The boyfriend and I went to see The Butler.
Sorry, Lee Daniels' The Butler.
But apparently Lee Daniels doesn't like having his name in the title however they had to do it cause there was already a movie called The Butler.
Whatever.
Anyway, it was pretty good.
Scale of Awesome says 7.5/10 so good, but not something I want to watch again. Mostly cause it was wildly depressing.
I didn't realize it had that many people in it.
Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, James Marsden, John Cusack, Alan Rickman and those were only the presidents.
Who were dead on, by the way.
Except Cusack, as much as I like him I can't see him as Nixon. Even with the nose extension.
The rest looked exactly like them.
Okay, maybe not Marsden, but Rickman, holy crap he was seriously a dead ringer.
No pun intended.
You can watch the preview for the rest of the big names but I was excited about David Oyelowo and Alex Pettyfer. Even though Alex played a complete jerk.
Speaking of him, Fall of Five came out today.
Fall of Five as in I Am Number Four, The Power of Six, The Rise of Nine...
here, watch this:
Yes, I'm a nerd, but you knew that already.
Guess I'll just have to stop at Barnes and Noble to pick up a copy.
Yes, I'm aware I work at a library and can get it for free.
But I like reading things on my own time and I already own the rest of them anyway.
Not much to say aside from that. Worked 9-1, got lunch and then headed out to the practicum.
Practicum Count-Up 11/90 so we're moving right along.
Did more stamping today. My hands are still covered in ink. Thursday will be the big move. Right now we're still in the main building but we got all the way through our collection so maintenance is gonna move it and then Thursday we get to sort and shelve.
Huzzah! Progress.
After practicum I stopped by to check in on Oldest Sister. She's living it up, sleeping and watching movies with her feet up with Mom there to cater to her every need.
They had nice bonding today watching tennis and eating salted watermelon.
Does anyone else do that?
Put salt on their watermelon?
Cause I think it's gross.
But that's how they eat it. Is this just a weird family quirk or do other people out there in the world do that?
Then I headed out to see the boyfriend. We went to the movie then spent the rest of the night talking on the porch swing before he had to head into work.
Now I'm back and ready to crash. Work plus class tomorrow so I'm out.
Song of the Day:
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
when I hear this song I think of two things.
This:
yes i do watch that show too much
and this:
yes i know i watch that show too much too.
speaking of, GUESS WHAT?!
that's right.
it's on.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
as refreshing as tangerine ice cream.
Here's my day in a nutshell:
They are rocks.
Tied together so they don't escape.
No, they're supposed to be decorative rock things that hang from our "Our Volunteers Rock" bulletin board.
Of which Superwoman and I created.
Sort of.
It's a cool idea, however, what people don't get is that I'm not crafty.
Never have been.
Like literally, I can MacGyver stuff with paperclips and quarters but I'm not arts and crafty.
Yes, I can write - no not the blog, the blog is fluff - but like visual representations of stuff like drawing and painting and sculpting I can't do.
It's just not my forte.
So being put in charge of a bulletin board is harder than one would think.
Superwoman came up with the design then put me in charge of hanging up the background while she went to cut out the letters.
Twenty minutes later - after I had stabbed myself twice and rambled loudly enough about my failures to attract someone up from Virtual Services to check on me and attempt to help - it still kept falling off.
I cut the paper long enough, but that was the only thing working in my favor.
The tape rebelled, the paper wasn't even, it was ripping at the sides, and it was super light so you could see the tape beneath.
And I was bleeding so I had to get bandaids.
Technically not my fault, someone left a pin attached the board so when I was smoothing down the paper my hand ran across it stabbing my finger.
Though I guess I can't say that about the second time - same pin, different finger.
So I came home with 3 bandaids - already having one on my thumb for the majority of the day.
Did I mention I'm not crafty?
And am a bit clumsy?
Anyway, so she came up and helped hang the paper and then we had these graphics that I had to staple to the bulletin board but like I said, I'm clumsy, and I'm sure the stapler has it out for me so none of them were stapled completely right, like the staples were crooked and barely in.
So then she put me in charge of the rocks. She gave me string and lots of rocks and told me to tie them together so I took them up with me to the lab - cause at that point it had taken longer than the scheduled hour to finish the display - so Queen of the Known Universe and I attempted to tie rocks to other rocks in a decorative manner.
As previously mentioned, my arts and crafts skills are lacking, and apparently QotKU is quite adept at wrapping packages and if you get that cross-ribbon approach down you'll be able to wrap rocks in a way that they'll stay in the string when you move on to the next one in the line.
For me, however, see I blame my bad present-wrapping on my cat cause he likes to lay on the wrapping paper whilst I am attempting to wrap, but really, I just suck.
Sh.
Anyway, so my rocks kept coming out of the strings so basically I think I tied like 2 rocks to each other and the rest QotKU finished.
They have yet to be hung.
I'm thinking that's going to be another challenge with this bulletin board as they are heavy and I don't think tape or staples will hold them for long.
Anyway, so this failed experience just reminded me of the last bulletin board I was put in charge of - this one was at the home branch back when we had a bulletin board instead of wiring stuff hanging from the ceiling.
But they were kids' artwork pieces and we were supposed to arrange them on the board and hang them up.
Behind the PACs which meant I had about a foot of space to work with.
Which would have been okay if my cat hadn't have bit me on the arm the night before.
He got the muscle so my entire arm was basically numb for the entire day.
So it was dead.
You should have seen it, not only am I behind the PACs with a dead arm, but I'm also on a step-stool so basically I used my dead arm to hold up the picture - well, leaned against the wall with it between my arm and the board. And then with my right hand I held the stapler and since I couldn't staple with my left it was like I basically took the stapler in my right hand and smashed it against the wall repeatedly until something stapled.
Loud, and ridiculous, but surprisingly effective!
So that was the highlight of my day.
I sat down for maybe like an hour total the whole day.
Lots of volunteers coming in and out and was constantly starting them on projects and then running supplies. And getting people new cards - big huge tour came through and half had fines to pay.
Oh and one of my favorite classmates stopped by, we talked for a bit about the joys of grad school.
It's cool to meet fellow Mizzou-ers that live in the area.
I know, it's like a personality disorder.
I was a lion, then a knight, then a bulldog and now I'm a tiger?
So that was my workday.
After which I came home, read more of Silver Linings Playbook, which I did during lunch and both of my breaks during the day.
Quote of the Day:
Waitress to Tiffany after she swears up a storm: "Hey sister sailor-mouth"
And then watched The Voice.
Red = Adam
Green = Blake
Blue = Usher
Purple = Shakira
One epic battle really, the rest were alright. Not too surprising on who won.
Put Your Records On - Danielle Bradbery vs. Caroline Glaser
"but i want a big loaf of that..."
Okay, so I had Danielle on my top 20 but not high enough apparently.
She's crazy good and she's only 16.
It took me forever to figure it out, but it's Leanne Rimes!! That's who Danielle sounds like.
Drove me nuts for hours.
Granted I still like Caroline better (age 18) and I'm glad that Adam stole her.
and it amuses me that at the very end you can see adam holding his hand over the button ready to steal her.
No one wants to join Usher's team. Every time he tries to steal someone they go with the other coach.
But he's a hard ass, have you watched his coaching clips?
Kind of a jerk, don't blame them.
Plus Adam vs. Usher?
Seriously?
Gotta go with Adam, 24/7.
legitimate pre-midnight post, barely. holy crap tag in use.
and check this one: having fun during some downtime during their battle
They are rocks.
Tied together so they don't escape.
No, they're supposed to be decorative rock things that hang from our "Our Volunteers Rock" bulletin board.
Of which Superwoman and I created.
Sort of.
It's a cool idea, however, what people don't get is that I'm not crafty.
Never have been.
Like literally, I can MacGyver stuff with paperclips and quarters but I'm not arts and crafty.
Yes, I can write - no not the blog, the blog is fluff - but like visual representations of stuff like drawing and painting and sculpting I can't do.
It's just not my forte.
So being put in charge of a bulletin board is harder than one would think.
Superwoman came up with the design then put me in charge of hanging up the background while she went to cut out the letters.
Twenty minutes later - after I had stabbed myself twice and rambled loudly enough about my failures to attract someone up from Virtual Services to check on me and attempt to help - it still kept falling off.
I cut the paper long enough, but that was the only thing working in my favor.
The tape rebelled, the paper wasn't even, it was ripping at the sides, and it was super light so you could see the tape beneath.
And I was bleeding so I had to get bandaids.
Technically not my fault, someone left a pin attached the board so when I was smoothing down the paper my hand ran across it stabbing my finger.
Though I guess I can't say that about the second time - same pin, different finger.
So I came home with 3 bandaids - already having one on my thumb for the majority of the day.
Did I mention I'm not crafty?
And am a bit clumsy?
Anyway, so she came up and helped hang the paper and then we had these graphics that I had to staple to the bulletin board but like I said, I'm clumsy, and I'm sure the stapler has it out for me so none of them were stapled completely right, like the staples were crooked and barely in.
So then she put me in charge of the rocks. She gave me string and lots of rocks and told me to tie them together so I took them up with me to the lab - cause at that point it had taken longer than the scheduled hour to finish the display - so Queen of the Known Universe and I attempted to tie rocks to other rocks in a decorative manner.
As previously mentioned, my arts and crafts skills are lacking, and apparently QotKU is quite adept at wrapping packages and if you get that cross-ribbon approach down you'll be able to wrap rocks in a way that they'll stay in the string when you move on to the next one in the line.
For me, however, see I blame my bad present-wrapping on my cat cause he likes to lay on the wrapping paper whilst I am attempting to wrap, but really, I just suck.
Sh.
Anyway, so my rocks kept coming out of the strings so basically I think I tied like 2 rocks to each other and the rest QotKU finished.
They have yet to be hung.
I'm thinking that's going to be another challenge with this bulletin board as they are heavy and I don't think tape or staples will hold them for long.
Anyway, so this failed experience just reminded me of the last bulletin board I was put in charge of - this one was at the home branch back when we had a bulletin board instead of wiring stuff hanging from the ceiling.
But they were kids' artwork pieces and we were supposed to arrange them on the board and hang them up.
Behind the PACs which meant I had about a foot of space to work with.
Which would have been okay if my cat hadn't have bit me on the arm the night before.
He got the muscle so my entire arm was basically numb for the entire day.
So it was dead.
You should have seen it, not only am I behind the PACs with a dead arm, but I'm also on a step-stool so basically I used my dead arm to hold up the picture - well, leaned against the wall with it between my arm and the board. And then with my right hand I held the stapler and since I couldn't staple with my left it was like I basically took the stapler in my right hand and smashed it against the wall repeatedly until something stapled.
Loud, and ridiculous, but surprisingly effective!
So that was the highlight of my day.
I sat down for maybe like an hour total the whole day.
Lots of volunteers coming in and out and was constantly starting them on projects and then running supplies. And getting people new cards - big huge tour came through and half had fines to pay.
Oh and one of my favorite classmates stopped by, we talked for a bit about the joys of grad school.
It's cool to meet fellow Mizzou-ers that live in the area.
I know, it's like a personality disorder.
I was a lion, then a knight, then a bulldog and now I'm a tiger?
So that was my workday.
After which I came home, read more of Silver Linings Playbook, which I did during lunch and both of my breaks during the day.
Quote of the Day:
Waitress to Tiffany after she swears up a storm: "Hey sister sailor-mouth"
And then watched The Voice.
Here's my top twenty for season four including the changes:
Red = Adam
Green = Blake
Blue = Usher
Purple = Shakira
Judith Hill - Adam, defeated Karina
Jess Kellner - Usher, defeated Taylor
Midas Whale - Adam
Caroline Glaser - lost battle, stolen by Adam
Monique Abbadie - Shakira
Sasha Allen - lost battle, stolen by Shakira
Michelle Chamuel - Usher
Sarah Simmons - Adam
Christian Porter - Blake, eliminated during battles
Jessica Childress - Usher
Jeff Lewis - Usher, lost battle to Josiah
Jacqui Sandell - Blake
Karina Iglesius - lost in battle, stolen by Shakira
Holly Tucker - Blake, defeated Michelle
Garrett Gardner - Shakira, defeated J'Sun
Danielle Bradbery - Blake, defeated Caroline
Amber Carrington - Adam, defeated Sasha
Savannah Berry - Blake
Josiah Hawley - Usher, defeated Jeff
Audrey Karrasch - Usher, defeated Jamila
One epic battle really, the rest were alright. Not too surprising on who won.
Put Your Records On - Danielle Bradbery vs. Caroline Glaser
"but i want a big loaf of that..."
Okay, so I had Danielle on my top 20 but not high enough apparently.
She's crazy good and she's only 16.
It took me forever to figure it out, but it's Leanne Rimes!! That's who Danielle sounds like.
Drove me nuts for hours.
Granted I still like Caroline better (age 18) and I'm glad that Adam stole her.
and it amuses me that at the very end you can see adam holding his hand over the button ready to steal her.
No one wants to join Usher's team. Every time he tries to steal someone they go with the other coach.
But he's a hard ass, have you watched his coaching clips?
Kind of a jerk, don't blame them.
Plus Adam vs. Usher?
Seriously?
Gotta go with Adam, 24/7.
legitimate pre-midnight post, barely. holy crap tag in use.
and check this one: having fun during some downtime during their battle
Monday, April 8, 2013
"I'm Usher and I approve this message."
This is all I have to say about today.
Two years later.
I know it's not exciting to you, but it is exciting to me.
And that's really all I have to say about today.
Mostly because I need to do the homework that I was going to do during the day, but then of course didn't because maintenance was here, but before that I got hooked on SVU, and then after maintenance was here - well, there was some overlap - came 2 hours of work. And then after work the boyfriend was here.
So I chose him over homework.
In my defense he is leaving for a week and a half.
Plus I like him more than homework.
Which I hope all sane people would say about their boyfriends.
Or they're really in trouble.
Anyway, so yes, curtains.
Then work.
Then the boyfriend and I watched The Voice.
In fact he was the one that brought up the show in the first place, so he is not allowed to blame it on me.
Not that he would.
Well, he probably would.
But whatever, I love him and The Voice.
And my curtains.
And going in to work for only 2 hours, so it was a good day.
On to the music, because I need to work!
I don't know if he likes to watch it with me though, cause I can tell in advance which singers aren't going to be picked by their attitudes and their timing on the show.
And I can usually guess the coach, only missed one tonight and even Usher was shocked about that one.
Tiny Dancer - Caroline Glaser
nice dimples blake.
U Got It Bad - Jeff Lewis
love shakira's last second turnaround.
big surprise on the coach pick there...
Not Ready To Make Nice - Sasha Allen
"do you see that?" i see that blake.
"i'm sensitive!"
style reminds me of Amanda Brown from last season. she'll go far.
so far i'm thinking adam has the strongest team with sasha, judith hill, sarah simmons and midas whale.
blake is a close second with christian porter, holly tucker and savannah berry.
shakira has spanish-galore on her team, the strongest being monique abbadie.
and then surprisingly, even though i'm not a big fan of usher (anymore anyway) he does have a pretty good team with jess kellner, ryan innes, jeff lewis and michelle chamuel.
out!
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Two years later.
I know it's not exciting to you, but it is exciting to me.
And that's really all I have to say about today.
Mostly because I need to do the homework that I was going to do during the day, but then of course didn't because maintenance was here, but before that I got hooked on SVU, and then after maintenance was here - well, there was some overlap - came 2 hours of work. And then after work the boyfriend was here.
So I chose him over homework.
In my defense he is leaving for a week and a half.
Plus I like him more than homework.
Which I hope all sane people would say about their boyfriends.
Or they're really in trouble.
Anyway, so yes, curtains.
Then work.
Then the boyfriend and I watched The Voice.
In fact he was the one that brought up the show in the first place, so he is not allowed to blame it on me.
Not that he would.
Well, he probably would.
But whatever, I love him and The Voice.
And my curtains.
And going in to work for only 2 hours, so it was a good day.
On to the music, because I need to work!
I don't know if he likes to watch it with me though, cause I can tell in advance which singers aren't going to be picked by their attitudes and their timing on the show.
And I can usually guess the coach, only missed one tonight and even Usher was shocked about that one.
Tiny Dancer - Caroline Glaser
nice dimples blake.
U Got It Bad - Jeff Lewis
love shakira's last second turnaround.
big surprise on the coach pick there...
Not Ready To Make Nice - Sasha Allen
"do you see that?" i see that blake.
"i'm sensitive!"
style reminds me of Amanda Brown from last season. she'll go far.
so far i'm thinking adam has the strongest team with sasha, judith hill, sarah simmons and midas whale.
blake is a close second with christian porter, holly tucker and savannah berry.
shakira has spanish-galore on her team, the strongest being monique abbadie.
and then surprisingly, even though i'm not a big fan of usher (anymore anyway) he does have a pretty good team with jess kellner, ryan innes, jeff lewis and michelle chamuel.
out!
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
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