got really into the pin the food on the cornucopia game. One of the kids got so lost he ended up behind the staff desk - and the posted was hung up on the staff door by the PAC's.
Smooth.
So we made our bag turkeys, spoon pilgrims, pilgrim hats, and hand and foot turkeys, plus ate some cookies and drank some apple juice with the Queen of Awesome.
Fun stuff.
Oh, and the QofA was also the first of my coworkers to meet the boyfriend.
Pretty sure she's proud of that.
Oh, totally kissed him in front of my kids and didn't even realize it. Cause you know how stuff like that can turn into a routine thing?
Or is that just us?
It wasn't like a serious thing but when I turned around and they were all smiling I was like, did I just? ah, crap.
Won't be living that one down any time soon.
More fun life stuff a work friend of mine is pregnant and I TOTALLY CALLED IT! Cause I can tell the symptoms, I have three sisters and 8 nieces and nephews I can tell the signs.
Ask Second Sister, got in the car to see Wicked,
"Are you wearing perfume?"
"Are you pregnant?"
"Oh my god!"
She knew for a like a day.
Anyway, I was joking that I had called it but she denied it so I was gonna go up and say "In your face!" but pregnant women are hormonal and nauseous so Queen of the Known Universe said the friend may counter with "On your shoes!"
What else?
Oh, I have a new nickname from Sketch.
Hazmat.
Long story.
But previously I was Pancake.
So now I am a Hazmat Pancake.
I'm sure there's more - oh like tonight, we - Maegan, Sam and myself - interviewed a reference librarian for an assignment. I finished all of my other stuff for that class so really I could write this paper from my notes and be done with homework for that class. All I have left is a physical class next month and we're good for the semester.
But I still have the other two classes to finish. Two more major assignments and some discussion boards. This week I'm off for holiday so no homework or discussions - huzzah!
I've already started on one of them, I should really get going on the other. Perhaps I'll work on them over Thanksgiving break.
Ha.
Right.
What else?
Oh, did some Christmas shopping this morning. I'm now done with Favorite Sister-In-Law, Booge, Abby Cadabra, and Claire, plus KJ, G-Wigger and Obi-Wan. Halfway done with Mom. Have one thing for Dad but it's not a lot.
Working on presents for the boyfriend's birthday and Xmas.
So that's.... let's see gotta count there's
2
4
5-4 so 1
5-1 so 4
plus Laverna, Grams
oh and I got the Cool Aunt done.
And I should get something for the Library Goddess.
so that's what like 14 left? Plus the boyfriend x2 so 16.
And I should get stuff for his family so there's more.
Eh, I got time.
I still haven't made my list.
We've started doing this thing over Thanksgiving where all the siblings take over the couches in one room and pass around the ads and make our lists. It's quite handy.
Bookshelves may be good.
I have like 3 well, 4 smaller ones but they're overflowing. Maybe I should ask for some tall ones. I could put them where the shorter ones are now and then use the shorter ones for DVD's and CD's or pictures or something.
But they've gotta be good sturdy ones cause I'm an English major so there's a lot of anthologies involved.
Plus like every work by Shakespeare, a bunch of classic novels, some random nonfiction, and A LOT of popular fiction. One of my volunteers was talking about favorite novels. I told her I was a Patterstonian. She thought that was funny.
Please tell me you get that reference.
Back when the show was still good.
Alright, music and I'm off. Got a meeting in the morning to plan out the next newsletter with the Library Goddess.
Huzzah for coffee.
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
legitimate pre-11:50 post. holy crap tag in use.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man.
Homework bites.
I finished the majority of it, just gotta finish the lesson plan and then I'm DONE!
With the class!!
Well, after I go there on Sunday, but then I'll be DONE!!
With the class!!
Until June!!
It's all very exciting.
Know what else is very exciting?
I Love You Phillip Morris.
Actually it's not so exciting.
I can't make up my mind about it.
The movie is on crack, one minute it's hysterical comedy, then next it's horribly depressing.
Based on a true story of a prisoner who falls in love with another prisoner, but it so happens that the first prisoner is a conman, and then they when they get separated he keeps breaking out of prison so he can be with the other prisoner.
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, genius.
Yes the Grinch and Obiwan Kenobi.
But it's like, one minute he's hilarious comedic, and then something horrific happens and it just makes you sad.
Scale of Awesome says 6/10, not anything too fantastic or that I'll watch again, but it's okay I guess.
I have a whole stack of DVD's I gotta watch in the next few weeks. But I have Saturday off so as soon as my homework is done and posted it's movie marathon. Stoked! First day I've had off and have no plans whatsoever.
Today flew by, this whole week has, nonstop. Got more space for the young adult area, massive display which rocks as I didn't have much before.
More supplies stuff, used the guillotine to chop up some application forms.
That thing is mad wicked man, but gotta keep both hands out from under it because it would totally be me chopping limbs off. Infoman pointed out the Bones episode in which somebody used one as a murder weapon.
Fantastic.
Alright, exhausted.
Here's some music
"Good Hearted Woman" Waylon Jennings
classic.
I'm out!
I finished the majority of it, just gotta finish the lesson plan and then I'm DONE!
With the class!!
Well, after I go there on Sunday, but then I'll be DONE!!
With the class!!
Until June!!
It's all very exciting.
Know what else is very exciting?
I Love You Phillip Morris.
Actually it's not so exciting.
I can't make up my mind about it.
The movie is on crack, one minute it's hysterical comedy, then next it's horribly depressing.
Based on a true story of a prisoner who falls in love with another prisoner, but it so happens that the first prisoner is a conman, and then they when they get separated he keeps breaking out of prison so he can be with the other prisoner.
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, genius.
Yes the Grinch and Obiwan Kenobi.
But it's like, one minute he's hilarious comedic, and then something horrific happens and it just makes you sad.
Scale of Awesome says 6/10, not anything too fantastic or that I'll watch again, but it's okay I guess.
I have a whole stack of DVD's I gotta watch in the next few weeks. But I have Saturday off so as soon as my homework is done and posted it's movie marathon. Stoked! First day I've had off and have no plans whatsoever.
Today flew by, this whole week has, nonstop. Got more space for the young adult area, massive display which rocks as I didn't have much before.
More supplies stuff, used the guillotine to chop up some application forms.
That thing is mad wicked man, but gotta keep both hands out from under it because it would totally be me chopping limbs off. Infoman pointed out the Bones episode in which somebody used one as a murder weapon.
Fantastic.
Alright, exhausted.
Here's some music
"Good Hearted Woman" Waylon Jennings
classic.
I'm out!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thoughts from my Nitrous-addled brain…plus the GCB
Apparently, if my six-year-old nephew can get cavities filled I can get cavities filled.
Or so said my mother in her pep talk on the way to the dentist this morning.
Made me feel semi-pathetic but it worked. I can get cavities filled. As long as there is nitrous involved.
Dude, that stuff is wicked awesome. And I was on it for over an hour so there were a lot of random thoughts that went through my mind.
Thoughts that came to mind while I was on Nitrous:
-Dude. What if like people didn’t have noses. That would suck. Then we’d always have to breathe through our mouths. And then if something happened to your mouth you couldn't breathe. And then you'd be dead. All cause you had no nose.
-Dude. If I flinch is he going to slice off my tongue?
-Dude. That freakin’ repurposing project is this week. How am I gonna finish all those crafts, pilfer a mass amount of withdrawn books, and act semi-crafty in front of the kids? Granted I’ve started on some but they are questionable. But that’s what Squirt and Mentor are for.
-Dude. How awful of an editor am I? I’ve had her stories for over two months and they’re still not finished. How did I used to have time to do all this stuff plus write my own before? Oh right, that was college. Who studied in college? Joe Studley doesn’t like it when I say I guessed or rambled about stuff and got a 4.0 for two semesters.
-Dude. I’m running out of time on my DVR. I need to watch some of those shows so I can delete them and add more.
-Dude. I have so many useless fact books checked out that I should probably make an attempt at reading. Or the one Wordie gave me. A year ago. That’s still sitting on my endtable. But I don’t read books I check out from the library. I think they’re a good idea, so I check them out. And then ultimately I get distracted. However, if I buy the book then I don’t have to worry about due dates or if I’m in the mood to read in this three week period. And then I read.
-Dude. I’m gonna take a monster nap after this.
-Dude. My freakin’ curtains have yet to be hung up in the living room. I hate napping in the light.
-Dude. How does this crap stay in your mouth? If I eat something is it gonna come out. I will puke. Or pass out. Or puke and then pass out.
-Dude. Puking and passing out is not pleasant.
There were a few more Dude’s, but I’ll move on, you get the point.
My dentist rocks. And my hygenist sits with me to make sure I don't pass out.
And they let me wear headphones. Though no singing, sorry Sensei. I was competent enough to control that.
And it wasn't so bad. I made them laugh when I told them my sibling's story. Basically Second Sister was like,
"why does the dentist pinch you when you have a cavity?" and my brother was like,
"that's not a pinch you idiot that's a shot."
and she didn't believe him so he said to keep her eyes open when she's there, then she saw the needle and hated my brother for that.
So after the joy that was nitrous and the fact that I couldn't feel anything or swallow anything for like hours I took a nap. It was wicked awesome. Except it's light out so I really need to hang up these curtains. They've been sitting on my foosball table for like a year.
After my wicked awesome nap with my cat I caught up on some DVR. I don't think he knows what to do when I'm home during the day. He just stares at me. Or bites me cause I'm on his couch.
Anyway, DVR. So I watched Missing. Fantastic. Ashley Judd is a badass. Which I don't think I've said since Double Jeopardy.
Caught up on Bones, it was very creepy at the beginning which was exciting cause it's always so comedic and that's a change of pace. Reminded me of the Gormagon episodes, which were awesome. But then this one ended randomly - it was like is this a cliffhanger or not? Cause I mean are they going to pursue him next episode or is this just another one of those they'll come back to later. There was no big moment at the end to explain. I wish it was a bigger cliffhanger, you know? Something that would make me start watching it live time again? It's not as exciting anymore now that they're finally together. Sorry, ramble-nation.
The GCB is fabulous. I'm in love with it already and there's only been two episodes. BUT IT'S SO FUNNY!
Leslie Bibb is great as ever it's good to see her back in a starring role, Kristin Chenowith is always fantastic, plus you throw in a bunch of other actresses that I know from all these other shows and it's like I KNOW YOU! But how the hell do I know you? Like the chick that plays Heather, took me until the second episode to realize what she was from. I just kept seeing her dancing and hanging out of a limo. And then it hit me, VEGAS VACATION!
Anyway, I love it because it's original and it has fantastic one-liners.
Here are a few of my favorites:
-My bible's in my other purse.
-Why would anyone in their right mind leave Dallas for southern California? We’ve got the same weather without the liberals!
-She’s a yo-yo’er, right now the yo is up.
-Oh darlin’ you were a bitch with teeth.
-You reap what you sow – that’s Texan for karma.
-Onward you christian soldier.
-Got a job at a booby bar. - think that's my favorite cause she says it so blase in her opening narrative
-My husband just died, I’m still mourning the bastard for god’s sake!
-...or I’m gonna move me and the kids to a refrigerator box under the interstate, understood?
-As long as it’s the I-20, nobody we know ever rides that road.
-God she’s such a Pharisee.
-Well, someone’s been reading her New Testament.
-No I just googled hypocrisy.
-You have two guns? Mother what are you afraid of?
-*pulls out a shotgun* Not a damn thing.
So yes, you should watch it. It's fantastic. And now I'm stoked for Scandal. Though it doesn't start until like Mid-April.
Alright, DVR is updated, homework is done and posted, tomorrow is 9-6 so I'm out!
"Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
awesome jam song.
Or so said my mother in her pep talk on the way to the dentist this morning.
Made me feel semi-pathetic but it worked. I can get cavities filled. As long as there is nitrous involved.
Dude, that stuff is wicked awesome. And I was on it for over an hour so there were a lot of random thoughts that went through my mind.
Thoughts that came to mind while I was on Nitrous:
-Dude. What if like people didn’t have noses. That would suck. Then we’d always have to breathe through our mouths. And then if something happened to your mouth you couldn't breathe. And then you'd be dead. All cause you had no nose.
-Dude. If I flinch is he going to slice off my tongue?
-Dude. That freakin’ repurposing project is this week. How am I gonna finish all those crafts, pilfer a mass amount of withdrawn books, and act semi-crafty in front of the kids? Granted I’ve started on some but they are questionable. But that’s what Squirt and Mentor are for.
-Dude. How awful of an editor am I? I’ve had her stories for over two months and they’re still not finished. How did I used to have time to do all this stuff plus write my own before? Oh right, that was college. Who studied in college? Joe Studley doesn’t like it when I say I guessed or rambled about stuff and got a 4.0 for two semesters.
-Dude. I’m running out of time on my DVR. I need to watch some of those shows so I can delete them and add more.
-Dude. I have so many useless fact books checked out that I should probably make an attempt at reading. Or the one Wordie gave me. A year ago. That’s still sitting on my endtable. But I don’t read books I check out from the library. I think they’re a good idea, so I check them out. And then ultimately I get distracted. However, if I buy the book then I don’t have to worry about due dates or if I’m in the mood to read in this three week period. And then I read.
-Dude. I’m gonna take a monster nap after this.
-Dude. My freakin’ curtains have yet to be hung up in the living room. I hate napping in the light.
-Dude. How does this crap stay in your mouth? If I eat something is it gonna come out. I will puke. Or pass out. Or puke and then pass out.
-Dude. Puking and passing out is not pleasant.
There were a few more Dude’s, but I’ll move on, you get the point.
My dentist rocks. And my hygenist sits with me to make sure I don't pass out.
And they let me wear headphones. Though no singing, sorry Sensei. I was competent enough to control that.
And it wasn't so bad. I made them laugh when I told them my sibling's story. Basically Second Sister was like,
"why does the dentist pinch you when you have a cavity?" and my brother was like,
"that's not a pinch you idiot that's a shot."
and she didn't believe him so he said to keep her eyes open when she's there, then she saw the needle and hated my brother for that.
So after the joy that was nitrous and the fact that I couldn't feel anything or swallow anything for like hours I took a nap. It was wicked awesome. Except it's light out so I really need to hang up these curtains. They've been sitting on my foosball table for like a year.
After my wicked awesome nap with my cat I caught up on some DVR. I don't think he knows what to do when I'm home during the day. He just stares at me. Or bites me cause I'm on his couch.
Anyway, DVR. So I watched Missing. Fantastic. Ashley Judd is a badass. Which I don't think I've said since Double Jeopardy.
Caught up on Bones, it was very creepy at the beginning which was exciting cause it's always so comedic and that's a change of pace. Reminded me of the Gormagon episodes, which were awesome. But then this one ended randomly - it was like is this a cliffhanger or not? Cause I mean are they going to pursue him next episode or is this just another one of those they'll come back to later. There was no big moment at the end to explain. I wish it was a bigger cliffhanger, you know? Something that would make me start watching it live time again? It's not as exciting anymore now that they're finally together. Sorry, ramble-nation.
The GCB is fabulous. I'm in love with it already and there's only been two episodes. BUT IT'S SO FUNNY!
Leslie Bibb is great as ever it's good to see her back in a starring role, Kristin Chenowith is always fantastic, plus you throw in a bunch of other actresses that I know from all these other shows and it's like I KNOW YOU! But how the hell do I know you? Like the chick that plays Heather, took me until the second episode to realize what she was from. I just kept seeing her dancing and hanging out of a limo. And then it hit me, VEGAS VACATION!
Anyway, I love it because it's original and it has fantastic one-liners.
Here are a few of my favorites:
-My bible's in my other purse.
-Why would anyone in their right mind leave Dallas for southern California? We’ve got the same weather without the liberals!
-She’s a yo-yo’er, right now the yo is up.
-Oh darlin’ you were a bitch with teeth.
-You reap what you sow – that’s Texan for karma.
-Onward you christian soldier.
-Got a job at a booby bar. - think that's my favorite cause she says it so blase in her opening narrative
-My husband just died, I’m still mourning the bastard for god’s sake!
-...or I’m gonna move me and the kids to a refrigerator box under the interstate, understood?
-As long as it’s the I-20, nobody we know ever rides that road.
-God she’s such a Pharisee.
-Well, someone’s been reading her New Testament.
-No I just googled hypocrisy.
-You have two guns? Mother what are you afraid of?
-*pulls out a shotgun* Not a damn thing.
So yes, you should watch it. It's fantastic. And now I'm stoked for Scandal. Though it doesn't start until like Mid-April.
Alright, DVR is updated, homework is done and posted, tomorrow is 9-6 so I'm out!
"Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
awesome jam song.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
I just want to make you happy, So come and grab me, And love me madly
Pretty sure Carter thinks I'm super lame.
Mostly because I don't have to work tomorrow until 1PM yet I'm still debating on going to bed before 10PM.
When did I turn into this person?
Midnight used to be early for me.
And that was back when I had class every morning.
Now if I see the clock turn 12, or anywhere near it, if I'm even able to stay awake that long, I'm like crap I gotta go to bed or I'll hate myself in the morning!
You know those mornings where you wake up and you're like, crap. Why didn't I go to bed sooner.
Like those "holy crap where is my coffee" kind of mornings?
Yes I realize I used the words "like" and "crap" three times in three sentences.
But I'm about 80 percent already asleep. Or is it asleep already?
Already asleep?
Asleep already?
This is me posting on autopilot.
If I start talking about evil pigs or losing hamsters don't even attempt to translate it.
I won't be able to in the morning and it's my head these random thoughts are springing from.
Did that make sense?
It sounded like it did in my head.
So I've been watching a lot of NCIS:LA. As you've probably noticed, I've mentioned it once or twice. I'm not so deep into it like I was with Chuck or Leverage, but it's a good enough show to have on in the background when you're supposed to be doing other things, you know like homework or writing.
And every once in a while when you look up it's usually worth it.
Though it'll never top its originator.
I like the buddy dynamic between Callen and Sam. Their banter is quite humorous.
Kensi is a badass, Hetty is hilarious, I had completely forgotten about Nate the psychologist until I got season one, but Deeks is still my favorite.
Although sometimes I want to punch him.
But that's how you know it's a good actor.
Like Rachel Berry.
She's a fantastic singer.
But as a person, you kind of always want to punch her.
The actress is so good she makes you hate her. Then love her again when she sings.
I'm assuming she's still the star on Glee, I haven't watched a single episode this season.
I've also fallen behind on Bones - shocker I know! This was my favorite show for like ever. And The Closer - still at midpoint of the season. Big Bang Theory I'm still on last season and that's only because I bought the DVD. If I hadn't I'd still be on the season before that. I love that show. Criminal Minds I read up on online. Warehouse is out on break until July. Grey's I haven't watched regularly since college so like 2 seasons ago.
The only real shows I keep up with are Castle, 2 Broke Girls, and NCIS the original.
And technically I don't really even watch them when they're on live, just DVR'd.
Cause I work.
A lot.
Or I'm gone.
Or distracted.
Or writing.
Or writing and distracted.
Like now.
Agent Jordan Todd from Criminal Minds is currently Detective Jess Traynor on NCIS:LA. Took me 10 minutes to figure out how I knew her and by that time she was already dead.
I feel like somebody should come up with a list.
Of locations and agencies.
Like LAPD is Deeks.
But it's also Brenda Lee Johnson from The Closer.
NYPD is Kate Beckett in Castle but it's also Olivia Benson from SVU.
The FBI is always obnoxious in these shows, but you've still got Agent Booth from Bones and the whole BAU from Criminal Minds.
Trent Kort is a completely obnoxious CIA agent from NCIS but then you've got two "CIA Agent Walker"s aka Annie from Covert Affairs and Sarah from Chuck who are completely anti-Kort.
Though John Casey is the only NSA Agent I'm coming up with.
Then you just got anti-everything with the Leverage gang.
I watch too many crime shows.
But someone should still make a list.
Cause there's even more crime shows that I don't watch.
So there's gotta be more crossover.
Yes I'm a nerd, but in my defense there were no paper towels.
Sorry, that was my Mom's excuse for leaving unmarked luggage in an airport bathroom.
In my actual defense I'm half asleep, I'll be lucky if the above references are actually correct. I'll verify them tomorrow. As for now I'm out.
Plain White T's Week: Day Five
"Our Song"
this is probably my favorite, right up there with Body Parts or Broken Record.
give it a minute you'll like it too.
"1234"
cheesy but it works. like the video. "she hates country music."
Today was good.
I think.
Aside from it being freezing and the majority of our staff is either sick or getting back from being sick.
Went to lunch with Slim Shady and Fearless Leader.
We're thinking more Booze Cakes, this time with some Parks and Rec.
Love the library episode.
Fantastic.
I'm out.
Look, I even made it past 10, huzzah!
Mostly because I don't have to work tomorrow until 1PM yet I'm still debating on going to bed before 10PM.
When did I turn into this person?
Midnight used to be early for me.
And that was back when I had class every morning.
Now if I see the clock turn 12, or anywhere near it, if I'm even able to stay awake that long, I'm like crap I gotta go to bed or I'll hate myself in the morning!
You know those mornings where you wake up and you're like, crap. Why didn't I go to bed sooner.
Like those "holy crap where is my coffee" kind of mornings?
Yes I realize I used the words "like" and "crap" three times in three sentences.
But I'm about 80 percent already asleep. Or is it asleep already?
Already asleep?
Asleep already?
This is me posting on autopilot.
If I start talking about evil pigs or losing hamsters don't even attempt to translate it.
I won't be able to in the morning and it's my head these random thoughts are springing from.
Did that make sense?
It sounded like it did in my head.
So I've been watching a lot of NCIS:LA. As you've probably noticed, I've mentioned it once or twice. I'm not so deep into it like I was with Chuck or Leverage, but it's a good enough show to have on in the background when you're supposed to be doing other things, you know like homework or writing.
And every once in a while when you look up it's usually worth it.
Though it'll never top its originator.
I like the buddy dynamic between Callen and Sam. Their banter is quite humorous.
Kensi is a badass, Hetty is hilarious, I had completely forgotten about Nate the psychologist until I got season one, but Deeks is still my favorite.
Although sometimes I want to punch him.
But that's how you know it's a good actor.
Like Rachel Berry.
She's a fantastic singer.
But as a person, you kind of always want to punch her.
The actress is so good she makes you hate her. Then love her again when she sings.
I'm assuming she's still the star on Glee, I haven't watched a single episode this season.
I've also fallen behind on Bones - shocker I know! This was my favorite show for like ever. And The Closer - still at midpoint of the season. Big Bang Theory I'm still on last season and that's only because I bought the DVD. If I hadn't I'd still be on the season before that. I love that show. Criminal Minds I read up on online. Warehouse is out on break until July. Grey's I haven't watched regularly since college so like 2 seasons ago.
The only real shows I keep up with are Castle, 2 Broke Girls, and NCIS the original.
And technically I don't really even watch them when they're on live, just DVR'd.
Cause I work.
A lot.
Or I'm gone.
Or distracted.
Or writing.
Or writing and distracted.
Like now.
Agent Jordan Todd from Criminal Minds is currently Detective Jess Traynor on NCIS:LA. Took me 10 minutes to figure out how I knew her and by that time she was already dead.
I feel like somebody should come up with a list.
Of locations and agencies.
Like LAPD is Deeks.
But it's also Brenda Lee Johnson from The Closer.
NYPD is Kate Beckett in Castle but it's also Olivia Benson from SVU.
The FBI is always obnoxious in these shows, but you've still got Agent Booth from Bones and the whole BAU from Criminal Minds.
Trent Kort is a completely obnoxious CIA agent from NCIS but then you've got two "CIA Agent Walker"s aka Annie from Covert Affairs and Sarah from Chuck who are completely anti-Kort.
Though John Casey is the only NSA Agent I'm coming up with.
Then you just got anti-everything with the Leverage gang.
I watch too many crime shows.
But someone should still make a list.
Cause there's even more crime shows that I don't watch.
So there's gotta be more crossover.
Yes I'm a nerd, but in my defense there were no paper towels.
Sorry, that was my Mom's excuse for leaving unmarked luggage in an airport bathroom.
In my actual defense I'm half asleep, I'll be lucky if the above references are actually correct. I'll verify them tomorrow. As for now I'm out.
Plain White T's Week: Day Five
"Our Song"
this is probably my favorite, right up there with Body Parts or Broken Record.
give it a minute you'll like it too.
"1234"
cheesy but it works. like the video. "she hates country music."
Today was good.
I think.
Aside from it being freezing and the majority of our staff is either sick or getting back from being sick.
Went to lunch with Slim Shady and Fearless Leader.
We're thinking more Booze Cakes, this time with some Parks and Rec.
Love the library episode.
Fantastic.
I'm out.
Look, I even made it past 10, huzzah!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Take Six
Oh my god, Oh my god, the snake on Bones, totally disgusting. Did anyone else watch that? I'm still screaming.
Alright, more Quotes of the Year
Friends:
Lori: "Give him a pamphlet and tell him to find Jesus."
advice for making stalkers go away
Ben at the derby: "I could be wearing them now, You don't know what I'm wearing under these jeans." fishnet stockings...
Me: "That was pretty."
Ben: "That wasn't pretty at all. It was hardcore."
Me: "Right it was hardcore pretty!"
Wordsmith: When do I get a blender?
W's Mom: When you get married.
Wordsmith: How do you expect me to get a woman if I can't blend a margarita?
Me: “How do I make it go woo?”
D...R partner: “Tripods don’t make that noise.”
…
Me: “Did it work?”
D...R partner: “I guess we’ll find out if it falls down and breaks.”
pre-recording our Delayed...Reaction new songs
Juwanna: “That’s why I don’t know anything about babies, I ran after you!”
i'm sorry! but watching that on tv was just not appetizing at all!
Smo: “Show me your T-Magic!”
yeah, she actually said it. to T-Magic. well, yelled it at him as he was leaving.
Pastor: “Cause when I think of cheerleaders I think of the Golden Girls.” golfing. enough said.
Taylor: “Where’s your lost and found?”
Carrie the nurse: “Somebody lose their skivvies?”
Me: “Just put it on the table.”
Carrie: “Don’t put them there, I keep meds there!”
camp fun.
Jim/Me/Ken: JANSEN!
more camp fun.
Grad School:
Classmate: "I was in nursing until I realized I have no bedside manner." on life before the library
Classmate: "Just don't be a D-bag."
Me: "That's your mission statement?" that's his life code.
Classmate: "Unless he was quelling their rebellion by boring them to death." someone's comment of joy about the diary of a certain one of shackleton's crew members
Presenter: "Why do we collect statistics? Anyone?" *silence* "Okay!"
Classmate: "Yeah, but there's a difference between that and forgetting to put sauce on a big mac!" this chick is married to a military officer so they were talking about discipline and then this other dude's former boss was an officer and flipped out at this dude at mcdonalds for messing up his order. somehow that mistake got tied to officers making mistakes and having consequences.
Professor: "Note to self, it there's ice and a ship, don't go!" about titanic and shackleton.
Professor: "You need a plan, Shackleton."
Library Goddessisms:
-"That could bore the paint off walls..."
-"I'm so glad that spellcheck doesn't have a 'duh'... It took me five times to spell weenie..."
-"Got sexier than their server will support!"
-"Why are we looking up magazine articles on the Titanic? It sunk, we're over it...Why would you go to that movie? We know how it ends! I can save you some money, it sinks!"
-"Interoperability...haha, FACE!" excited she could spell it
-"Who, When, What, Where and then we have another Who...ish" about citation
-"That's why there are 800 books named 'Frog'!!.......I don't know where that example came from." since you can't put a copyright on a title
-"Ha! plus five!" pronounced a difficult last name correctly
-"Donkey Hotey" okay...I can't explain that one
-"I don't care if you have a girl middle and a boy high or a boy middle and a girl high...school! High school!" yeah...haha, gotta include school on that one.
-"Take the call but go down the hall, don't say Hey by the door. We don't care about your hey." but it was like "Hey" as in "Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho" hysterical.
-"You will not get a handout for your marriage." true dat.
-"They call it the highrise because it's the only building there with 2 stories."
-"Support a para-professional a year, pay your library fines!"
-"Hoarders...one time's all you need."
-"Practice in your car, they'll just think you're singing."
-"I've been booktalking since dirt!"
-"I've read that book four times and I still don't know what happens!"
-"Like we'd know if you mess up...if it falls apart just lie!" booktalks
-"Big plastic fish thing." Jaws, she was talking about Jaws.
TV:
Claudia (Warehouse 13): "Well, Serendipity is my stripper name." Oh Claudia, how much you add to Warehouse 13's already awesome level.
Wolcott: "Is there not a man in London you haven't charmed?"
Helena (HG) Wells: "Oscar Wilde, and not for lack of trying."
Castle: “How do you know when you’re in love?”
Beckett: “All of the songs make sense.”
Roz (Frasier): “Just passing by, thought I’d stop in for a career.”
Frasier: “We’ve decided to think it’s charming.”
Maya (Just Shoot Me): "Competition brings out the worst in people!"
Nina: "Actually bike shorts bring out the worst in people..."
Nina: “Guess what I got!”
Finch: “Why, are they stumped down at the clinic?”
The Chief (Carmen Sandiego): “If cheese isn’t safe in Wisconsin, nothing is safe in Wisconsin!”
Victoria (Hot in Cleveland): "God I hate jocks!"
Joy: "You were married to a wide receiver!"
Victoria: "I still don't know what sport that is!"
Carrie Fisher: “I just have basically too much personality for one person but not enough for two.”
Magwilde (Bonekickers): "It's like graveyard jenga down here." Freaking Bonekickers. Every thought in my head for weeks came out in a Scottish accent.
Victoria (Mike and Molly): “So yes, I do believe in Bigfoot. And yes, I think he’s a total jerk.”
Elphaba (Wicked): “Not everyone can come and go by bubble.”
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe: “He punched the highlights out of her hair!”
Kelly (Charlie's Angels): “You move it turkey, we were here first!”
General Beckman (Chuck): “It’s longer than my copy of Atlas Shrugged!”
Castle: “And now, I own a boat!”
love the horn at the end.
Random:
-Bumper Sticker: “Hit me, I need the excitement.”
-Rasputin was poisoned, shot and drowned.
-An Angler on the Amazon hit a beehive with his stick. In order to avoid the angry bees he jumped into the river and was eaten by piranhas.
-When in doubt shelf-read the jNonfiction. That place is always a disaster area.
-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.
A random collection of knowledge I know. That's the beauty of public libraries. The information is limitless, unlike academic or special libraries. Booyah.
New Life Mottos:
-Social life in progress
-Well that’s something to scrapbook
-At least the baby stopped crying
-I’m just coloring in the chicken feathers
-Black in the crevices
-I’m a constant surprise
-I’m just not hooked on your phonics
-That's a second Friends reference for those of you counting.
-Because everyone should have someone to scream at in a giant elephant.
-Another day another margarita
-And don't go all shrink on me. If you tried to analyze my crazy you'd drive yourself there.
-Is she telling me this because she expects me to be social?
-The Sideways Hat Theory
-I live my life behind the tab.
and that's all she wrote.
Alright, more Quotes of the Year
Friends:
Lori: "Give him a pamphlet and tell him to find Jesus."
advice for making stalkers go away
Ben at the derby: "I could be wearing them now, You don't know what I'm wearing under these jeans." fishnet stockings...
Me: "That was pretty."
Ben: "That wasn't pretty at all. It was hardcore."
Me: "Right it was hardcore pretty!"
Wordsmith: When do I get a blender?
W's Mom: When you get married.
Wordsmith: How do you expect me to get a woman if I can't blend a margarita?
Me: “How do I make it go woo?”
D...R partner: “Tripods don’t make that noise.”
…
Me: “Did it work?”
D...R partner: “I guess we’ll find out if it falls down and breaks.”
pre-recording our Delayed...Reaction new songs
Juwanna: “That’s why I don’t know anything about babies, I ran after you!”
i'm sorry! but watching that on tv was just not appetizing at all!
Smo: “Show me your T-Magic!”
yeah, she actually said it. to T-Magic. well, yelled it at him as he was leaving.
Pastor: “Cause when I think of cheerleaders I think of the Golden Girls.” golfing. enough said.
Taylor: “Where’s your lost and found?”
Carrie the nurse: “Somebody lose their skivvies?”
Me: “Just put it on the table.”
Carrie: “Don’t put them there, I keep meds there!”
camp fun.
Jim/Me/Ken: JANSEN!
more camp fun.
Grad School:
Classmate: "I was in nursing until I realized I have no bedside manner." on life before the library
Classmate: "Just don't be a D-bag."
Me: "That's your mission statement?" that's his life code.
Classmate: "Unless he was quelling their rebellion by boring them to death." someone's comment of joy about the diary of a certain one of shackleton's crew members
Presenter: "Why do we collect statistics? Anyone?" *silence* "Okay!"
Classmate: "Yeah, but there's a difference between that and forgetting to put sauce on a big mac!" this chick is married to a military officer so they were talking about discipline and then this other dude's former boss was an officer and flipped out at this dude at mcdonalds for messing up his order. somehow that mistake got tied to officers making mistakes and having consequences.
Professor: "Note to self, it there's ice and a ship, don't go!" about titanic and shackleton.
Professor: "You need a plan, Shackleton."
Library Goddessisms:
-"That could bore the paint off walls..."
-"I'm so glad that spellcheck doesn't have a 'duh'... It took me five times to spell weenie..."
-"Got sexier than their server will support!"
-"Why are we looking up magazine articles on the Titanic? It sunk, we're over it...Why would you go to that movie? We know how it ends! I can save you some money, it sinks!"
-"Interoperability...haha, FACE!" excited she could spell it
-"Who, When, What, Where and then we have another Who...ish" about citation
-"That's why there are 800 books named 'Frog'!!.......I don't know where that example came from." since you can't put a copyright on a title
-"Ha! plus five!" pronounced a difficult last name correctly
-"Donkey Hotey" okay...I can't explain that one
-"I don't care if you have a girl middle and a boy high or a boy middle and a girl high...school! High school!" yeah...haha, gotta include school on that one.
-"Take the call but go down the hall, don't say Hey by the door. We don't care about your hey." but it was like "Hey" as in "Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho" hysterical.
-"You will not get a handout for your marriage." true dat.
-"They call it the highrise because it's the only building there with 2 stories."
-"Support a para-professional a year, pay your library fines!"
-"Hoarders...one time's all you need."
-"Practice in your car, they'll just think you're singing."
-"I've been booktalking since dirt!"
-"I've read that book four times and I still don't know what happens!"
-"Like we'd know if you mess up...if it falls apart just lie!" booktalks
-"Big plastic fish thing." Jaws, she was talking about Jaws.
TV:
Claudia (Warehouse 13): "Well, Serendipity is my stripper name." Oh Claudia, how much you add to Warehouse 13's already awesome level.
Wolcott: "Is there not a man in London you haven't charmed?"
Helena (HG) Wells: "Oscar Wilde, and not for lack of trying."
Castle: “How do you know when you’re in love?”
Beckett: “All of the songs make sense.”
Roz (Frasier): “Just passing by, thought I’d stop in for a career.”
Frasier: “We’ve decided to think it’s charming.”
Maya (Just Shoot Me): "Competition brings out the worst in people!"
Nina: "Actually bike shorts bring out the worst in people..."
Nina: “Guess what I got!”
Finch: “Why, are they stumped down at the clinic?”
The Chief (Carmen Sandiego): “If cheese isn’t safe in Wisconsin, nothing is safe in Wisconsin!”
Victoria (Hot in Cleveland): "God I hate jocks!"
Joy: "You were married to a wide receiver!"
Victoria: "I still don't know what sport that is!"
Carrie Fisher: “I just have basically too much personality for one person but not enough for two.”
Magwilde (Bonekickers): "It's like graveyard jenga down here." Freaking Bonekickers. Every thought in my head for weeks came out in a Scottish accent.
Victoria (Mike and Molly): “So yes, I do believe in Bigfoot. And yes, I think he’s a total jerk.”
Elphaba (Wicked): “Not everyone can come and go by bubble.”
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe: “He punched the highlights out of her hair!”
Kelly (Charlie's Angels): “You move it turkey, we were here first!”
General Beckman (Chuck): “It’s longer than my copy of Atlas Shrugged!”
Castle: “And now, I own a boat!”
love the horn at the end.
Random:
-Bumper Sticker: “Hit me, I need the excitement.”
-Rasputin was poisoned, shot and drowned.
-An Angler on the Amazon hit a beehive with his stick. In order to avoid the angry bees he jumped into the river and was eaten by piranhas.
-When in doubt shelf-read the jNonfiction. That place is always a disaster area.
-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.
A random collection of knowledge I know. That's the beauty of public libraries. The information is limitless, unlike academic or special libraries. Booyah.
New Life Mottos:
-Social life in progress
-Well that’s something to scrapbook
-At least the baby stopped crying
-I’m just coloring in the chicken feathers
-Black in the crevices
-I’m a constant surprise
-I’m just not hooked on your phonics
-That's a second Friends reference for those of you counting.
-Because everyone should have someone to scream at in a giant elephant.
-Another day another margarita
-And don't go all shrink on me. If you tried to analyze my crazy you'd drive yourself there.
-Is she telling me this because she expects me to be social?
-The Sideways Hat Theory
-I live my life behind the tab.
and that's all she wrote.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
*Spoiler Alert*
Okay, enough time has elapsed at this point to where, I think I can talk about this stuff. If you haven't seen the finales at this point either you don't watch the show or you just don't care how the season ended. So, this post will most likely be filled with spoilers to various tv show finales. Aka NCIS, Bones, Castle and Criminal Minds. So, if you haven't seen the finales and plan on watching them online or something you should skip this post. Or at least skip to the bottom.
What was it, the year of death?! Dude! Even on Glee! I'm wondering if the different networks have some sort of meeting and decide on a theme. Like, let's make everyone happy this year and unite the love interests or let's kill someone off that everybody loves so they tune in next year just to see how we can screw up next!
NCIS - Okay, so you knew it was going to be a big episode after the mystery eye opened MTAC. Seriously. But did they have to kill off Mike Franks?! I totally cried. I like him. Couldn't they have killed Trent Kort instead? As sad as it was the funeral scene was still pretty cool with Gibbs and all the Navy stuff. Speculation for next season: Tony investigating Gibbs. Cause, I mean, who else is he going to investigate? They've already done enough to Ziva, Tim doesn't really have a secret past and with Gibbs there's endless material. Plus he's having that sort-of feud with Vance lately. He's suspicious of his past or something, there's gotta be some kind of retaliation. Right?
Bones - Um, can I just say FINALLY! Emily Deschanel is actually pregnant so we knew somehow that had to come into play. I didn't think this would be the kind of show to hide her behind lab tables, although there would be plenty. Oh my god, could you imagine having pregnancy hormones and morning sickness on that set? There's a disgusting and decomposing dead body in every episode! (Well, minus the live victim from this season) I'm sad they didn't give us more details about Booth and Bones.
Speculation: Is Angela going to start bringing her baby to work or is there going to be some sort of daycare center at the lab? Next year's gonna be awesome. let's leave it at that.
Castle - Big episode! and finally for Castle and Beckett too! even though she's like dying and all that. But they can't kill her off because then they wouldn't have a show.
Speculation: When they told us someone was going to die this season I immediately jumped to Montgomery. The captain is always the one that gets killed off or leaves. And, because Hollywood is cliche, I'm sure he'll be replaced by a strong female character that Kate hates. Bones, Saving Grace, and NCIS all did it already.
-Bones had Cam, who thankfully turned out to be awesome. She replaced Dr. Goodman who I still refer to as "Ed" no matter what he's in because he played Claire's husband Ed in Women's Murder Club. Just like Claire will always be Claire even though she plays Vance's wife on NCIS and a victim's wife on Bones and a cop on Criminal Minds and the chick in the census commercials, yeah, yeah, I know, Move On, I've heard it all.
-Anyway, then there was Lt. Kate Perry on Saving Grace who took over when their old captain got shot in the head in the squadroom only a couple episodes in. The squad of course loved their old captain but Grace had a history with Kate so they got along fine.
-NCIS had Jenny Shepherd ascend to the director spot after the first/second season's dude, who we saw in maybe 10 episodes out of the 2 seasons he was supposed to be the director, retired. That was controversy even though she was pretty kickass.
-Even with The Closer Brenda Leigh was parachuted over all their heads and they hated her. We loved her but they hated her. Now they love her too. Soon she'll be leaving and replaced by someone else as well in the spinoff. And that's gotta be a female lead as well since it's got soooo many male cast members, unless they're leaving too. There's gonna be a lot of pressure for that spinoff since the Closer is so popular. Few spinoffs are as good as the originals. Law and Order SVU is better than the original, but that's just my opinion. And Sketch's. Plus technically, NCIS was introduced through an episode of Jag so I guess you could call that a spinoff. Oh, and what was with that Finder episode of Bones? Totally and completely random. Is that going to be a spinoff as well? They've got the big actors for it so I wouldn't be surprised.
Criminal Minds - Okay, I couldn't resist. Technically this is a spoiler for next season instead of the finale as I didn't watch anything from this season. With good reason. You take away the good main characters to fund a crappy spinoff that was going to fail anyway and the fans protest. And it works!
GUESS WHO'S BACK!
TAKE THAT, CREATIVE REASONS! AJ/JJ and Paget/Prentiss back on CM, Awesomeness! Now I can start watching again. Totally stoked. Now all we need is a new contract for Thomas and we're golden. He's the only one who isn't officially signed on my next season.
Speculation: Gotta kill off Doyle to get Prentiss back. He's the reason they faked her death and she went underground. Only JJ and Hotch know - although, they're a group of profilers so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them don't already know as well. And if they didn't...then they're probably just going to be pissed they weren't told. Morgan especially.
yeah yeah, i didn't watch the show but i read up on it as the season went on, had to know what was going on with the characters i still liked. temporarily felt sad for the temp actress when i read her twitter but i'm past that. AJ/JJ and Paget/Prentiss returning trump any bad emotion left behind from last season.
Felt I should do this now as I haven't really posted posted in a while. Minus the cough medicine night it's mostly just been the highlights and then I'm going to bed now because I have to work and do more homework. Which will pretty much sum up my upcoming week as well. Monday is work then Saltdogs game, huzzah! Tuesday is work then homework then more work, Wednesday is work then teen program for class then WICKED! HUZZAH to that! gonna have to brush up on my wizard of oz beforehand. Thursday is work plus homework and Friday is work plus homework plus finalized posting of all homework. Then Saturday is the last class we have to show up for. Next week we're just posting stuff online by Saturday. I think. Will have to look into that.
Music Rec for the night:
You can't really top last night's, they're actually a really good band. I was impressed by them earlier and again last night. They did Raise Your Glass since her voice was back I was stoked.
"She's got the rhythm, and I got the blues" - Alan Jackson
I've been a fan of Alan Jackson since I was a kid and I still totally jam out when they come up on my ipod. This is one of my favorites. Although, in the video, I'm thinking her dance moves say a lot more than "I'm over you" ...haha. *insert joke about exotic dancers next door* SEE! That still works....even though I don't actually have exotic dancers living next door. At least I think I don't. But I don't really know my neighbors. Hmmm...
And here's an extra Video Rec for you tonight.
Glee interview outtakes "Say what?!"
must watch at least chord's president bush impersonation. duuuude. plus the on set dancing.
What was it, the year of death?! Dude! Even on Glee! I'm wondering if the different networks have some sort of meeting and decide on a theme. Like, let's make everyone happy this year and unite the love interests or let's kill someone off that everybody loves so they tune in next year just to see how we can screw up next!
NCIS - Okay, so you knew it was going to be a big episode after the mystery eye opened MTAC. Seriously. But did they have to kill off Mike Franks?! I totally cried. I like him. Couldn't they have killed Trent Kort instead? As sad as it was the funeral scene was still pretty cool with Gibbs and all the Navy stuff. Speculation for next season: Tony investigating Gibbs. Cause, I mean, who else is he going to investigate? They've already done enough to Ziva, Tim doesn't really have a secret past and with Gibbs there's endless material. Plus he's having that sort-of feud with Vance lately. He's suspicious of his past or something, there's gotta be some kind of retaliation. Right?
Bones - Um, can I just say FINALLY! Emily Deschanel is actually pregnant so we knew somehow that had to come into play. I didn't think this would be the kind of show to hide her behind lab tables, although there would be plenty. Oh my god, could you imagine having pregnancy hormones and morning sickness on that set? There's a disgusting and decomposing dead body in every episode! (Well, minus the live victim from this season) I'm sad they didn't give us more details about Booth and Bones.
Speculation: Is Angela going to start bringing her baby to work or is there going to be some sort of daycare center at the lab? Next year's gonna be awesome. let's leave it at that.
Castle - Big episode! and finally for Castle and Beckett too! even though she's like dying and all that. But they can't kill her off because then they wouldn't have a show.
Speculation: When they told us someone was going to die this season I immediately jumped to Montgomery. The captain is always the one that gets killed off or leaves. And, because Hollywood is cliche, I'm sure he'll be replaced by a strong female character that Kate hates. Bones, Saving Grace, and NCIS all did it already.
-Bones had Cam, who thankfully turned out to be awesome. She replaced Dr. Goodman who I still refer to as "Ed" no matter what he's in because he played Claire's husband Ed in Women's Murder Club. Just like Claire will always be Claire even though she plays Vance's wife on NCIS and a victim's wife on Bones and a cop on Criminal Minds and the chick in the census commercials, yeah, yeah, I know, Move On, I've heard it all.
-Anyway, then there was Lt. Kate Perry on Saving Grace who took over when their old captain got shot in the head in the squadroom only a couple episodes in. The squad of course loved their old captain but Grace had a history with Kate so they got along fine.
-NCIS had Jenny Shepherd ascend to the director spot after the first/second season's dude, who we saw in maybe 10 episodes out of the 2 seasons he was supposed to be the director, retired. That was controversy even though she was pretty kickass.
-Even with The Closer Brenda Leigh was parachuted over all their heads and they hated her. We loved her but they hated her. Now they love her too. Soon she'll be leaving and replaced by someone else as well in the spinoff. And that's gotta be a female lead as well since it's got soooo many male cast members, unless they're leaving too. There's gonna be a lot of pressure for that spinoff since the Closer is so popular. Few spinoffs are as good as the originals. Law and Order SVU is better than the original, but that's just my opinion. And Sketch's. Plus technically, NCIS was introduced through an episode of Jag so I guess you could call that a spinoff. Oh, and what was with that Finder episode of Bones? Totally and completely random. Is that going to be a spinoff as well? They've got the big actors for it so I wouldn't be surprised.
Criminal Minds - Okay, I couldn't resist. Technically this is a spoiler for next season instead of the finale as I didn't watch anything from this season. With good reason. You take away the good main characters to fund a crappy spinoff that was going to fail anyway and the fans protest. And it works!
GUESS WHO'S BACK!
TAKE THAT, CREATIVE REASONS! AJ/JJ and Paget/Prentiss back on CM, Awesomeness! Now I can start watching again. Totally stoked. Now all we need is a new contract for Thomas and we're golden. He's the only one who isn't officially signed on my next season.
Speculation: Gotta kill off Doyle to get Prentiss back. He's the reason they faked her death and she went underground. Only JJ and Hotch know - although, they're a group of profilers so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them don't already know as well. And if they didn't...then they're probably just going to be pissed they weren't told. Morgan especially.
yeah yeah, i didn't watch the show but i read up on it as the season went on, had to know what was going on with the characters i still liked. temporarily felt sad for the temp actress when i read her twitter but i'm past that. AJ/JJ and Paget/Prentiss returning trump any bad emotion left behind from last season.
Felt I should do this now as I haven't really posted posted in a while. Minus the cough medicine night it's mostly just been the highlights and then I'm going to bed now because I have to work and do more homework. Which will pretty much sum up my upcoming week as well. Monday is work then Saltdogs game, huzzah! Tuesday is work then homework then more work, Wednesday is work then teen program for class then WICKED! HUZZAH to that! gonna have to brush up on my wizard of oz beforehand. Thursday is work plus homework and Friday is work plus homework plus finalized posting of all homework. Then Saturday is the last class we have to show up for. Next week we're just posting stuff online by Saturday. I think. Will have to look into that.
Music Rec for the night:
You can't really top last night's, they're actually a really good band. I was impressed by them earlier and again last night. They did Raise Your Glass since her voice was back I was stoked.
"She's got the rhythm, and I got the blues" - Alan Jackson
I've been a fan of Alan Jackson since I was a kid and I still totally jam out when they come up on my ipod. This is one of my favorites. Although, in the video, I'm thinking her dance moves say a lot more than "I'm over you" ...haha. *insert joke about exotic dancers next door* SEE! That still works....even though I don't actually have exotic dancers living next door. At least I think I don't. But I don't really know my neighbors. Hmmm...
And here's an extra Video Rec for you tonight.
Glee interview outtakes "Say what?!"
must watch at least chord's president bush impersonation. duuuude. plus the on set dancing.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Stars, golden stars!
There was this professor in college who gave us this assignment that wasn't really followed up on, it was just in the syllabus and not mentioned in class so when we showed up for class that day she was like, "did anyone write the paper?" and a few of us raised our hands and she replied, "Stars! Golden stars!" then moved on. It was hysterical. Didn't even collect the papers. I think it was like a one page essay or something so not that big of a deal but it was hilarious and that line has just kind of stuck with me.
Today was fantastic. The day actually started on a high note, my Glee-loving boss and Space Cadet said I deserved a gold star for shifting books - we had this big hole in the 613 section aka health and wellness so I moved books so there wasn't a gap, and like every freaking book fell on me cause I'm a klutz and I could just hear everyone at the desk giggling with every book that fell on me. But I got to show off my handywork today to Space Cadet since it's finished and my Glee-loving boss literally stuck a gold star on my forehead. I felt special. But I moved it to my nametag since I had this weird feeling that this would be the day when someone like my sister would come in just out of nowhere and be like, why is there a gold star on your forehead?
Then at the other branch, Boss's boss's boss told me I did good yesterday at the meeting. Almost jumped for joy but held it in as that would probably be unprofessional. Anyway, got to see my favorite patron and we talked about going to the derby in a couple of weeks then had a lot of fun with my coworkers. They're all great, I love the staff at both places really. They are a major reason I love my job. Jobs.
Quote of the day
- "I'm too mellow to be one fellow. Shoulda been a dozen," (favorite patron).
- Then of course there was an interesting conversation about dresses and cowboy boots that I won't repeat. Gonna be a fun wedding, I'm stoked.
Music rec for the day - Maroon 5 "Harder to Breathe" 2003
Since I'm on kind of a Maroon 5 kick, cool video as well.
Think I'm gonna catch up on my missed shows from this week, I love Hulu it's fantastic. Not sure if they were new though, I did get to watch Castle which was hilarious, special guest star central seriously. So basically just going to have to see if Harry's Law or NCIS was new. I know Glee wasn't. And I think I missed Bones for a couple of weeks now so will have to look into that. Yay for a slow and relaxing night, that's new.
"Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe..."
Today was fantastic. The day actually started on a high note, my Glee-loving boss and Space Cadet said I deserved a gold star for shifting books - we had this big hole in the 613 section aka health and wellness so I moved books so there wasn't a gap, and like every freaking book fell on me cause I'm a klutz and I could just hear everyone at the desk giggling with every book that fell on me. But I got to show off my handywork today to Space Cadet since it's finished and my Glee-loving boss literally stuck a gold star on my forehead. I felt special. But I moved it to my nametag since I had this weird feeling that this would be the day when someone like my sister would come in just out of nowhere and be like, why is there a gold star on your forehead?
Then at the other branch, Boss's boss's boss told me I did good yesterday at the meeting. Almost jumped for joy but held it in as that would probably be unprofessional. Anyway, got to see my favorite patron and we talked about going to the derby in a couple of weeks then had a lot of fun with my coworkers. They're all great, I love the staff at both places really. They are a major reason I love my job. Jobs.
Quote of the day
- "I'm too mellow to be one fellow. Shoulda been a dozen," (favorite patron).
- Then of course there was an interesting conversation about dresses and cowboy boots that I won't repeat. Gonna be a fun wedding, I'm stoked.
Music rec for the day - Maroon 5 "Harder to Breathe" 2003
Since I'm on kind of a Maroon 5 kick, cool video as well.
Think I'm gonna catch up on my missed shows from this week, I love Hulu it's fantastic. Not sure if they were new though, I did get to watch Castle which was hilarious, special guest star central seriously. So basically just going to have to see if Harry's Law or NCIS was new. I know Glee wasn't. And I think I missed Bones for a couple of weeks now so will have to look into that. Yay for a slow and relaxing night, that's new.
"Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe..."
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mayberry meets Star Trek
I'm a High-Tech Redneck. George Jones, look it up.
Time: 8:18 PM
Location: Couch
Attitude: Excited
Work today was fun, got to work with the QofA this morning which was awesome since I haven't seen her in like a week. Then I came back in tonight for two hours so I spent the afternoon cleaning my apartment/watching murder she wrote season 1 cause it was due like today/doing laundry/working on my project.
Almost finished with the project, I'll try to get it all shiny and published by late tonight or early tomorrow afternoon as it is due Saturday night. I don't want her going all "I'm disappointed" on me, I enjoy my 100 percent. Besides, no one else has posted theirs yet so I think I'm okay. Plus I researched this one like researched researched and interviewed my coworkers. I hope my chart doesn't suck. On paper it looks like a total disaster mess, but that's what the computer is for, to make it all shiny and pretty.
Anyway, I'm totally stoked now cause tonight Smo aka my high school roommate aka the Alex Munday to my Dylan Sanders (or my Helen Zaas, which if you haven't seen Full Throttle won't make sense) there are more of the "aka"s and "to my"s but I'll leave it there since she will be here in minutes. Anyway, totally stoked cause yeah she's coming to stay, woohoo!
Work tomorrow morning, then will spend afternoon/night with high school friends. Yowza! yes, that was a Bones impression Amber, I can hear Emily Deschanel's voice in my head. And recorded on my phone, cause it was hysterical.
Aaannd, I'm out. Have a good night!
Time: 8:18 PM
Location: Couch
Attitude: Excited
Work today was fun, got to work with the QofA this morning which was awesome since I haven't seen her in like a week. Then I came back in tonight for two hours so I spent the afternoon cleaning my apartment/watching murder she wrote season 1 cause it was due like today/doing laundry/working on my project.
Almost finished with the project, I'll try to get it all shiny and published by late tonight or early tomorrow afternoon as it is due Saturday night. I don't want her going all "I'm disappointed" on me, I enjoy my 100 percent. Besides, no one else has posted theirs yet so I think I'm okay. Plus I researched this one like researched researched and interviewed my coworkers. I hope my chart doesn't suck. On paper it looks like a total disaster mess, but that's what the computer is for, to make it all shiny and pretty.
Anyway, I'm totally stoked now cause tonight Smo aka my high school roommate aka the Alex Munday to my Dylan Sanders (or my Helen Zaas, which if you haven't seen Full Throttle won't make sense) there are more of the "aka"s and "to my"s but I'll leave it there since she will be here in minutes. Anyway, totally stoked cause yeah she's coming to stay, woohoo!
Work tomorrow morning, then will spend afternoon/night with high school friends. Yowza! yes, that was a Bones impression Amber, I can hear Emily Deschanel's voice in my head. And recorded on my phone, cause it was hysterical.
Aaannd, I'm out. Have a good night!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
This is a week of my favorite things Day Three: Television
Despite spending the day surrounded by white walls and sterilized equiptment my day didn't totally suck. Bonus points for a fun family.
Quotes of the day:
Sarah: "You'd pick up a section of the couch and say, 'well, there's seven.'" My sister on cleaning her house and finding pacifiers
Mark: "I used to say 'Oh Pigeons' it's appropriate cause they're annoying as crap." My brother on swear words growing up
Mandy: "Stick him in the closet with a piece of cheese and a glass of water." My niece about her brother after he was being annoying
Mark: "We'll split the trains four ways, Carrie can have the beer mugs."
Sarah: "I want the Corve."
Me: "Can I have the Bird?"
Mark: "Yes, we'll flip you the Bird." Us jokingly dividing up the inheritance, Corve as in Corvette, Bird as in T-Bird.
Sarah: "Should we just move him into Heritage from here? I'm sure there's an open room." Joking about the nursing home, I won't say what my reply was but I will say Sarah was in tears from laughter.
Okay, so Day Three is all about TV. Even though the only thing I watched today was two minutes of Fox News once I found the station.
Because of work and school and a seldom social life I actually don't watch as much TV as I used to but I still have my favorites.
So, I'll start off with all-time favorites.
1. Women's Murder Club - the genius of James Patterson put on prime-time TV. But, due to the writer's strike and its poor timing it got cut off before it's prime. Luckily, there are still fans out there keeping it alive. Woohoo WMC day May 13th! Awesome kickbutt female cast of Angie Harmon, Paula Newsome, Laura Harris and newcomer Aubrey Dollar brought in comedy, intrigue, and just a kickass show that I wish was still running. My best friend has done character artwork and tattoos for me cause I'm that crazy, see first post. (1 season, 2007-2008)
2. Charmed - I know that sister-witches who vanquish demons doesn't sound all that great but when you add in actresses like Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano plus some comedy and major action you get kick-butt results. Even after Shannen got killed off Rose McGowan totally pulled it off. (8 seasons, 1998-2006)
3. Friends - this one is a classic without needing any explanation. Each character was unique, the writing was fantasic, and the story lines kept you intrigued and coming back for ten seasons. I'm such a nerd, again as told in the first post, quote a line and I'll tell you which episode it's from. (10 seasons, 1994-2004)
4. Just Shoot Me - As you can tell from a lot of my posts on TV I really root for the bitch character and I think it originated from this show. Wendie Malick as Nina Van Horn the take no prisoners fashion model just made me aware of how awesome it could be to be that mean and not even to care because you're still just that awesome. (Following her lead came Jane Lynch in Glee, Natalie Zea in Dirty Sexy Money, Megan Mullally in Will and Grace, Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous, Lauren Lane from The Nanny, more recently Mary McDonnell in The Closer, or Kyra Sedgwick who's always that way in The Closer, and my alltime hero Holly Hunter in Saving Grace) Back to JSM, even aside from Wendie Malick's character you get Dennis Finch aka David Spade the snarky office assistant, Enrico Colantoni as Elliot the ladies man photographer, George Segal as Jack Gallo the boss, and Laura San Giacomo (also in Saving Grace) who plays the main character, Maya, who is forced to work for her father at Blush Magazine when she goes broke. It's just fantastic. (7 seasons, 1997-2003)
5. Grey's Anatomy - This is the kind of primetime soap opera that builds careers. Had you heard of anyone besides Patrick Dempsey before 2005? Maybe Sandra Oh. But other than them, unless you are into cheesy romance flicks pre-Grey's that starred Katherine Heigl or paid really close attention in Daredevil to catch a glimpse of Ellen Pompeo then I'm gonna go with no. But now, you know all about them just because of this show and its popularity. The drama of ER plus the comedy of Friends gives you the best rated primetime soap opera still running. And yes, me and my friends do compare ourselves to its characters, get over it. (in it's 7th season, 2005-Now)
Favorites shows no longer running:
Will and Grace - great one-liners and an excellent comedy. it actually freaks me out to hear Megan Mullally talk in her actual voice
Absolutely Fabulous - amazing character dynamics, yay for British humor
What I Like About You - my favorite Amanda Bynes role, aside from She's the Man and All That (does anyone else remember that show?)
All That - the kids version of SNL basically, but from the 90's, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and Kenan Thompson were major stars
Saving Grace - the badass detective Hanadarko, I wore random braids in my hair for a summer because of this show, yes i'm a nerd. I wish I was as much of a badass as Grace Hanadarko.
The Nanny - again, i'm a nerd. and it's hilarious. well, Niles and CC are funny, not so much Fran's voice.
Cashmere Mafia - bad timing with the writer's strike similar to WMC but it had potential
Boy Meets World - classic tgif, seasons 1-4 out on DVD now btw (shameless plug)
That 70's Show - another great comedy that built careers for multiple actors, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Donna Prepon
Gilmore Girls - fast talking family fun, so many pop culture references plus the awesomeness that is Lauren Graham
Firefly - a recent favorite that's so cheesy it's awesome. i love Nathan Fillion.
Charlie's Angels - the original series, I love the cheesy fake fighting and the mystery and just it's just too awesome for words. Plus they're remaking it and anything produced by Flower Films is amazing so I'm stoked!
Still running favorites:
Big Bang Theory - i love the different characters and how they just fit together plus the acting is great, (Kaley Cuoco was on Charmed in its last season) congrats to Jim Parsons for his Golden Globe!
Criminal Minds - okay, so i haven't watched it since they went all 'creative reasons' on AJ/JJ but it's still in my favorites list because of seasons 1-5 even though Prentiss wasn't around until season 2. she's seriously kickass. best character.
Warehouse 13 - another recent favorite that if you give a chance you'd really like too, claudia makes it worth it, she's kind of my idol.
NCIS - does this even need an introduction? Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and characters like Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo? awesome.
Rizzoli and Isles - gotta say, I still see Sasha Alexander as Kate in NCIS but I can adjust to her as an ME. Plus add in Angie Harmon as a detective again...who i still see as Lindsay Boxer so to me this is just like a messed up show and even though in my mind it shouldn't make sense it's still something i find completely compelling. did you follow that?
Harry's Law - recent favorite, Kathy Bates is a badass.
Bones - i started this show in season three and immediately had to go back and netflix all of the first two seasons. they're excellent with the comedy and the drama - i don't even mind the gore and i'm the queesiest person you'll ever meet
Castle - Nathan Fillion + Stana Katic = awesome, plus i love the cop/writer aspect
The Closer - started watching this show in the first season and fell in love with the characters and the writing and the accents, hysterical. i'm so sad it's the last season. but they're talking spinoff, which only brings in more questions.
Glee - i love musicals. plus Jane Lynch. plus Lea Michelle. plus Chris Colfer. plus plus plus...
Burn Notice - another recent addiction, it's like comedy plus action, very similar to RED with the whole agent being burned and having to find out why.
Wipeout - I started this in the first season when it was just a summer thing. Grams and I watched every week and laughed so hard! I love the commentary and the big red balls. Hilarious.
World's Dumbest, I've already posted a clip from this. My Life in Closed Captions: Text if you make it to your apartment, call if you... I love it, it's where celebrities careers go to die but seriously, it's fantastic. Celebrities do commentary on these stupid clips that people send in and they make lists like the top 20 world's dumbest criminals or 20 world's dumbest brawlers or 20 world's dumbest commercials just that kind of stuff. It's fantastic.
Just a notice: I'll probably be adding on to these throughout the week as I remember more things cause I'm forgetful but mostly because I post these while I'm half asleep then feel like an idiot the next day because I've forgotten something important.
For example: more favorite artists MXPX after raving about them at Warped, Avril Lavigne cuz I'm a nerd for punk music, Spice Girls because yes I was from that generation and I still blast it when it comes up on my headphones. And Eminem who was my favorite rapper for like ever, plus I'm also discovering the genius that is She and Him aka Zooey Deschanel and her partner.
And Movies - Um hello, Harry Potter! Chasing Destiny - awesome Lauren Graham who should also be on my top actors list - because it was totally underrated yet hilarious, Holiday movies of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original animated classic) and Hocus Pocus because Bette Midler is fantastic. Add in First Wives Club for also that reason. John Tucker Must Die I watched every day for like a year, but like more than once a day each of those days, add Brittany Snow to my actress list - have you seen her in Harry's Law?! Music and Lyrics the brilliance of Drew and Hugh Grant plus an awesome soundtrack. Never Been Kissed, another brilliant Drew movie, all of the Pirates trilogy that I might have mentioned Johnny Depp is a god amongst men. The Princess Bride is another classic along with the first two Rush Hour movies (the third wasn't as good) and um, hello, I'm a total Star Wars nerd. Like a Star Wars nerd seriously, who's such a nerd that she started a debate at work about Wars vs. Trek. I'm a Wars fan as are the rest of my siblings (except Sarah I'm sure I'll get the 'not me, just the rest of you losers' comment here soon). And the Zorro movies with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones were also fantastic. Another addition to the favorite actress list is Sasha Alexander. My laptop is named Kate for crime-ony! and now Rizzoli and Isles, I just really like her.
Seriously, don't know how I missed all of those, but they'll be added to the lists tonight.
Aaannnnd now that all the excitement is over...for now. I'm out for the night. Halfday at work tomorrow plus staff meeting then heading back to the white walls and sterilized equiptment.
Turn around bright eyes.
Quotes of the day:
Sarah: "You'd pick up a section of the couch and say, 'well, there's seven.'" My sister on cleaning her house and finding pacifiers
Mark: "I used to say 'Oh Pigeons' it's appropriate cause they're annoying as crap." My brother on swear words growing up
Mandy: "Stick him in the closet with a piece of cheese and a glass of water." My niece about her brother after he was being annoying
Mark: "We'll split the trains four ways, Carrie can have the beer mugs."
Sarah: "I want the Corve."
Me: "Can I have the Bird?"
Mark: "Yes, we'll flip you the Bird." Us jokingly dividing up the inheritance, Corve as in Corvette, Bird as in T-Bird.
Sarah: "Should we just move him into Heritage from here? I'm sure there's an open room." Joking about the nursing home, I won't say what my reply was but I will say Sarah was in tears from laughter.
Okay, so Day Three is all about TV. Even though the only thing I watched today was two minutes of Fox News once I found the station.
Because of work and school and a seldom social life I actually don't watch as much TV as I used to but I still have my favorites.
So, I'll start off with all-time favorites.
1. Women's Murder Club - the genius of James Patterson put on prime-time TV. But, due to the writer's strike and its poor timing it got cut off before it's prime. Luckily, there are still fans out there keeping it alive. Woohoo WMC day May 13th! Awesome kickbutt female cast of Angie Harmon, Paula Newsome, Laura Harris and newcomer Aubrey Dollar brought in comedy, intrigue, and just a kickass show that I wish was still running. My best friend has done character artwork and tattoos for me cause I'm that crazy, see first post. (1 season, 2007-2008)
2. Charmed - I know that sister-witches who vanquish demons doesn't sound all that great but when you add in actresses like Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano plus some comedy and major action you get kick-butt results. Even after Shannen got killed off Rose McGowan totally pulled it off. (8 seasons, 1998-2006)
3. Friends - this one is a classic without needing any explanation. Each character was unique, the writing was fantasic, and the story lines kept you intrigued and coming back for ten seasons. I'm such a nerd, again as told in the first post, quote a line and I'll tell you which episode it's from. (10 seasons, 1994-2004)
4. Just Shoot Me - As you can tell from a lot of my posts on TV I really root for the bitch character and I think it originated from this show. Wendie Malick as Nina Van Horn the take no prisoners fashion model just made me aware of how awesome it could be to be that mean and not even to care because you're still just that awesome. (Following her lead came Jane Lynch in Glee, Natalie Zea in Dirty Sexy Money, Megan Mullally in Will and Grace, Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous, Lauren Lane from The Nanny, more recently Mary McDonnell in The Closer, or Kyra Sedgwick who's always that way in The Closer, and my alltime hero Holly Hunter in Saving Grace) Back to JSM, even aside from Wendie Malick's character you get Dennis Finch aka David Spade the snarky office assistant, Enrico Colantoni as Elliot the ladies man photographer, George Segal as Jack Gallo the boss, and Laura San Giacomo (also in Saving Grace) who plays the main character, Maya, who is forced to work for her father at Blush Magazine when she goes broke. It's just fantastic. (7 seasons, 1997-2003)
5. Grey's Anatomy - This is the kind of primetime soap opera that builds careers. Had you heard of anyone besides Patrick Dempsey before 2005? Maybe Sandra Oh. But other than them, unless you are into cheesy romance flicks pre-Grey's that starred Katherine Heigl or paid really close attention in Daredevil to catch a glimpse of Ellen Pompeo then I'm gonna go with no. But now, you know all about them just because of this show and its popularity. The drama of ER plus the comedy of Friends gives you the best rated primetime soap opera still running. And yes, me and my friends do compare ourselves to its characters, get over it. (in it's 7th season, 2005-Now)
Favorites shows no longer running:
Will and Grace - great one-liners and an excellent comedy. it actually freaks me out to hear Megan Mullally talk in her actual voice
Absolutely Fabulous - amazing character dynamics, yay for British humor
What I Like About You - my favorite Amanda Bynes role, aside from She's the Man and All That (does anyone else remember that show?)
All That - the kids version of SNL basically, but from the 90's, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and Kenan Thompson were major stars
Saving Grace - the badass detective Hanadarko, I wore random braids in my hair for a summer because of this show, yes i'm a nerd. I wish I was as much of a badass as Grace Hanadarko.
The Nanny - again, i'm a nerd. and it's hilarious. well, Niles and CC are funny, not so much Fran's voice.
Cashmere Mafia - bad timing with the writer's strike similar to WMC but it had potential
Boy Meets World - classic tgif, seasons 1-4 out on DVD now btw (shameless plug)
That 70's Show - another great comedy that built careers for multiple actors, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Donna Prepon
Gilmore Girls - fast talking family fun, so many pop culture references plus the awesomeness that is Lauren Graham
Firefly - a recent favorite that's so cheesy it's awesome. i love Nathan Fillion.
Charlie's Angels - the original series, I love the cheesy fake fighting and the mystery and just it's just too awesome for words. Plus they're remaking it and anything produced by Flower Films is amazing so I'm stoked!
Still running favorites:
Big Bang Theory - i love the different characters and how they just fit together plus the acting is great, (Kaley Cuoco was on Charmed in its last season) congrats to Jim Parsons for his Golden Globe!
Criminal Minds - okay, so i haven't watched it since they went all 'creative reasons' on AJ/JJ but it's still in my favorites list because of seasons 1-5 even though Prentiss wasn't around until season 2. she's seriously kickass. best character.
Warehouse 13 - another recent favorite that if you give a chance you'd really like too, claudia makes it worth it, she's kind of my idol.
NCIS - does this even need an introduction? Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and characters like Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo? awesome.
Rizzoli and Isles - gotta say, I still see Sasha Alexander as Kate in NCIS but I can adjust to her as an ME. Plus add in Angie Harmon as a detective again...who i still see as Lindsay Boxer so to me this is just like a messed up show and even though in my mind it shouldn't make sense it's still something i find completely compelling. did you follow that?
Harry's Law - recent favorite, Kathy Bates is a badass.
Bones - i started this show in season three and immediately had to go back and netflix all of the first two seasons. they're excellent with the comedy and the drama - i don't even mind the gore and i'm the queesiest person you'll ever meet
Castle - Nathan Fillion + Stana Katic = awesome, plus i love the cop/writer aspect
The Closer - started watching this show in the first season and fell in love with the characters and the writing and the accents, hysterical. i'm so sad it's the last season. but they're talking spinoff, which only brings in more questions.
Glee - i love musicals. plus Jane Lynch. plus Lea Michelle. plus Chris Colfer. plus plus plus...
Burn Notice - another recent addiction, it's like comedy plus action, very similar to RED with the whole agent being burned and having to find out why.
Wipeout - I started this in the first season when it was just a summer thing. Grams and I watched every week and laughed so hard! I love the commentary and the big red balls. Hilarious.
World's Dumbest, I've already posted a clip from this. My Life in Closed Captions: Text if you make it to your apartment, call if you... I love it, it's where celebrities careers go to die but seriously, it's fantastic. Celebrities do commentary on these stupid clips that people send in and they make lists like the top 20 world's dumbest criminals or 20 world's dumbest brawlers or 20 world's dumbest commercials just that kind of stuff. It's fantastic.
Just a notice: I'll probably be adding on to these throughout the week as I remember more things cause I'm forgetful but mostly because I post these while I'm half asleep then feel like an idiot the next day because I've forgotten something important.
For example: more favorite artists MXPX after raving about them at Warped, Avril Lavigne cuz I'm a nerd for punk music, Spice Girls because yes I was from that generation and I still blast it when it comes up on my headphones. And Eminem who was my favorite rapper for like ever, plus I'm also discovering the genius that is She and Him aka Zooey Deschanel and her partner.
And Movies - Um hello, Harry Potter! Chasing Destiny - awesome Lauren Graham who should also be on my top actors list - because it was totally underrated yet hilarious, Holiday movies of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original animated classic) and Hocus Pocus because Bette Midler is fantastic. Add in First Wives Club for also that reason. John Tucker Must Die I watched every day for like a year, but like more than once a day each of those days, add Brittany Snow to my actress list - have you seen her in Harry's Law?! Music and Lyrics the brilliance of Drew and Hugh Grant plus an awesome soundtrack. Never Been Kissed, another brilliant Drew movie, all of the Pirates trilogy that I might have mentioned Johnny Depp is a god amongst men. The Princess Bride is another classic along with the first two Rush Hour movies (the third wasn't as good) and um, hello, I'm a total Star Wars nerd. Like a Star Wars nerd seriously, who's such a nerd that she started a debate at work about Wars vs. Trek. I'm a Wars fan as are the rest of my siblings (except Sarah I'm sure I'll get the 'not me, just the rest of you losers' comment here soon). And the Zorro movies with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones were also fantastic. Another addition to the favorite actress list is Sasha Alexander. My laptop is named Kate for crime-ony! and now Rizzoli and Isles, I just really like her.
Seriously, don't know how I missed all of those, but they'll be added to the lists tonight.
Aaannnnd now that all the excitement is over...for now. I'm out for the night. Halfday at work tomorrow plus staff meeting then heading back to the white walls and sterilized equiptment.
Turn around bright eyes.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Heart of Glass
Yesterday aka Valentine's Day I spent working then went over to eat crab legs and watch Despicable Me with my family. There was soooo much food! And that's actually a pretty funny movie.
Aannnd time with family means more quotes.
"I'm going crazy."
"While you're there look for Maynard."
"Oh, I think she's dead." Joey and Me
"This little piggy, I don't know what he did but he did it! And this little piggy went all Porkchop karate!" Joey
"Did you just turn that down with your butt?"
"Yes, my butt has magic powers."
"That's fantastic."
"My butt or the magic powers?" Oldest sister and Me
Day two and my Valentine's Day flower is still alive and kicking. We'll see how long that lasts.
Tuesday meant split shift, and as much as I wanted to be productive between them I instead spent the majority of the time on the phone. Cause apparently I'm a delicate flower or a pane of glass - both of those used today to describe me.
Song of the day.
Today I have two 'Quote Of The Day's.
The first comes from my second sister: "Sounds like the appropriate amount of freakage."
The second comes from Angela Montenegro since I've started watching season one again.
Brennan: He thinks just because Masruk's wife started working out and had a little makeover, she's having an affair.
Angela: Hmm, and how long were they married?
Booth: Eleven years.
Angela: I'm with him.
Brennan: There's no concrete proof.
Angela: Boobs perkier?
Booth: Mmm hmm.
Brennan: I don't believe this. If you're so sure, then why didn't you confront her?
Angela: Because if she and her boyfriend were involved, she would warn him.
Booth: Very good.
Angela: I'm a constant surprise.
(Bones, season one episode two "The Man in the SUV")
Tomorrow I only work in the morning, then I get to spend the rest of the day writing my paper for Friday. Cause I'm trying not to be the procrastinator I was in college. And it's working 40/40 on both assignments so far. Huzzah! That probably won't last much longer so I'm celebrating now. And at some point in the day I have to go get Carter more food.
Weekend plans keep changing, aside from class I mean. Maybe we'll do something at the farmhouse. That'd be nice. Except I have to work again on Sunday. But then have Monday off. Hmmm.... Still figuring things out. I'm not actually all that big on birthdays, especially this year with all the crap. I'd rather Mom just tell us what to do and I just show up. That's be nice.
I'm exhausted. And I actually wasn't all that productive today, aside from work which I actually did a lot since there were lists galore.
I should probably eat something at some point. But I don't feel like cooking, soooo ice cream? Mmm...sherbet. Sounds good.
Aannnd time with family means more quotes.
"I'm going crazy."
"While you're there look for Maynard."
"Oh, I think she's dead." Joey and Me
"This little piggy, I don't know what he did but he did it! And this little piggy went all Porkchop karate!" Joey
"Did you just turn that down with your butt?"
"Yes, my butt has magic powers."
"That's fantastic."
"My butt or the magic powers?" Oldest sister and Me
Day two and my Valentine's Day flower is still alive and kicking. We'll see how long that lasts.
Tuesday meant split shift, and as much as I wanted to be productive between them I instead spent the majority of the time on the phone. Cause apparently I'm a delicate flower or a pane of glass - both of those used today to describe me.
Song of the day.
Today I have two 'Quote Of The Day's.
The first comes from my second sister: "Sounds like the appropriate amount of freakage."
The second comes from Angela Montenegro since I've started watching season one again.
Brennan: He thinks just because Masruk's wife started working out and had a little makeover, she's having an affair.
Angela: Hmm, and how long were they married?
Booth: Eleven years.
Angela: I'm with him.
Brennan: There's no concrete proof.
Angela: Boobs perkier?
Booth: Mmm hmm.
Brennan: I don't believe this. If you're so sure, then why didn't you confront her?
Angela: Because if she and her boyfriend were involved, she would warn him.
Booth: Very good.
Angela: I'm a constant surprise.
(Bones, season one episode two "The Man in the SUV")
Tomorrow I only work in the morning, then I get to spend the rest of the day writing my paper for Friday. Cause I'm trying not to be the procrastinator I was in college. And it's working 40/40 on both assignments so far. Huzzah! That probably won't last much longer so I'm celebrating now. And at some point in the day I have to go get Carter more food.
Weekend plans keep changing, aside from class I mean. Maybe we'll do something at the farmhouse. That'd be nice. Except I have to work again on Sunday. But then have Monday off. Hmmm.... Still figuring things out. I'm not actually all that big on birthdays, especially this year with all the crap. I'd rather Mom just tell us what to do and I just show up. That's be nice.
I'm exhausted. And I actually wasn't all that productive today, aside from work which I actually did a lot since there were lists galore.
I should probably eat something at some point. But I don't feel like cooking, soooo ice cream? Mmm...sherbet. Sounds good.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
"Is this ad relevant to you?" "No!"
Gotta love watching TV online. I love Hulu, it's fantastic, it has all my favorite shows and it's free. But they stick you with these ads that are like ridiculous then ask if they're relevant to you. Car commercial, relevant? No. Different car commercial, relevant? No. Kay jewelry commercial, relevant? No. Open hearts jewelry commercial, relevant? No. Video game promotion, relevant? No. I was like, what's next? Different video game promotion?
Is it just me or is anyone else secretly waiting for the psycho killer to show up at the end of that "i'm right here and i always will be" storming outside kay diamond commercial? I think I watch too many crime shows. Speaking of, I caught up on Bones and I don't want to ruin anything for anybody else who isn't up to date but dude. Like duuuude. Big episode last week, I'm stoked for tomorrow's. Heather Taffet man! And I was starting to like her as an actress. She was in the Closer, Saving Grace and Criminal Minds as well - although I haven't seen the last one since I'm on strike. I'll spare you the rant. Again. But a serial guest star again, like Natalie! aka "bring it on old man" chick from RED aka Go Meat chick from the Hillshire Farms commercial who also guest spotted on all my favorite shows. Scroll down a few posts and you'll find who I'm talking about. In fact, Taffet and Natalie kind of remind me of one another. Maybe it's the red hair and bad attitude.
So the roads here are awful but Jarvis and I are still having fun. Except that it took FOREVER to scrape off the windshield this morning even though I used the self-start ten minutes before. Just have to start earlier tomorrow morning. But driving and seeing snow flying everywhere reminded me of sledding on the farm. You don't just have the sled you go all out with the 4-wheeler pulling you over hills and ponds and through the ditches. You just gotta hang on for dear life. Especially when your cousin runs you into a mailbox, my bad, sorry Megan. Or over the top of a car, again my bad Megan, but it was well worth it. And it's always fun when you get stuck in a pile of snow and step on the gas only to fly right through making the person on the sled get completely yanked off because it's so sudden. Awesome. Unfortunately I've missed out on the sledding so far since I've been working but I'll have to make up for it when I go home.
One of my favorite snow memories was when it snowed so much and it piled up next to the quanset - this building of ours so big it houses the combine and tractors and all that - and so I climbed all the way to the top and slid down. Mom totally flipped, like flipped. Dad just laughed and went inside to get the camera. I was fearless. There's a picture of me standing on top of this thing and it's not like a flat top building, it's rounded. That was probably a very bad idea. But I survived.
I also liked making forts, we did a lot of that in grade school. But no snowball fights, that was frowned upon, in grade school and high school.
Music currently jamming out to - "Don't know nothing" by Maroon 5. I love the rhythm of this one. I'm recommending their Hands All Over album again, it's fantastic.
Food thinking about eating even though it's after 11 - popcorn. mmm... popcorn.
TV show I will most likely fall asleep watching - NCIS first season, I'm back to the DVDs. I miss Kate. It's so weird seeing Sasha as a Medical Examiner now. And Angie Harmon is still a detective but she'll always be Lindsay Boxer to me. Yes I'm referencing Women's Murder Club. Get over it. But I do like Rizzoli and Isles, I'm waiting for the first season to come out on DVD. Should look into when it comes out. Oh well, job for tomorrow. I'm out.
Is it just me or is anyone else secretly waiting for the psycho killer to show up at the end of that "i'm right here and i always will be" storming outside kay diamond commercial? I think I watch too many crime shows. Speaking of, I caught up on Bones and I don't want to ruin anything for anybody else who isn't up to date but dude. Like duuuude. Big episode last week, I'm stoked for tomorrow's. Heather Taffet man! And I was starting to like her as an actress. She was in the Closer, Saving Grace and Criminal Minds as well - although I haven't seen the last one since I'm on strike. I'll spare you the rant. Again. But a serial guest star again, like Natalie! aka "bring it on old man" chick from RED aka Go Meat chick from the Hillshire Farms commercial who also guest spotted on all my favorite shows. Scroll down a few posts and you'll find who I'm talking about. In fact, Taffet and Natalie kind of remind me of one another. Maybe it's the red hair and bad attitude.
So the roads here are awful but Jarvis and I are still having fun. Except that it took FOREVER to scrape off the windshield this morning even though I used the self-start ten minutes before. Just have to start earlier tomorrow morning. But driving and seeing snow flying everywhere reminded me of sledding on the farm. You don't just have the sled you go all out with the 4-wheeler pulling you over hills and ponds and through the ditches. You just gotta hang on for dear life. Especially when your cousin runs you into a mailbox, my bad, sorry Megan. Or over the top of a car, again my bad Megan, but it was well worth it. And it's always fun when you get stuck in a pile of snow and step on the gas only to fly right through making the person on the sled get completely yanked off because it's so sudden. Awesome. Unfortunately I've missed out on the sledding so far since I've been working but I'll have to make up for it when I go home.
One of my favorite snow memories was when it snowed so much and it piled up next to the quanset - this building of ours so big it houses the combine and tractors and all that - and so I climbed all the way to the top and slid down. Mom totally flipped, like flipped. Dad just laughed and went inside to get the camera. I was fearless. There's a picture of me standing on top of this thing and it's not like a flat top building, it's rounded. That was probably a very bad idea. But I survived.
I also liked making forts, we did a lot of that in grade school. But no snowball fights, that was frowned upon, in grade school and high school.
Music currently jamming out to - "Don't know nothing" by Maroon 5. I love the rhythm of this one. I'm recommending their Hands All Over album again, it's fantastic.
Food thinking about eating even though it's after 11 - popcorn. mmm... popcorn.
TV show I will most likely fall asleep watching - NCIS first season, I'm back to the DVDs. I miss Kate. It's so weird seeing Sasha as a Medical Examiner now. And Angie Harmon is still a detective but she'll always be Lindsay Boxer to me. Yes I'm referencing Women's Murder Club. Get over it. But I do like Rizzoli and Isles, I'm waiting for the first season to come out on DVD. Should look into when it comes out. Oh well, job for tomorrow. I'm out.
Friday, December 10, 2010
"Yeah, but what's the long name of it?"
So, it's official. I've covered for all of my coworkers at one of the branches. There's some kind of virus plague going around or something because everyone's been out and since I work as an LA2 at the other library I just basically get promoted when I walk through the door. But not a big deal, I'm getting paid more and it's not like I have something else to do really. Yesterday I went in three times. 9-12 1-3 then 6-8. Today was just 9-6. Which is still busy, especially since there was just two of us all day. But since it's so fast if you're there yourself the day flies by pretty quickly. My highlight though was when this older lady called and was like,
"which branch is this one?" i told her
"is it the one by the pizza place?" i suppose that's us
"what's the name of it" i repeated the name
"yeah, but what's the long name of it?" what? then it hit me, the other branches are named after people but we're just named after the street we're on. so i was like, Nope, we're not that creative.
Then she wanted to buy the new George Bush book from us. Again, not booksellers so had to find her the number for Barnes and Noble. But she ended the call with a "oh, bless your heart" so i feel pretty special.
The best part of the whole thing were the other patrons reactions as they were clearly eavesdropping on the conversation and my coworker was on break so it was just me. The guy was like "you should tell her it's the George (street name) branch."
In other news, I get to sleep in tomorrow so I just watched the Bones episode and the Glee episode that I missed. Both very emotional. I actually cried at like each scene that Coach Beiste was in. Damn these strange girl emotions. I'm not sure if I like this season as much as last year. I bought the Xmas album last week tonight I bought the volume 4 soundtrack.
Bones was excellent as always, Enrico Colantoni guest starred!!! and all I could think of was Elliot from Just Shoot Me. I love that show. I like that even Brennan has a little crazy to her.
Tomorrow planning on going to see RED with my brother. Hooray! Gotta love small town theaters that get the movies 3 months after they've been released. But the Deathly Hallows is next week already so that one came pretty quickly. Should be fun. My oldest sister makes fun of me when I go with him though. "Are you that hard up for a date?!" Nope. Just like going to see movies with him. He's a good brother.
"which branch is this one?" i told her
"is it the one by the pizza place?" i suppose that's us
"what's the name of it" i repeated the name
"yeah, but what's the long name of it?" what? then it hit me, the other branches are named after people but we're just named after the street we're on. so i was like, Nope, we're not that creative.
Then she wanted to buy the new George Bush book from us. Again, not booksellers so had to find her the number for Barnes and Noble. But she ended the call with a "oh, bless your heart" so i feel pretty special.
The best part of the whole thing were the other patrons reactions as they were clearly eavesdropping on the conversation and my coworker was on break so it was just me. The guy was like "you should tell her it's the George (street name) branch."
In other news, I get to sleep in tomorrow so I just watched the Bones episode and the Glee episode that I missed. Both very emotional. I actually cried at like each scene that Coach Beiste was in. Damn these strange girl emotions. I'm not sure if I like this season as much as last year. I bought the Xmas album last week tonight I bought the volume 4 soundtrack.
Bones was excellent as always, Enrico Colantoni guest starred!!! and all I could think of was Elliot from Just Shoot Me. I love that show. I like that even Brennan has a little crazy to her.
Tomorrow planning on going to see RED with my brother. Hooray! Gotta love small town theaters that get the movies 3 months after they've been released. But the Deathly Hallows is next week already so that one came pretty quickly. Should be fun. My oldest sister makes fun of me when I go with him though. "Are you that hard up for a date?!" Nope. Just like going to see movies with him. He's a good brother.
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