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Thursday, January 19, 2012

You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Oh my god.

Ranger Gord is an idiot.

So I'm watching more Red Green, yes without my father. What is wrong with this picture?

But it's due next week and I have all this stuff checked out that I need to get through, plus I should really start on some of that homework. Maybe I'll consider looking it over tomorrow.

Even though it's my day off.

Technically nothing is due until like the 29th, but I should start earlier.

Cause that was one of my resolutions, avoid procrastination if at all possible.

Which it usually is.

But where's the fun in that?

Today was interesting.

Remember the crazy obnoxious stalker dude from yesterday?

Yeah, ran into him again today. at lunch. shaking everybody's hand in the place. I freaked. But the employee kicked him out before he could make it to our table.

That would have been really bad.

We have another new guy at the library. First day today, I got to train him on the desk. He picked it up pretty quickly, although with the new system there's a lot of stuff to pick up all at once.

I'll have to come up with a nickname for him cause I already have The New Guy. Though he's not so new anymore. But he's newer than me. So that makes him still new.

And the New New Guy would just sound redundant. I'll work on that.

Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!

Sleeping in, awesomeness, but then of course Oldest Sister is dragging me clothes shopping cause apparently I need new jeans.

They don't like it when I drag my feet and it tears the bottoms to shreds.

It's habit, sorry.

But then after that is some sort of trivia night at my nephew's school. I really REALLY enjoy that there's going to be a cashbar... at his school. That really just makes me laugh.

We might need it.

The Boyfriend is braving the wild and joining our team. As in me and my siblings.

Viper pit much?

Should be interesting.

Not that any of them are bad, they're just protective and sarcastic.

For instance, Second Sister - on her wedding day, at her reception, during the dollar dance - asked my boyfriend of the time what his intentions were. And that was at her wedding. Granted he was goofy right back and wrote her a two page letter.

For serious.

I'm sensing a theme for her meeting my boyfriends. Cause then she was getting married.

Now she's pregnant.

And with either of these times she's allowed to be crazy, cause it's either Her Day or Hormones as excuses to blame it on.

No, I'm not worried.

They're protective but when it's all of us together we're just goofy. It can get pretty hysterical. I have a lot of one-liners to prove that. Set for life in that aspect.

Though I am bummed cause my oldest brother-in-law won't be able to make it, and he's like the trivia king. With him we would dominate.

But we're not aiming to dominate, just to have fun and drink lots.

Gotta support the school, you know?

Sorry, that's still funny.

Anyway, I'm gonna get back to my Red Green then konk out.

I'll let you know how tomorrow goes, in the meantime jam out to these.

Throwback Thursday

"Johnny B. Goode" Elvis


you know, if i didn't already know the lyrics i would be completely lost by this version. especially that first verse, i think i could only make out a few words.
Down to Louisiana...New Orleans...Johnny B. Goode...so well...guitar...
and that's all i got out of that verse.

"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash

love him live. they came out with a new video for this song and put it on vevo, it's AWFUL! they put a backbeat to it, made it sound like a rap, completely killed the song.
he's johnny cash. give him a guitar and that's all you need.

"You've Lost that Loving Feeling" The Righteous Brothers

whoa, that loving feeling...

Monday, January 16, 2012

I held my nose, I closed my eyes...

Well, it's official.

I've started the dreaded Facebook weed.

Which sounds like some sort of techy drug reference, but it's actually just me going through my friends list and deleting people.

There are far too many of them on there that when there's a status update on the newsfeed or a birthday I'm like, um who are you again?

It doesn't help that most of my female friends from college are now all married with different last names.

So I went through for the first time - it took FOREVER - but I'm down from 613 to 444.

Which is still a ridiculous number of friends, I know.

But I've had the thing since Junior year of high school. And that was like back in 2005.

And all through college you just added people if you were doing a project together.

Nobody checked their e-mail, it was all through Facebook. Welcome to college.

So there's this build up of people that I had one class with years ago and I have no recollection of their face or the project we worked on together.

Figured it was about time.

If you are one of those people and you actually read this send me a message and I'll fix it.

I figured a year was a safe amount of time.

If I haven't talked to you in a year am I really going to in the future?

I did keep all my high school friends, a few college ones, and all my work ones.

They have to put up with me on a daily basis, if they still want to be friends outside of work I gotta give them props for that.

So, I think I'm getting sick.

Or getting over being sick.

Guess that depends on tomorrow.

I was weak all day, only wandering out into the wilderness once and that's cause I'm out of pop. And being out of pop is like hard-core suffering more than anything else.

I have a serious caffeine addiction, should work on that.

Anyway, I had to talk the boyfriend out of coming to see me.

He's sweet like that.

Cause I don't want to get people sick, if in fact I am sick.

It's going around work.

And apparently - according to Dr. Oz - it can take up to 20 days to have an effect. affect? effect? affect?

I could never keep those straight. It's like who and whom. I always feel like a dorky snob if I use the word "whom" even if it is the correct usage.

Can you be a dorky snob?

Is that kind of an oxymoron?

Yeah.

Guess tomorrow determines all. If I can stand up straight without feeling like I'm going to pass out and I don't have a fever - unlike the last time when I had to call in - then I'm gold.

Anyway, that was basically my day. Slept in, watched NCIS:LA, bought pop, laid on the couch with my big fat cat now am deleting friends.

Cause you can only watch NCIS:LA for so many hours before you're sick of it.

Not a fantastic day off. But that's actually not uncommon, for some reason this past year almost all of my days off have been spent sick on the couch. Wonder what shrinks would have to say about that.

Memory Monday

couple twists on an original, then just an original original, cause that one's unbeatable.

"Love Potion No. 9" The Searchers


classic.

"Shake, Rattle And Roll" Elvis Presley

we actually sang flip flop fly my junior year of high school for krt. choreography included.

"Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison

the "pretty woman" they keep flashing to doesn't look so enthused to be there. sorry Roy, doesn't look like she's going to be walking back to you.

Think I'll eat some ice cream, cause I got some of that today along with Swamp People season one for dad, then crash and burn.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas time is here, Happiness and cheer

I gave my big fat cat one of his catnip presents early. He's chasing it around the apartment as we speak. Glad he can be entertained by some fabric. Totally exciting.

So, today, was crazy surreal. I was not at the desk all day. I know, right?! I worked on my YA Project and Supplies stuff for the most of the day, and actually made progress. My problem, at the moment, is that I went through the whole YA section and changed all the statuses so they say they're in the YA area, however, some of them still say they're on display while the other half don't. And none of them were on display, I pulled them from the stacks. So, I got the joy and pleasure of going back through them all again. Dylan helped for a while, she rocks. I started at A while she worked back from Z, all I have left tomorrow is Mac-Peters. Awesome. Plus supplies stuff, now that my awesome mentor in supplies has left.

Retirement party for him was today, there was a serious amount of food in the breakroom. It could probably feed a family of 4 for about a week. I am sad that he is leaving, he was always fun to work with. Entertaining and fun to talk to. Plus he always made sure to make sure I was okay with all the supplies stuff, showing me where to find everything and how to place orders for things. I'll be missing that next week when we mysteriously run out of an item and I go flailing up to 3rd floor in an attempt to find some.

After the joy that is work I met up with the Cool Aunt for sushi. She proves yet again why she's so cool by giving me the leftovers. So I'll be eating those probably around 2AM tonight. Yes, small children sleep more than I do, get over it.
We talked about Tokyo Red as a hair color, library stuff, and the awesomeness that will be the family Christmas party on Friday. I'm picking up Grams and bringing her and we're gonna play pitch, drink margaritas, give out gag gifts - I found that freaking dancing baby and I know who I'm giving it to! - and just jam out with the family. I'm stoked.

Alright, as exhausting as today was I'm sure tomorrow will be double that. Lots of people coming in to get stuff before the weekend. We're closed 24-26, I'm stoked for that many days off in a row! Plus the 1-2 of January, and I'm not scheduled on the 31st so add those to the list as well. Awesome! But, then our next break isn't until like February for President's Day so I'm taking these days and running with them.

and there will be much rejoicing.

Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Eight

"Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley and Martina McBride

oh yeah, it's the both of them. live. just, different performances melded so well together that it looks like they're physically in the same place and singing.
it's fantastic. a lot of people actually thought it was real, i would have too, but the fact that he died in 77 and she wasn't born until 66 made me think, hmm, someone really has a lot of time on their hands.
it's like when they paired her up with Dean Martin on Baby It's Cold Outside. That actually got released on itunes.

"The Christmas Song" She and Him

a chick came in today and called it the "chesnuts roasting on an open fire" song.
i love that it's THE Christmas Song, not just A Christmas Song. But I guess that's how people remember it.
i love their style, Zooey's voice is totally zen with this one. and yes i realize that pretty much every post so far has something from them, but that's just because their christmas album rocks, look into it!

"Christmas Time is Here" Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown has been one of my favorites ever since Junior year of high school when we did "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" for our drama production. I was Peppermint Patty, red hair included. I think that was probably the most fun I had in high school ever. Joking around backstage, doing the Macarena to the Kite Song, stealing Mak's gum and putting it in Stuart's Valentine card, that he opened on stage and had to keep a straight face. Came backstage after that scene and whispered, "who put gum in my valentine?!" That was awesome. We always threw in a bunch of random stuff during the Sunday performance. Lot of improv on those ones.

HA! I found them. Well, some of them anyway. Though a lot of them are on Facebook.

Oh god, just found more that aren't on Facebook. Makeup central, don't get your hopes up, I'm skipping those.

Though there are plenty in the Arsenic and Old Lace album since I was the minister's daughter and she wore nothing but dresses and silver high heels. I had to sit on the windowseat box for 8 pages re-applying my makeup. That was fun. Didn't know there was a dead guy in the box at the time.

I'll post those pictures later, stick with these for now.


this was right before Josh and I walked off, we had to make conversation on the way out and all I could think of at the time was "And how old was Beethoven when you killed him?"


Glee Club Rehearsal scene, my favorite in the whole play. "What's an enigma?" this is us trying to keep a straight face, as we lost it so many times in practice.


the baseball game, charlie brown strikes out.


the doctor is in. Katie rocked it as Lucy.


mark and me after a performance, can't believe that was all the way back in like '05
he gave Second Sister Linus' blanket as a peace offering, but that was only after she threatened his manhood on the dance floor at her wedding. but that's kind of a long story.

I got to hunt rabbits, jump rope, blow giant bubbles with my bubble gum, answer questions in a Dear Abby format, pledge allegiance with liver and onions for all - wrote that myself, playing air baseball and fake throwing it around the stage, dying our hair at Mak's house, buying velcro shoes for Linus, the fun goes on. Best play ever. Seriously.

See, this is why I loved high school and hated college. Maybe if I was more involved in college stuff that would have been different. In high school it was drama productions, One Act stuff, choir tours, basketball manager, yearbook, newspaper editor, in college I did nothing. Just homework.

That was enough really, with the mass amount of reading that comes with being an English Major and taking 4 lit classes at once, there's not a lot of time for anything else.

OUT!

although it's been said many times, many ways, merry christmas to you.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

"We're angels, not saints."

Well, that was interesting.

Classic Charlie's Angels with the cheesy dialogue, models everywhere and big action sequences. Although I'm happy that I didn't have to grab the remote and turn the volume down everytime the music came on like in the original series. And Bosley?! What the crap? He's got mad fighting skills now! And they're very tech-friendly. Which is cool but not so believable. Charlie shows his wealth, but they're in Miami and it's present day so that makes sense. It's just a massive change over.

And I could live with all of that. But the voice of Charlie totally killed it for me. It's like, he sounds almost like a computer. Or a really old and weak man. Which is anti-Charlie. Cause Charlie is supposed to be a ladies man constantly surrounded by women. And this dude....just no. I don't like it. And John Forsythe is dead. And originally it was supposed to be Robert Wagner. But it's clearly not. Perhaps he will man up in the future.

But I'll stick with it. Cause Drew's producing - Drew Covergirl Commercials for pilot = 4 - and it's Charlie's Angels and it's Flower Films and it's ABC. Even though that last one means that it's done. ABC doesn't give their new series a chance. Especially if they have a female lead, let alone more than one. It's toast. But I like it and I'll watch it anyway. I was impressed by that Grey's chick as the lead. And the new chick should be interesting. The preview for next week seems dramatic and cheesy and exciting, very Angels style with big explosions and tackling people. I'll keep you posted.

Today was interesting. Staff meeting in the morning, switched out my Sept. 11th display of one about Books to Movies/TV. I TOTALLY PUT 1ST TO DIE ON THE DISPLAY! YEAH WMC! It will live forever! Bring it!
That and Reichs books, Harry Potter, Mary Shelley, Dracula, ummm....Runaway Jury....ummmm I don't know there were a lot. But it' awesome and I'm proud.
After that it was more fun as an Aide where we shifted - massively - the bottom row up. Cause I'm both crazy and stupid and apparently enjoy books falling on my head. Luckily I live my life surrounded by children so I've learned to censor myself and the vulgarity was kept to a minimum.
But no one can see anything on the bottom row so I moved it up. And now it's all pretty and in order. Not that it will be by tomorrow, but it was worth the afternoon.

Tomorrow is gonna be a long day so I'm totally out....after singing YEAH TOAST all day I'm in need of a change of tune.

Throwback Thursday says....

"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley

love the fake instruments. that's fantatic.


OUT!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

No such number, no such zone.

Okay, you can call off your grid-search. I'll be back on the radar for the next couple weeks. After that who knows.

Last night was hands down the worst night I've spent in this apartment. Everything was fine, I fell asleep watching Justified but then my freaking cat woke me up at 4 and for reasons that will go unexplained I couldn't fall back asleep until 6. I was up at 8 for work at 9 where I shelved until 12. By then I was awake and alert and all that. I had my juice. There I stayed until 6 then took a random trip to the farmhouse because I'm stupid at 8 and now I'm finally back here at my apartment at 11:30.

I really have no explanation for today. I worked a lot. Shelved all morning cause there were carts everywhere then was all about the Food Drive in the afternoon whilst working public service. Things are going good, even though Fearless Leader is on vacation. I only ran panic-y and flailing to the basement twice today with questions for last year's co-chair who is seriously awesome and my hero every time I have to try find something in that basement. Boss's Boss's Boss said I was doing good so that's a bonus.

I should really go to bed now. But last night, amongst the awful, were some of the weirdest dreams I've had in a while. I remember cause I wrote them in my phone - as is practice with me. Anyway, one was about Christina Aguilera and Eminem singing "Like a Virgin" together, then in another I got a text message at 3AM from the Library Goddess saying "Reality Sucks" end of message with no explanation, and then in a third something must have really wonked out my brain because I typed
"Gedma thold onto yardsti"
and that was the end of that.
So, if you can translate my sleep-addled brain let me know. I'm curious.

Hahahaha, reading dream log from this day last year, it says "There are two dead bodies under the bed." "It was your bed."

Songs of the Day: Let's go with a throwback.

Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las

yeah, he's a total badass. I love her complete lack of emotion at 1:57. fantastic.
I love the description of the video: "They combined an innocent adolescent charm with more than a hint of darkness, singing about dead bikers, teenage runaways, and doomed love affairs as well as ebullient high-school crushes." nice.


Return to Sender - Elvis

Ummm....what's with 1:37? anyone?

out!