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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Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
"You have great hair, can I touch it?" "What?"
Wore my awesome boots again to work today.
Queen of the Known Universe says I need to get something to put in the pockets.
Something specific but it probably wouldn't fit.
So now there's a debate going on as to what would fit.
Today was Monday but I was determined to not see it as a Monday. Mostly because I worked the weekend and I didn't want another Monday.
But I came in with an optimist's attitude - just trying it on for size - saying today was going to be good and it actually turned out okay. Which was shocking for a realist like myself. Though some may say pessimist.
Okay, mostly I say pessimist but have changed it to realist because pessimist just makes me seem like I'm mad all of the time.
Which is not true.
Just most of the time.
Joking.
Anyway, everything good became "take that, Monday!" aka answering reference questions like a pro, training volunteers, and ordering a banana split for lunch with the works.
I go there basically every day but this was only the second time I've ordered one and somehow majestically Superwoman was there - like she was the first time - and super jealous.
As mentioned, I go there basically every day, so they let me pick my three flavors of icecream. I went with cherry nut, peanut butter fudge and regular chocolate. Then cause I needed toppings - or so they said - I added some chocolate sauce, nuts and whipped cream.
By the end the lid wouldn't close and I had to walk through the library with everyone staring at me.
Not that them staring is abnormal.
Speaking of staring, okay, so there is a reason that I don't wear my hair down at work.
Oldest Sister says that I should, I claim it's easier if it's up in a pony tail, which it is, but it's mostly because I get hit on EVEN MORE when it's down.
Like yesterday this dude was like, "did you dye your hair?" "no." "oh, well it looks nice. how's your day going?" etc. And then I'm stuck in this awkward conversation while he's signing up for a computer and no one around to make him stop talking to me. And the fact that he asked if I dyed it means that he's seen me before and knows what it usually looks like. Which creeps me out more cause I don't remember seeing him ever.
Then today this totally different guy comes up to me and says, "you know, you have great hair. can I touch it?" "what?!"
Um.
What the crap do you say to that?!
I'm gonna say no...but thanks.
Yes, that was a Friends quote. Deal with it.
But seriously? I'm like in the middle of volunteer training and I'm pretty sure my volunteer even did a double take. And I was basically like, "um, that's a weird question." and walked away talking to my volunteer.
He later came up to me claiming he was joking - good god I hoped so - but then continued talking about my hair.
Seriously?!
It needs chopped and dyed cause it hasn't been since like January. So why am I getting compliments now? In August?
When I don't want them?
Not that I want them from them ever anyway.
Though it would be nice if my boyfriend were to actually notice these things.
Anyway, so there is a reason I don't wear my hair down at work.
Even more amusing is the conversation I had with Queen of the Known Universe about it. Apparently she got hit on at lunch the other day as well so we said we should go out sometime looking hot and see what happens.
Perhaps bringing Wordie along with us to scare away the ones that aren't firemen or cowboys.
Don't ask.
It's a long story.
Alright, so that was my day. I'm off to edit some more before I crash. Tomorrow is another half and half day, work branch in the morning with practicum in the afternoon. Looking forward to it.
Song of the day:
Go For a Soda - Kim Mitchell
heard this the other day and went whaaat?
was this a legitimate song? like did it get airplay?
Clip of the day:
Ninja Cat
i'm sorry but this is hysterical.
and i'm pretty sure i had a nightmare similar to that once.
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Queen of the Known Universe says I need to get something to put in the pockets.
Something specific but it probably wouldn't fit.
So now there's a debate going on as to what would fit.
Today was Monday but I was determined to not see it as a Monday. Mostly because I worked the weekend and I didn't want another Monday.
But I came in with an optimist's attitude - just trying it on for size - saying today was going to be good and it actually turned out okay. Which was shocking for a realist like myself. Though some may say pessimist.
Okay, mostly I say pessimist but have changed it to realist because pessimist just makes me seem like I'm mad all of the time.
Which is not true.
Just most of the time.
Joking.
Anyway, everything good became "take that, Monday!" aka answering reference questions like a pro, training volunteers, and ordering a banana split for lunch with the works.
I go there basically every day but this was only the second time I've ordered one and somehow majestically Superwoman was there - like she was the first time - and super jealous.
As mentioned, I go there basically every day, so they let me pick my three flavors of icecream. I went with cherry nut, peanut butter fudge and regular chocolate. Then cause I needed toppings - or so they said - I added some chocolate sauce, nuts and whipped cream.
By the end the lid wouldn't close and I had to walk through the library with everyone staring at me.
Not that them staring is abnormal.
Speaking of staring, okay, so there is a reason that I don't wear my hair down at work.
Oldest Sister says that I should, I claim it's easier if it's up in a pony tail, which it is, but it's mostly because I get hit on EVEN MORE when it's down.
Like yesterday this dude was like, "did you dye your hair?" "no." "oh, well it looks nice. how's your day going?" etc. And then I'm stuck in this awkward conversation while he's signing up for a computer and no one around to make him stop talking to me. And the fact that he asked if I dyed it means that he's seen me before and knows what it usually looks like. Which creeps me out more cause I don't remember seeing him ever.
Then today this totally different guy comes up to me and says, "you know, you have great hair. can I touch it?" "what?!"
Um.
What the crap do you say to that?!
I'm gonna say no...but thanks.
Yes, that was a Friends quote. Deal with it.
But seriously? I'm like in the middle of volunteer training and I'm pretty sure my volunteer even did a double take. And I was basically like, "um, that's a weird question." and walked away talking to my volunteer.
He later came up to me claiming he was joking - good god I hoped so - but then continued talking about my hair.
Seriously?!
It needs chopped and dyed cause it hasn't been since like January. So why am I getting compliments now? In August?
When I don't want them?
Not that I want them from them ever anyway.
Though it would be nice if my boyfriend were to actually notice these things.
Anyway, so there is a reason I don't wear my hair down at work.
Even more amusing is the conversation I had with Queen of the Known Universe about it. Apparently she got hit on at lunch the other day as well so we said we should go out sometime looking hot and see what happens.
Perhaps bringing Wordie along with us to scare away the ones that aren't firemen or cowboys.
Don't ask.
It's a long story.
Alright, so that was my day. I'm off to edit some more before I crash. Tomorrow is another half and half day, work branch in the morning with practicum in the afternoon. Looking forward to it.
Song of the day:
Go For a Soda - Kim Mitchell
heard this the other day and went whaaat?
was this a legitimate song? like did it get airplay?
Clip of the day:
Ninja Cat
i'm sorry but this is hysterical.
and i'm pretty sure i had a nightmare similar to that once.
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
westward leading still proceeding
Happy Christmas Eve Eve.
Name that reference.
Hmm, today.
Went to Bubby's Christmas Eve service at church. I'm aware it's not Christmas Eve, well technically now it is as it's officially passed midnight. Though this post will say it's ten minutes before as almost always. First year Squirt got out of it since she is in high school now. But see when she used to be in it we could make her laugh by making faces and all that.
But Bubby is too smart for that. He doesn't even look at us cause he knows it's coming.
I fear it's payback for how his dad used to wave and make broad gestures to me from the back of the church when I had to stand up there and say the lines.
But reading them over and over for years and years really does make them stick in your brain as I recited in my head along with them.
Apparently there was a section that Bubby forgot and totally made up his own thing. Didn't eve notice he's that good on the spot.
And the best piano player there for the pre-worship stuff.
But his mom is the organist so...
Interestingly enough he goes to someone else for lessons.
Anyway, so that was in the morning then we went to lunch at Sam and Louie's. Got a calzone and half of it is still in the fridge.
Though now I'm hungry. Dangit.
After that came packing my car with all the presents. Which I didn't realize how many of them there were until I had to carry them all the way down the stairs and across the frozen parking lot expecting to fall at any moment.
Though I haven't had any major ice falls since college.
People used to go to breakfast just so they could sit by the windows and count how many people fell on the ice in the parking lot.
But they never plowed it cause there were always cars there. They'd pour gravel but that only goes so far.
After that I came home - Carter was actually okay on the drive out though he was very happy to be out of the carrier when we entered the farmhouse. He's very content now.
Speaking of content, we did our stockings today. Got some sweet Star Wars ones. I gave him Yoda cause he's small and fuzzy and I'm Darth Vader. Cause that was the other option and I guess I can be both evil and good at the same time.
He got lots of cat treats.
Here was the sequence of events.
The stockings
Why yes, that is a leverage reference for those of you wondering.
There's also a collection of shot glasses, signed copies of 2 separate children's books courtesy of two of my favorite teachers - Serck and the Cool Aunt - plus a golden snitch, mizzou tiger, C-3PO's head, etc.
Told you I needed more bookshelves. There is one other unit as this one only holds A-P. And before you ask, yes they are in order. I work in a library, what do you expect. Though I may switch it up. Sort them by year just to be different. In which case I think Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky would be first and Frozen Heat would be the newest.
Inspecting stocking contents.
Why yes, he is quite spoiled.
Debating how many he can pounce on at the same time.
Fish was the winner
Well, maybe not from his perspective.
Content after a day playing with new toys.
Why yes, I am the stereotypical librarian.
Cats and green tea, I'm telling you. But if I ever start composting please Gibbs smack me.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Ten
Last year's Day Ten included my favorite new original Christmas Song - Wish List by Neon Trees - but since I posted the original last year and all the covers on youtube aren't so fantastic I'm forced to skip it since I can't post it twice in a row.
These rules suck sometimes.
Moving on we still got a few others on the agenda.
White Christmas - Team Blake
starting off with the one most often stuck in my head. for the boyfriend that would be blue christmas. which he sang over and over this weekend it was highly amusing. especially since it was that one and payphone over and over.
but this is the one i looked forward to posting after seeing it on the voice.
think this is one of the major highlights from season three just because blake brings back his entire team to sing.
they make a heck of a choir. cassadee, jordis, think i'm team blake for life.
Welcome Christmas - Grinch
i don't think my uncle or aunt would appreciate being trimmed up. just a theory.
i can post the original since last year i went with the glee version.
what is that, latin? any idea what that means in english?
God rest ye merry gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies
love these guys.
For last year's Day Ten go here
Name that reference.
Hmm, today.
Went to Bubby's Christmas Eve service at church. I'm aware it's not Christmas Eve, well technically now it is as it's officially passed midnight. Though this post will say it's ten minutes before as almost always. First year Squirt got out of it since she is in high school now. But see when she used to be in it we could make her laugh by making faces and all that.
But Bubby is too smart for that. He doesn't even look at us cause he knows it's coming.
I fear it's payback for how his dad used to wave and make broad gestures to me from the back of the church when I had to stand up there and say the lines.
But reading them over and over for years and years really does make them stick in your brain as I recited in my head along with them.
Apparently there was a section that Bubby forgot and totally made up his own thing. Didn't eve notice he's that good on the spot.
And the best piano player there for the pre-worship stuff.
But his mom is the organist so...
Interestingly enough he goes to someone else for lessons.
Anyway, so that was in the morning then we went to lunch at Sam and Louie's. Got a calzone and half of it is still in the fridge.
Though now I'm hungry. Dangit.
After that came packing my car with all the presents. Which I didn't realize how many of them there were until I had to carry them all the way down the stairs and across the frozen parking lot expecting to fall at any moment.
Though I haven't had any major ice falls since college.
People used to go to breakfast just so they could sit by the windows and count how many people fell on the ice in the parking lot.
But they never plowed it cause there were always cars there. They'd pour gravel but that only goes so far.
After that I came home - Carter was actually okay on the drive out though he was very happy to be out of the carrier when we entered the farmhouse. He's very content now.
Speaking of content, we did our stockings today. Got some sweet Star Wars ones. I gave him Yoda cause he's small and fuzzy and I'm Darth Vader. Cause that was the other option and I guess I can be both evil and good at the same time.
He got lots of cat treats.
Here was the sequence of events.
The stockings
Why yes, that is a leverage reference for those of you wondering.
There's also a collection of shot glasses, signed copies of 2 separate children's books courtesy of two of my favorite teachers - Serck and the Cool Aunt - plus a golden snitch, mizzou tiger, C-3PO's head, etc.
Told you I needed more bookshelves. There is one other unit as this one only holds A-P. And before you ask, yes they are in order. I work in a library, what do you expect. Though I may switch it up. Sort them by year just to be different. In which case I think Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky would be first and Frozen Heat would be the newest.
Inspecting stocking contents.
Why yes, he is quite spoiled.
Debating how many he can pounce on at the same time.
Fish was the winner
Well, maybe not from his perspective.
Content after a day playing with new toys.
Why yes, I am the stereotypical librarian.
Cats and green tea, I'm telling you. But if I ever start composting please Gibbs smack me.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Ten
Last year's Day Ten included my favorite new original Christmas Song - Wish List by Neon Trees - but since I posted the original last year and all the covers on youtube aren't so fantastic I'm forced to skip it since I can't post it twice in a row.
These rules suck sometimes.
Moving on we still got a few others on the agenda.
White Christmas - Team Blake
starting off with the one most often stuck in my head. for the boyfriend that would be blue christmas. which he sang over and over this weekend it was highly amusing. especially since it was that one and payphone over and over.
but this is the one i looked forward to posting after seeing it on the voice.
think this is one of the major highlights from season three just because blake brings back his entire team to sing.
they make a heck of a choir. cassadee, jordis, think i'm team blake for life.
Welcome Christmas - Grinch
i don't think my uncle or aunt would appreciate being trimmed up. just a theory.
i can post the original since last year i went with the glee version.
what is that, latin? any idea what that means in english?
God rest ye merry gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies
love these guys.
For last year's Day Ten go here
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Knock, knock, knock, Penny. Knock, knock, knock, Penny. Knock, knock, knock, Penny.
Oh, Reference class.
Filled with 17 brilliant people who can't navigate a discussion line.
But the thing with an uneven number is that it throws everyone off cause when you hit the end you have to go all the way around. And moving over turns into moving two over, and apparently some of us suck at line dancing more than others.
"can i help you find anything?"
"a comic that depicts a woman whose bosom can't be used as a flotation device."
But we talked a lot about some good reference guidelines - censorship, respect, and all that. And downloaded some cool new software for Word for this reference website thing.
Which I now am supposed to pass on to Superwoman cause I am a spy in the house of me.
After class the Library Goddess and I met up to work on the newsletter that gets sent out to all the library people. No pressure.
Though the majority of it is copy and paste. Which I'm a total pro at, yeehaw.
"what are you waiting for?"
"they're in a group, i'm scared."
Then after that I stopped and got a burger with money that the Cool Aunt left for me on her door.
Cause she's cool like that.
Whiskey river bbq burger with fries.
It's amusing because I called on my way home and it was ready by the time I got there.
Awesomeness.
"i feel like two different people, Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Whore."
So, now that I'm home, I'm taking a much needed break cause it's my last day off for a while, to watch some Big Bang Theory. Tomorrow I will finish my website though it's not due until Friday, and then start work on the newsletter - which I can't do yet anyway cause I don't have the stuff to put in it.
And I think that's it for homework this week.
I think.
I mean, there's more next week, there will always be more.
Maybe it's just timing but I feel like there will always be homework.
Like, even after I'm graduated, there will always be homework.
Mostly cause I keep inheriting all these responsibilities at work and don't have time to finish everything whilst there.
"she doesn't have a boyfriend, she has a Sheldon."
Oh well, if life was easy then I would get bored so I'm good with it.
Tomorrow is back to work so I should go to bed at a semi-decent hour as I was up pretty late last night.
"i feel like i should say, 'that bitch!' but i don't have enough information."
Here's even more useless information for you.
-Off! and similar mosquito repellents don't really repel - they hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't realize you are there.
-Duck tape was originally green and developed by Johnson & Johnson for the US military, which wanted a waterproof tape that would keep the moisture out of - and blend in with - their ammunition cases. During the postwar house boom, it was discovered that it was also good for heating and air conditioning duct work, so the color was changed from army green to silver and duck tape became duct tape.
-The homes on Wisteria Lane were lived in by the Cleavers, the Hardy Boys, and the men of Animal House before they were rebuilt and remodeled for Desperate Housewives
-60 Minutes is the only TV show with no theme song or music
-The Magna Doodle that hung on the inside of Joey and Chandler's apartment door had a different picture every episode of Friends. I KNEW THAT ONE. Also, the frame that Monica and Rachel had hanging on the back of their door around the peep hole was originally a mirror that broke during filming, but they liked it so they kept it.
-The technical (copyrighted) name for the mini marshmallows found in Lucky Charms is "Marbits". They were invented by General Mills VP John Holahan when he cut up a few orange circus peanuts, stirred them into a bowl of cheerios and was impressed with the results.
-The distinctive smell that you experience upon opening a box of crayons comes from stearic acid - which is the formal name for processed beef fat.
-Of the 20 possible answers on a Magic 8-ball, ten are positive, five are negative and five are neutral. Which, according to statisticians gives a high degree of accuracy to the ball's ability to forecast.
aaannd that's all for now.
have a good night!
Filled with 17 brilliant people who can't navigate a discussion line.
But the thing with an uneven number is that it throws everyone off cause when you hit the end you have to go all the way around. And moving over turns into moving two over, and apparently some of us suck at line dancing more than others.
"can i help you find anything?"
"a comic that depicts a woman whose bosom can't be used as a flotation device."
But we talked a lot about some good reference guidelines - censorship, respect, and all that. And downloaded some cool new software for Word for this reference website thing.
Which I now am supposed to pass on to Superwoman cause I am a spy in the house of me.
After class the Library Goddess and I met up to work on the newsletter that gets sent out to all the library people. No pressure.
Though the majority of it is copy and paste. Which I'm a total pro at, yeehaw.
"what are you waiting for?"
"they're in a group, i'm scared."
Then after that I stopped and got a burger with money that the Cool Aunt left for me on her door.
Cause she's cool like that.
Whiskey river bbq burger with fries.
It's amusing because I called on my way home and it was ready by the time I got there.
Awesomeness.
"i feel like two different people, Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Whore."
So, now that I'm home, I'm taking a much needed break cause it's my last day off for a while, to watch some Big Bang Theory. Tomorrow I will finish my website though it's not due until Friday, and then start work on the newsletter - which I can't do yet anyway cause I don't have the stuff to put in it.
And I think that's it for homework this week.
I think.
I mean, there's more next week, there will always be more.
Maybe it's just timing but I feel like there will always be homework.
Like, even after I'm graduated, there will always be homework.
Mostly cause I keep inheriting all these responsibilities at work and don't have time to finish everything whilst there.
"she doesn't have a boyfriend, she has a Sheldon."
Oh well, if life was easy then I would get bored so I'm good with it.
Tomorrow is back to work so I should go to bed at a semi-decent hour as I was up pretty late last night.
"i feel like i should say, 'that bitch!' but i don't have enough information."
Here's even more useless information for you.
-Off! and similar mosquito repellents don't really repel - they hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't realize you are there.
-Duck tape was originally green and developed by Johnson & Johnson for the US military, which wanted a waterproof tape that would keep the moisture out of - and blend in with - their ammunition cases. During the postwar house boom, it was discovered that it was also good for heating and air conditioning duct work, so the color was changed from army green to silver and duck tape became duct tape.
-The homes on Wisteria Lane were lived in by the Cleavers, the Hardy Boys, and the men of Animal House before they were rebuilt and remodeled for Desperate Housewives
-60 Minutes is the only TV show with no theme song or music
-The Magna Doodle that hung on the inside of Joey and Chandler's apartment door had a different picture every episode of Friends. I KNEW THAT ONE. Also, the frame that Monica and Rachel had hanging on the back of their door around the peep hole was originally a mirror that broke during filming, but they liked it so they kept it.
-The technical (copyrighted) name for the mini marshmallows found in Lucky Charms is "Marbits". They were invented by General Mills VP John Holahan when he cut up a few orange circus peanuts, stirred them into a bowl of cheerios and was impressed with the results.
-The distinctive smell that you experience upon opening a box of crayons comes from stearic acid - which is the formal name for processed beef fat.
-Of the 20 possible answers on a Magic 8-ball, ten are positive, five are negative and five are neutral. Which, according to statisticians gives a high degree of accuracy to the ball's ability to forecast.
aaannd that's all for now.
have a good night!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
bang she shot you, karma tastes so...
Joe Studley calling in sick means me at the home branch all day, jamming out with my big brother coworker.
He's a cool guy so the day flew by fairly quickly.
Was amusing to go back to old habits, though he got the bookdrop I still went straight to routine with the holds list/expired/cancelled/counting money/checking in delivery/etc.
Hit up Arby's for lunch, that rocked.
And basically just jammed around all day.
Though for some reason I'm exhausted, which makes no sense cause while the work branch is constantly busy, the home branch is more relaxed. So it doesn't make sense.
Maybe it's a state of mind thing. Zenned out.
I'm tired.
And waking up early tomorrow morning so will probably konk out within the next few minutes.
Clips of the night were basically from - you know how you can go on youtube to find one video and you end up finding like eight you weren't planning to find?
It's like a train of thought thing like, "hey, i'm gonna look for culps seminar videos."
"it's really inspiring that all of you decided to attend this mandatory drug awareness assembly..."
"i love will ferrell and ana gasteyer, let's do a search for the perfect cheer." "oh my god, why has no one uploaded videos of the perfect cheer?" "i bet i can find some amateurs."
"oh my god, if you could hear them speak they are dead on!" "those were some killer moves. let's look for some videos on breakdancing."
"oh my god that's ridiculously cool. let's find something else ridiculously cool." "who's ridiculously cool and her music is stuck in my head? kelly clarkson of course."
"well that was....interesting." "what's the name of that song from her new CD?" "oh, that's right." "wow, his cover is really cool, let's post that version."
"I Forgive You" Kelly Clarkson cover by Ben Mallare
"very impressive. almost better than the original." "who else has a killer voice?" "oh yeah..."
"Bang Bang Bang" Christina Perri
"oh my god, she's fantastic live. i wanna go." "you know who else is great live?"
"speaking of having a new hairstyle and outfit practically every time she walks through a door..."
"though when i hear gaga i think of this"
"oh my god, i love sue sylvester. she needs a 'best of' video." "bet i could find one."
"aww, she's so cool. i want one. a sue sylvester that is. guess i should attempt to be more badass in the future." "speaking of badasses..."
there were more, but i'm cutting myself and you off.
cause we need a break.
WE WERE ON A BREAK!!
okay now i'm done.
gotta sleep.
like now.
early morning + long day tomorrow.
OUT!
He's a cool guy so the day flew by fairly quickly.
Was amusing to go back to old habits, though he got the bookdrop I still went straight to routine with the holds list/expired/cancelled/counting money/checking in delivery/etc.
Hit up Arby's for lunch, that rocked.
And basically just jammed around all day.
Though for some reason I'm exhausted, which makes no sense cause while the work branch is constantly busy, the home branch is more relaxed. So it doesn't make sense.
Maybe it's a state of mind thing. Zenned out.
I'm tired.
And waking up early tomorrow morning so will probably konk out within the next few minutes.
Clips of the night were basically from - you know how you can go on youtube to find one video and you end up finding like eight you weren't planning to find?
It's like a train of thought thing like, "hey, i'm gonna look for culps seminar videos."
"it's really inspiring that all of you decided to attend this mandatory drug awareness assembly..."
"i love will ferrell and ana gasteyer, let's do a search for the perfect cheer." "oh my god, why has no one uploaded videos of the perfect cheer?" "i bet i can find some amateurs."
"oh my god, if you could hear them speak they are dead on!" "those were some killer moves. let's look for some videos on breakdancing."
"oh my god that's ridiculously cool. let's find something else ridiculously cool." "who's ridiculously cool and her music is stuck in my head? kelly clarkson of course."
"well that was....interesting." "what's the name of that song from her new CD?" "oh, that's right." "wow, his cover is really cool, let's post that version."
"I Forgive You" Kelly Clarkson cover by Ben Mallare
"very impressive. almost better than the original." "who else has a killer voice?" "oh yeah..."
"Bang Bang Bang" Christina Perri
"oh my god, she's fantastic live. i wanna go." "you know who else is great live?"
"speaking of having a new hairstyle and outfit practically every time she walks through a door..."
"though when i hear gaga i think of this"
"oh my god, i love sue sylvester. she needs a 'best of' video." "bet i could find one."
"aww, she's so cool. i want one. a sue sylvester that is. guess i should attempt to be more badass in the future." "speaking of badasses..."
there were more, but i'm cutting myself and you off.
cause we need a break.
WE WERE ON A BREAK!!
okay now i'm done.
gotta sleep.
like now.
early morning + long day tomorrow.
OUT!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Jaywalking, Coworkers, Margaritas, Hunger Games, Dentists, and Sketch & Edit
Things I've learned over the past couple of days:
-When you decide to jaywalk, make sure no one you know is approaching in a large vehicle.
Slim Shady and I walked to work from the parking lot this morning and walked across the road as no one was coming. Suddenly there's a big silver vehicle headed in our direction and the second we make it to the other side there's this big HOOONK! Yep. Superwoman.
Crap.
So I guess I should change that to, if you're going to jaywalk make sure not to do it in front of your supervisor. She will give you crap.
-It's good to work with a group of people who get your references. My coworkers rock, I can pull out lines like "You changed it to Latrine?" and reference the "Hug and roll" technique and they know exactly what I'm talking about. They're fantastic. I'm loving this new supervisor even more. She knows Men in Tights and Holy Grail. Impressive. Plus she's gonna hit up The Hunger Games with us.
-The jalapeno resides in the foam. Or so it seems when that's the first thing of the margarita you taste and it kicks you in the ass. Jalapeno margaritas rock. Though Slim Shady does not agree. I told her we were going there tonight to which she replied,
"Are you going to order a disgusting margarita?"
"Maybe I should ask for one and see what they bring me."
"A jalapeno margarita."
Thanks Slim Shady, you rock...no faith in the jalapeno margaritas man, ouch.
-Making a Hunger Games booklist is fun, until it comes to describing them and you haven't read the majority of them. But that's what reviews are for. And granted you don't need to describe them, but I think it's more useful cause then they know why it's similar. I got to do a read-a-like display on it today at work - got to make a sign and everything - and they'll officially advertise the list closer to the movie. I'll give you the link. Stoked for the movie, already bought the tickets.
The boyfriend is currently giving me advice about the dentist. Everyone I've talked to today is just making it worse, I'm freakin' out! I don't do well at dentists okay. I have qualified professionals to back me up when I say that! I'm freakin' famous at the old office! Even based a freakin' Sketch and Edit on the thing.
Maybe I'll repost it. It's been so long since I've finished one of those that it's getting ridiculous. Perhaps if I bring them back it will give me motivation.
I do have a bunch of unfinished ones, but they're missing something. You know? Like this one. I'm not happy with it, and want to go back and change things, which I will in the future. But here's what it is for now.
Sketch and Edit Sit in the Waiting Room originally posted here
E – “I hate waiting rooms. They always make me feel so nervous.”
S – “Remind me why I’m here again.”
E – “Every time I go to the dentist something always goes wrong.”
S – “And I’m here because…”
E – “I need the moral support. You should know I’m famous here for bad things happening. Didn’t you notice the hygienists laughing and giving me funny looks when I checked in?”
S – “I just figured that was a normal reaction for people around you. Why are you famous at your dentist’s office?”
E – “Just traumatic events… I kicked him once.”
S – “The dentist?”
E – “No, Janet Reno, yes the dentist!”
S – “What happened?”
E – “He told me all he needed to do was pull out one of my baby teeth and it wouldn’t take long but ended up cutting it into four pieces.”
S – “Ouch, but that’s not that bad.”
E – “And I passed out, it was embarrassing.”
S – “Lots of people pass out at their dentist’s.”
E – “Do they also freak out over having too much Novacaine, run to the lobby, smack their heads on the main desk, conk out cold and then wake up in their dentist’s arms?”
S – “All that here?”
E – “Yeah, last time I was here they asked if they should put a big red x in front of the desk. Apparently I made number three on their list of top five highlights in this office. I bet it’s down to number four now though since he got arrested this summer.”
S – “What?”
E – “Thought you might like that one. He was giving illegal prescriptions over the phone of something like that.”
S – “Your dentist is a felon?!”
E – “Say it again but louder, I don’t think the mailman heard you. And my orthodontist committed suicide a while ago too.”
S – “Are your teeth really that bad?” *Edit glares* “So, basically I’m here to…?”
E – “Keep me from getting violent and/or passing out in the lobby…or just generally embarrassing myself.”
S – “Sounds like a full-time job.”
Dentist – “We’re ready for you now.” *leaves*
S – “Was that the felon?”
E – “Yes.”
S – “Aw, no felons have the right to be that good looking…”
E – “Slow down there cowgirl. I’ll be back soon…hopefully.”
S – “Okay, I’ll just be here, building up my tolerance for heedless celebrity gossip. Look, it’s Brad and Jennifer!”
E – “I always was Team Aniston. I bet if you dig deep enough in those piles you’ll find some about Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley…” *leaves, comes back twenty minutes later to find a red-marker-colored taped ‘x’ in front of the desk* “Oh, You’re dead.” *Sketch smiles and makes a run for it*
Oh my god, so sad it's been so long that when I went to find it I realized I had like 5 sitting at the bottom that I've completely forgotten about altogether. And they actually don't suck! Like this one.
So that's exciting and depressing at the same time. Exciting because they don't suck, but depressing because I've changed so much that I don't even have time to write anymore.
I'm supposed to be editing two stories for a friend, granted I'm almost done with one of them, but I've had them for like 2 months. Worst editor ever.
Where was I before all this?
Dentist.
Right.
Fantastic.
Appointment to get cavaties filled tomorrow. Mom is taking me cause they're getting me all drugged up. Am taking my headphones, I'll try to remember not to sing. Or do anything embarrassing. But if you're drugged up you really don't care about that anyway.
Alright, out for the night. Not gonna be fun tomorrow cause after all that - I'll sleep it off hopefully - I get to do all my homework and get it posted as it's due at some point this weekend, I should probably figure out what date exactly. But it's just reading articles and posting my opinion. But first sleep will be required to think properly. Both now and after the appointment.
"Every Other Time" LFO
flashbacks.
OUT!
-When you decide to jaywalk, make sure no one you know is approaching in a large vehicle.
Slim Shady and I walked to work from the parking lot this morning and walked across the road as no one was coming. Suddenly there's a big silver vehicle headed in our direction and the second we make it to the other side there's this big HOOONK! Yep. Superwoman.
Crap.
So I guess I should change that to, if you're going to jaywalk make sure not to do it in front of your supervisor. She will give you crap.
-It's good to work with a group of people who get your references. My coworkers rock, I can pull out lines like "You changed it to Latrine?" and reference the "Hug and roll" technique and they know exactly what I'm talking about. They're fantastic. I'm loving this new supervisor even more. She knows Men in Tights and Holy Grail. Impressive. Plus she's gonna hit up The Hunger Games with us.
-The jalapeno resides in the foam. Or so it seems when that's the first thing of the margarita you taste and it kicks you in the ass. Jalapeno margaritas rock. Though Slim Shady does not agree. I told her we were going there tonight to which she replied,
"Are you going to order a disgusting margarita?"
"Maybe I should ask for one and see what they bring me."
"A jalapeno margarita."
Thanks Slim Shady, you rock...no faith in the jalapeno margaritas man, ouch.
-Making a Hunger Games booklist is fun, until it comes to describing them and you haven't read the majority of them. But that's what reviews are for. And granted you don't need to describe them, but I think it's more useful cause then they know why it's similar. I got to do a read-a-like display on it today at work - got to make a sign and everything - and they'll officially advertise the list closer to the movie. I'll give you the link. Stoked for the movie, already bought the tickets.
The boyfriend is currently giving me advice about the dentist. Everyone I've talked to today is just making it worse, I'm freakin' out! I don't do well at dentists okay. I have qualified professionals to back me up when I say that! I'm freakin' famous at the old office! Even based a freakin' Sketch and Edit on the thing.
Maybe I'll repost it. It's been so long since I've finished one of those that it's getting ridiculous. Perhaps if I bring them back it will give me motivation.
I do have a bunch of unfinished ones, but they're missing something. You know? Like this one. I'm not happy with it, and want to go back and change things, which I will in the future. But here's what it is for now.
Sketch and Edit Sit in the Waiting Room originally posted here
E – “I hate waiting rooms. They always make me feel so nervous.”
S – “Remind me why I’m here again.”
E – “Every time I go to the dentist something always goes wrong.”
S – “And I’m here because…”
E – “I need the moral support. You should know I’m famous here for bad things happening. Didn’t you notice the hygienists laughing and giving me funny looks when I checked in?”
S – “I just figured that was a normal reaction for people around you. Why are you famous at your dentist’s office?”
E – “Just traumatic events… I kicked him once.”
S – “The dentist?”
E – “No, Janet Reno, yes the dentist!”
S – “What happened?”
E – “He told me all he needed to do was pull out one of my baby teeth and it wouldn’t take long but ended up cutting it into four pieces.”
S – “Ouch, but that’s not that bad.”
E – “And I passed out, it was embarrassing.”
S – “Lots of people pass out at their dentist’s.”
E – “Do they also freak out over having too much Novacaine, run to the lobby, smack their heads on the main desk, conk out cold and then wake up in their dentist’s arms?”
S – “All that here?”
E – “Yeah, last time I was here they asked if they should put a big red x in front of the desk. Apparently I made number three on their list of top five highlights in this office. I bet it’s down to number four now though since he got arrested this summer.”
S – “What?”
E – “Thought you might like that one. He was giving illegal prescriptions over the phone of something like that.”
S – “Your dentist is a felon?!”
E – “Say it again but louder, I don’t think the mailman heard you. And my orthodontist committed suicide a while ago too.”
S – “Are your teeth really that bad?” *Edit glares* “So, basically I’m here to…?”
E – “Keep me from getting violent and/or passing out in the lobby…or just generally embarrassing myself.”
S – “Sounds like a full-time job.”
Dentist – “We’re ready for you now.” *leaves*
S – “Was that the felon?”
E – “Yes.”
S – “Aw, no felons have the right to be that good looking…”
E – “Slow down there cowgirl. I’ll be back soon…hopefully.”
S – “Okay, I’ll just be here, building up my tolerance for heedless celebrity gossip. Look, it’s Brad and Jennifer!”
E – “I always was Team Aniston. I bet if you dig deep enough in those piles you’ll find some about Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley…” *leaves, comes back twenty minutes later to find a red-marker-colored taped ‘x’ in front of the desk* “Oh, You’re dead.” *Sketch smiles and makes a run for it*
Oh my god, so sad it's been so long that when I went to find it I realized I had like 5 sitting at the bottom that I've completely forgotten about altogether. And they actually don't suck! Like this one.
So that's exciting and depressing at the same time. Exciting because they don't suck, but depressing because I've changed so much that I don't even have time to write anymore.
I'm supposed to be editing two stories for a friend, granted I'm almost done with one of them, but I've had them for like 2 months. Worst editor ever.
Where was I before all this?
Dentist.
Right.
Fantastic.
Appointment to get cavaties filled tomorrow. Mom is taking me cause they're getting me all drugged up. Am taking my headphones, I'll try to remember not to sing. Or do anything embarrassing. But if you're drugged up you really don't care about that anyway.
Alright, out for the night. Not gonna be fun tomorrow cause after all that - I'll sleep it off hopefully - I get to do all my homework and get it posted as it's due at some point this weekend, I should probably figure out what date exactly. But it's just reading articles and posting my opinion. But first sleep will be required to think properly. Both now and after the appointment.
"Every Other Time" LFO
flashbacks.
OUT!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
"C'est la vie" say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell.
My day rocked.
One of those days when I looked up at the clock and went, it's 4:00 already?
Which is good, because the day began when I walked out, saw my car covered in snow and went, WHAT?!
You know, this whole winter in Nebraska thing is messed up. Today was normal weather for a winter in Nebraska. But it felt abnormal.
Like I walked out, saw the car and was confused.
Who gets confused about snow in winter?
Someone who's getting used to this whole 50 degrees in December and January thing.
I was sad there was no snow to sled over winter break, but then I started digging the nice weather.
Although, if this is nice weather in winter, what is summer going to be like?
Maybe this whole global warming thing really is taking over.
AHHHH!!
We're toast!!!
Or we're going to be TOASTED!!
I don't know. Shut me up now.
I've been watching too many episodes of 2 Broke Girls.
I caught back up, oh my god, Jennifer Coolidge as the crazy neighbor - FANTASTIC! I love her. She highly amuses me.
She's all over the place! Even The Closer - "I entered your picture in the ugly contest and you won the grand prize!!"
Though my favorite is still her Friends guest appearance. "If you don't want to get me on my mobile, then don't call me on my mobile!"
Aww, Friends. That was a great show. I think I reference it at least once a week.
I'd do it more often but whenever I do reference it either people don't get it or they think I'm crazy. Or both.
Just depends on who I'm around, Slim Shady can usually pick it up pretty quickly.
My siblings are fans as well, not as much as me and miss Regina Falange of course. We play the trivia game, though we haven't lately. Bet she could actually beat me, I'm out of practice.
ANYWAY, my day was good, flew by pretty quickly, made plans for the weekend - other than working.
Plus, there were girl scout cookies on my desk this morning, SCORE!
Thanks Queen of the Known Universe, totally made my day!
Chuck's Greatest
"School Days"
hail hail rock and roll
"No Particular Place To Go"
love this one.
hmmm.... similarities....but it's his music, so i guess that's allowed.
one more and I'm out.
"You Never Can Tell"
this is my favorite. i blame this on work big brother, we were talking pulp fiction today. and 2 broke girls.
10 days until Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure!
My day rocked.
One of those days when I looked up at the clock and went, it's 4:00 already?
Which is good, because the day began when I walked out, saw my car covered in snow and went, WHAT?!
You know, this whole winter in Nebraska thing is messed up. Today was normal weather for a winter in Nebraska. But it felt abnormal.
Like I walked out, saw the car and was confused.
Who gets confused about snow in winter?
Someone who's getting used to this whole 50 degrees in December and January thing.
I was sad there was no snow to sled over winter break, but then I started digging the nice weather.
Although, if this is nice weather in winter, what is summer going to be like?
Maybe this whole global warming thing really is taking over.
AHHHH!!
We're toast!!!
Or we're going to be TOASTED!!
I don't know. Shut me up now.
I've been watching too many episodes of 2 Broke Girls.
I caught back up, oh my god, Jennifer Coolidge as the crazy neighbor - FANTASTIC! I love her. She highly amuses me.
She's all over the place! Even The Closer - "I entered your picture in the ugly contest and you won the grand prize!!"
Though my favorite is still her Friends guest appearance. "If you don't want to get me on my mobile, then don't call me on my mobile!"
Aww, Friends. That was a great show. I think I reference it at least once a week.
I'd do it more often but whenever I do reference it either people don't get it or they think I'm crazy. Or both.
Just depends on who I'm around, Slim Shady can usually pick it up pretty quickly.
My siblings are fans as well, not as much as me and miss Regina Falange of course. We play the trivia game, though we haven't lately. Bet she could actually beat me, I'm out of practice.
ANYWAY, my day was good, flew by pretty quickly, made plans for the weekend - other than working.
Plus, there were girl scout cookies on my desk this morning, SCORE!
Thanks Queen of the Known Universe, totally made my day!
Chuck's Greatest
"School Days"
hail hail rock and roll
"No Particular Place To Go"
love this one.
hmmm.... similarities....but it's his music, so i guess that's allowed.
one more and I'm out.
"You Never Can Tell"
this is my favorite. i blame this on work big brother, we were talking pulp fiction today. and 2 broke girls.
10 days until Sketch and Edit's Excellent Adventure!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
It's just been one of those, one of those days...
Rollin' with my gnomies. Yep. Painted another one today. Think it's gonna be my thing. Cool Aunt always paints grapes on things. I'll just paint gnomes. I'll have an army of them. Yeah, Gnome Army. I like it. Rollin' with my gnomies. What? It's not like it's an army of clowns or something.
"There is a heavy clown presence in this room. It's unsettling and I'm obsessed with it! I want both more and less of the clowns." -Max, 2 Broke Girls. Love that episode. "It's Hoarders 3D: The Experience!"
okay. got distracted for about 20 minutes watching clips. must move on.
So, today. 11-2 shelving. Then painting. Then came back and CLEANED MY APARTMENT! heck yeah! vacuum and broom included. Although I still need to dust. And clean the bathroom. But the main room, kitchen and bedroom are golden.
Along with that cleaning I'm also cleaning out my DVR. I've taped all the pilots to a bunch of shows that I wanted to check out but have yet to get around to them. I kept the good ones that I'll attempt to watch soon aka Once Upon a Time, Unforgettable, and Grimm but deleted Pan Am, and some old episodes of shows I've already seen. I am keeping however, all the episodes of Castle, Bones, 2 Broke Girls and all that.
If you haven't seen 2 Broke Girls yet you should check it out. Monday nights on CBS. It's fantastic. Max is my new hero. Her personality is very similar to the voice in my head. She has all the best lines. Like stuff you really want to say to someone but refrain cause you know, you're a nice person or want to make it seem like you're a nice person.
I'm a nice person.
I think.
Shutup Sketch.
I can be a nice person. And not like Phoebe's I can be a bear cub kind of thing.
middle season two. and i can tell you the title without looking if you're interested.
Music Recs:
"One of Those Days" Joy Williams
cool video. i sing this often at work. especially after incidents that involve reports.
"Leave the Light On" Priscilla Ahn live on the Late Late Show
just a bonus that craig introduces her. he's my hot guy of late night. used to watch his show every night for over 2 years. college craziness.
Alright, tomorrow is all day and then I'll probably crash and burn so I should probably konk out soon.
Carter is scratching at the carpet. It's freaking me out. I think the cleanness is freaking him out.
"There is a heavy clown presence in this room. It's unsettling and I'm obsessed with it! I want both more and less of the clowns." -Max, 2 Broke Girls. Love that episode. "It's Hoarders 3D: The Experience!"
okay. got distracted for about 20 minutes watching clips. must move on.
So, today. 11-2 shelving. Then painting. Then came back and CLEANED MY APARTMENT! heck yeah! vacuum and broom included. Although I still need to dust. And clean the bathroom. But the main room, kitchen and bedroom are golden.
Along with that cleaning I'm also cleaning out my DVR. I've taped all the pilots to a bunch of shows that I wanted to check out but have yet to get around to them. I kept the good ones that I'll attempt to watch soon aka Once Upon a Time, Unforgettable, and Grimm but deleted Pan Am, and some old episodes of shows I've already seen. I am keeping however, all the episodes of Castle, Bones, 2 Broke Girls and all that.
If you haven't seen 2 Broke Girls yet you should check it out. Monday nights on CBS. It's fantastic. Max is my new hero. Her personality is very similar to the voice in my head. She has all the best lines. Like stuff you really want to say to someone but refrain cause you know, you're a nice person or want to make it seem like you're a nice person.
I'm a nice person.
I think.
Shutup Sketch.
I can be a nice person. And not like Phoebe's I can be a bear cub kind of thing.
middle season two. and i can tell you the title without looking if you're interested.
Music Recs:
"One of Those Days" Joy Williams
cool video. i sing this often at work. especially after incidents that involve reports.
"Leave the Light On" Priscilla Ahn live on the Late Late Show
just a bonus that craig introduces her. he's my hot guy of late night. used to watch his show every night for over 2 years. college craziness.
Alright, tomorrow is all day and then I'll probably crash and burn so I should probably konk out soon.
Carter is scratching at the carpet. It's freaking me out. I think the cleanness is freaking him out.
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.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Something tells me I'm into something good...
Dear Facebook,
Why must you constantly evolve? Don't you know how much people hate change? Your changes to be exact?
I feel like I should give you a heads up on where this came from before I go into the ramble-zone. Dangerous territory.
Oldest Sister called and we talked Facebook. Right after Second Sister called and we had also talked about Facebook.
But it was Oldest Sister's conversation that brings the joy of Facebook into this post.
Okay, so I love Facebook. I was the first one to have it in high school and share it with everyone else. Blame Katie Jo, she invited me. And I got all my family on and involved and all that so they blame me. We have a page for Camp J and it's fantastic for getting information out to people. It's fun and it's an excellent form of communication for projects and presentations.
But, the thing about the new Facebook is that you know everything about everybody you're friends with. Because it feeds you information about them. All the time. Second-by-second status updates are on your homepage. It's constantly recommending things and wanting you to update your friendships. Are you close friends or aquaintances? Do you want to put them into their own specific friend group? Here, chat with this person, they're online!
This is where Oldest Sister's conversation comes in. We enjoy a hint of mystery. We don't want to know everything about everyone. Especially certain people. Just because we're friends with them on Facebook doesn't mean we're actually friends with them in real life.
We would enjoy a bit of Shrodinger's Cat in that situation. Maybe they're alive and kicking, or maybe they're dead in a box in the corner. And we're okay with the not knowing. But then we get a status update on the side of OUR homepage proving that the chemical still hasn't gone off and they're alive and well. And frankly, that was not the option we would have chosen.
Okay, that sounds really bad. Does anyone else know Shrodinger's Cat? I mean, from something other than simply watching Big Bang Theory? If you have no idea to what concept I'm referring to watch this:
Big Bang Theory - Sheldon compares Leonard and Penny's Relationship to Schrodinger's Cat
He explains it pretty well.
Anyway, we like that element of mystery. We don't want to be overloaded with peoples' personal information. Sometimes we just don't want to be social, period. So stop with all the oversharing.
I'm having flashbacks to the original Facebook. See, I've had it so long that I actually remember a time when there was no newsfeed whatsoever. Yeah! You had to actually go to someone's profile page to see what they were up to! I remember when newsfeed first came around and everyone hated it. "I don't need to know that Jimmy's favorite color is yellow!" was a post I read quite frequently. But eventually it turned out okay. So maybe these will eventually. But at the moment, do I really need up-to-the-second updates on people who like other people's wall posts? When I have no idea who those other people are?
My main problem is that I have over 600 friends. But that's what happens when you go to college and Facebook is your main way of communication. Who actually checked their college email? Anyway, you add someone as a friend if you have a presentation or a project with them because then you can get in touch with them. But then class ends and you move on. And you're still friends. And it just adds up.
Add to the fact that most of those projects/presentations happened more than 4 years ago and half of the girls I knew in college are now married with different last names... It's like, every time I go to my home page and see all these birthdays I'm like "Who the crap is that?!" then I have to go to their page and I don't recognize their picture. Like I said, 1 class, 4 years ago. Messes with my brain. "I should know you but I don't." So I leave it as it is, thinking that I'll figure it out eventually.
So, my plan is, sometime within the next few weeks, to weed through who I actually know and I actually don't. If you are someone that I haven't spoken to in more than a year but read this thing then let me know and I won't delete you.
Anyway, after Shrodinger's Cat came the
Things We'd Actually Like To See Added to Facebook conversation.
1. A "Bitchslap" Button. You know, instead of poking them. I've had this conversation on multiple occasions. It's not like the other person would have to know they've been bitchslapped, but having it there to push can give you a nice piece of sanity and humor.
2. A "Not in a Million Freakin' Years" option when you see someone you're not on such good terms with in the People You May Know section.
there are more but I won't repeat them. if you can think of more that are repeatable send them my way.
Song of the night: I'm only giving you one tonight because I think it's freaking fantastic and love it so much that it's worth two recommendations instead of one. So yes, actually listen to this one. It's worth it.
love love love this song. every version. but this one especially.
"I'm Into Something Good" The Bird and The Bee
Oldest Sister: "Is there someone in your apartment?"
Me: "It's called music."
she heard the whistling. i should have called "Shrodinger's Cat" and left her wondering. think i'll make that my new thing. calling it at random occasions. sounds fun.
Okay, I apologize if by reading the title of this post you were expecting that it was actually going to be about something good. I'll work on that for the future.
that's all she wrote!
Why must you constantly evolve? Don't you know how much people hate change? Your changes to be exact?
I feel like I should give you a heads up on where this came from before I go into the ramble-zone. Dangerous territory.
Oldest Sister called and we talked Facebook. Right after Second Sister called and we had also talked about Facebook.
But it was Oldest Sister's conversation that brings the joy of Facebook into this post.
Okay, so I love Facebook. I was the first one to have it in high school and share it with everyone else. Blame Katie Jo, she invited me. And I got all my family on and involved and all that so they blame me. We have a page for Camp J and it's fantastic for getting information out to people. It's fun and it's an excellent form of communication for projects and presentations.
But, the thing about the new Facebook is that you know everything about everybody you're friends with. Because it feeds you information about them. All the time. Second-by-second status updates are on your homepage. It's constantly recommending things and wanting you to update your friendships. Are you close friends or aquaintances? Do you want to put them into their own specific friend group? Here, chat with this person, they're online!
This is where Oldest Sister's conversation comes in. We enjoy a hint of mystery. We don't want to know everything about everyone. Especially certain people. Just because we're friends with them on Facebook doesn't mean we're actually friends with them in real life.
We would enjoy a bit of Shrodinger's Cat in that situation. Maybe they're alive and kicking, or maybe they're dead in a box in the corner. And we're okay with the not knowing. But then we get a status update on the side of OUR homepage proving that the chemical still hasn't gone off and they're alive and well. And frankly, that was not the option we would have chosen.
Okay, that sounds really bad. Does anyone else know Shrodinger's Cat? I mean, from something other than simply watching Big Bang Theory? If you have no idea to what concept I'm referring to watch this:
Big Bang Theory - Sheldon compares Leonard and Penny's Relationship to Schrodinger's Cat
He explains it pretty well.
Anyway, we like that element of mystery. We don't want to be overloaded with peoples' personal information. Sometimes we just don't want to be social, period. So stop with all the oversharing.
I'm having flashbacks to the original Facebook. See, I've had it so long that I actually remember a time when there was no newsfeed whatsoever. Yeah! You had to actually go to someone's profile page to see what they were up to! I remember when newsfeed first came around and everyone hated it. "I don't need to know that Jimmy's favorite color is yellow!" was a post I read quite frequently. But eventually it turned out okay. So maybe these will eventually. But at the moment, do I really need up-to-the-second updates on people who like other people's wall posts? When I have no idea who those other people are?
My main problem is that I have over 600 friends. But that's what happens when you go to college and Facebook is your main way of communication. Who actually checked their college email? Anyway, you add someone as a friend if you have a presentation or a project with them because then you can get in touch with them. But then class ends and you move on. And you're still friends. And it just adds up.
Add to the fact that most of those projects/presentations happened more than 4 years ago and half of the girls I knew in college are now married with different last names... It's like, every time I go to my home page and see all these birthdays I'm like "Who the crap is that?!" then I have to go to their page and I don't recognize their picture. Like I said, 1 class, 4 years ago. Messes with my brain. "I should know you but I don't." So I leave it as it is, thinking that I'll figure it out eventually.
So, my plan is, sometime within the next few weeks, to weed through who I actually know and I actually don't. If you are someone that I haven't spoken to in more than a year but read this thing then let me know and I won't delete you.
Anyway, after Shrodinger's Cat came the
Things We'd Actually Like To See Added to Facebook conversation.
1. A "Bitchslap" Button. You know, instead of poking them. I've had this conversation on multiple occasions. It's not like the other person would have to know they've been bitchslapped, but having it there to push can give you a nice piece of sanity and humor.
2. A "Not in a Million Freakin' Years" option when you see someone you're not on such good terms with in the People You May Know section.
there are more but I won't repeat them. if you can think of more that are repeatable send them my way.
Song of the night: I'm only giving you one tonight because I think it's freaking fantastic and love it so much that it's worth two recommendations instead of one. So yes, actually listen to this one. It's worth it.
love love love this song. every version. but this one especially.
"I'm Into Something Good" The Bird and The Bee
Oldest Sister: "Is there someone in your apartment?"
Me: "It's called music."
she heard the whistling. i should have called "Shrodinger's Cat" and left her wondering. think i'll make that my new thing. calling it at random occasions. sounds fun.
Okay, I apologize if by reading the title of this post you were expecting that it was actually going to be about something good. I'll work on that for the future.
that's all she wrote!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
changing every day, every possible way
"Booze Cakes...sounds like a term of endearment. Hey Booze Cakes."
"That's fantastic."
the joys of training new employees.
Today was mostly filled with paperwork. But I got to spend the majority of it with Girlscout so it was fun. We're Team Awesome.
Joys of professionalism - Wrote up a summary on what you need to know to work at one of the branches since a lot of our people are gone so others are filling in. The summary turned out to be 3 pages. And I keep adding more and more.
After that it was e-mails and scheduling.
And then I ended the day with the joy that is incident and citizen injury reports. But hey, at least I got to check out the cute fire and rescue guys.
"Why are you listening to the serpant?.....Don't eat the fruit....Don't eat the fruit!....Women."
Got 3rd Rock From the Sun season one from Target for like 6 bucks. Loving it. Now I have to find season two. Wonder if the library has it. Or WorldCat. I love WorldCat.
"I'm not mooning, I'm obsessing, there's a difference."
Tomorrow is a day for sleeping. And running errands. And then sleeping some more. Unless of course I get called in. Which would be fine. I don't think I know what to do with myself outside of work nowadays anyway.
"I have class in five minutes. And that's just the first of my reservations."
oh speaking of, I should check the syllabus and figure out if I'm missing something for class on Saturday.
Songs of the night:
"Dreams" The Cranberries
used to listen to them a lot in high school. probably drove juwanna nuts. the joy of roommates at a dorm school. but she did save me from the killer dresser so i love her.
Think this is my favorite though....
"Just My Imagination"
I think Shannen looked a little more coordinated on Dancing With the Stars.
P3 got all the coolest acts at the time - The Cranberries, Michelle Branch, Barenaked Ladies, Goo Goo Dolls, Fastball. Yes, I'm a Charmed nerd, get used to it. It's either this or Drew Barrymore really. I can always throw in a Friends reference if it would make you feel better.
"I fold like a cheap hooker who got slapped in the stomach by a fat guy with sores on his face...oh, I'm out." The one with all the poker. Love that episode. Yes I know it's title. It's not like it's that hard of one to remember.
"Your money's mine, Green!"
"Your fly's open, Gellar!"
OUT!
"That's fantastic."
the joys of training new employees.
Today was mostly filled with paperwork. But I got to spend the majority of it with Girlscout so it was fun. We're Team Awesome.
Joys of professionalism - Wrote up a summary on what you need to know to work at one of the branches since a lot of our people are gone so others are filling in. The summary turned out to be 3 pages. And I keep adding more and more.
After that it was e-mails and scheduling.
And then I ended the day with the joy that is incident and citizen injury reports. But hey, at least I got to check out the cute fire and rescue guys.
"Why are you listening to the serpant?.....Don't eat the fruit....Don't eat the fruit!....Women."
Got 3rd Rock From the Sun season one from Target for like 6 bucks. Loving it. Now I have to find season two. Wonder if the library has it. Or WorldCat. I love WorldCat.
"I'm not mooning, I'm obsessing, there's a difference."
Tomorrow is a day for sleeping. And running errands. And then sleeping some more. Unless of course I get called in. Which would be fine. I don't think I know what to do with myself outside of work nowadays anyway.
"I have class in five minutes. And that's just the first of my reservations."
oh speaking of, I should check the syllabus and figure out if I'm missing something for class on Saturday.
Songs of the night:
"Dreams" The Cranberries
used to listen to them a lot in high school. probably drove juwanna nuts. the joy of roommates at a dorm school. but she did save me from the killer dresser so i love her.
Think this is my favorite though....
"Just My Imagination"
I think Shannen looked a little more coordinated on Dancing With the Stars.
P3 got all the coolest acts at the time - The Cranberries, Michelle Branch, Barenaked Ladies, Goo Goo Dolls, Fastball. Yes, I'm a Charmed nerd, get used to it. It's either this or Drew Barrymore really. I can always throw in a Friends reference if it would make you feel better.
"I fold like a cheap hooker who got slapped in the stomach by a fat guy with sores on his face...oh, I'm out." The one with all the poker. Love that episode. Yes I know it's title. It's not like it's that hard of one to remember.
"Your money's mine, Green!"
"Your fly's open, Gellar!"
OUT!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tin Roof!...Rusted...
Busted my freaking leg back open. Though not as bad as last year's I'll spare you the gross pictures. Seriously, what the crap is it with me and sliding in gravel? I was safe. So you know, it was worth it. But still. Ouch man. Becky says I need to wear pants. Sketch seconded that. Even pulled out my middle name when yelling - that's how I know I'm really in trouble and not dealing with sarcasm. The middle name is the key. But it's cleaned up and taken care of. Good thing I'm certified. I thought taking the class would be cool, what I didn't realize was how clumsy I actually am and how much I'd use the training. It was definitely worth it, which reminds me that I should take the test again and get up to date.
So, the 6:30 game - we got the early one, of course it's the day I'm supposed to work 'til 6 even though the next two Sundays I'm off and we don't have to play until 7:45.
Grace: 12 Methodists: 1
I miss my cousin as the ump. She doesn't end the game when we're up by 10. We had to sweet-talk the ref into letting us play some more innings. Or we just didn't leave the field. Maybe that was it.
Last year we won 18-5.
And, similar to last year, Homey G-Wigger "the Rocket" and me were headed to get some ice cream when we were surrounded by E-Free's asking us to join their team since they were short on girls. They're the underdogs - the newest team, and last year they only won one game...the game that G-Wigger and me joined in on. When Grace played them we won 33-1. But they're a lot of fun to play with cause they're a bunch of goof balls. Next week they have the early game and we have the later one so they asked us to come early just in case. If they don't need us we'll sit in the bleachers and eat snacks. Sunflower seeds. Huzzah!
I got on base every time but once and caught two pop-flies. I'm an outfielder cause I can hit it out there and catch it out there. And throw it to home. That's really my only sporting skills in life - softball. That I only get to play like 4 times a year now, super sad. We should start a library league. We would dominate the branches man. or maybe not. But it'd be fun. Or maybe we could play against Parks and Rec and the cops or something other that's in the City gang. Lull them into a false sense of security with our book smarts and then strike them down like the hand of god! Mwahahaha!
Oh yeah, so we're standing amongst the E-Free and talking, introducing people and stuff - it's basically the same crew as last year and this chick says, "You don't look like a librarian." Which cracked me up because today I was reading this book called "This Book is Overdue: how Librarians and Cybrarians can save us" and it's all about the stereotypes and all that. There's this chapter about librarians who blog, apparently we're quite popular. Reminds me of a seminar theme: "We're not your grandmother's library."
Back to Grace - we rocked it. Our name this year is "Which Steve?" as opposed to last year's "Who's Steve?" Last year Pastor's wife - who's fantastic and hysterical - put together our first line up of the season. Of course, since she's married to him, she had listed his first name instead of "Pastor" and Becky, who's reading it off yells "Steve!....Who's Steve?!" And that kind of stuck. This year we have two Steve's as Scuba Steve has joined our gang of misfit toys. I love us though, we play hard, cheer loud, bring a fanbase...and tiny children that they can run after. Mom: "You injured yourself again?!"
"Love Shack" B52'S
this is a common karaoke song when I actually have time to get out there. diggin' the video but for some reason it reminds me of that diner that Monica worked in on Friends that whenever someone played music on the jukebox they had to dance on the bar. And they were all in costume and all that. Love it.
Momentous day on all counts.
Gonna watch some more Charlie's Angels before I crash. Hopefully that will stop the pounding heart. Happens every year. I love playing softball with these people. They're fantastic.
So, the 6:30 game - we got the early one, of course it's the day I'm supposed to work 'til 6 even though the next two Sundays I'm off and we don't have to play until 7:45.
Grace: 12 Methodists: 1
I miss my cousin as the ump. She doesn't end the game when we're up by 10. We had to sweet-talk the ref into letting us play some more innings. Or we just didn't leave the field. Maybe that was it.
Last year we won 18-5.
And, similar to last year, Homey G-Wigger "the Rocket" and me were headed to get some ice cream when we were surrounded by E-Free's asking us to join their team since they were short on girls. They're the underdogs - the newest team, and last year they only won one game...the game that G-Wigger and me joined in on. When Grace played them we won 33-1. But they're a lot of fun to play with cause they're a bunch of goof balls. Next week they have the early game and we have the later one so they asked us to come early just in case. If they don't need us we'll sit in the bleachers and eat snacks. Sunflower seeds. Huzzah!
I got on base every time but once and caught two pop-flies. I'm an outfielder cause I can hit it out there and catch it out there. And throw it to home. That's really my only sporting skills in life - softball. That I only get to play like 4 times a year now, super sad. We should start a library league. We would dominate the branches man. or maybe not. But it'd be fun. Or maybe we could play against Parks and Rec and the cops or something other that's in the City gang. Lull them into a false sense of security with our book smarts and then strike them down like the hand of god! Mwahahaha!
Oh yeah, so we're standing amongst the E-Free and talking, introducing people and stuff - it's basically the same crew as last year and this chick says, "You don't look like a librarian." Which cracked me up because today I was reading this book called "This Book is Overdue: how Librarians and Cybrarians can save us" and it's all about the stereotypes and all that. There's this chapter about librarians who blog, apparently we're quite popular. Reminds me of a seminar theme: "We're not your grandmother's library."
Back to Grace - we rocked it. Our name this year is "Which Steve?" as opposed to last year's "Who's Steve?" Last year Pastor's wife - who's fantastic and hysterical - put together our first line up of the season. Of course, since she's married to him, she had listed his first name instead of "Pastor" and Becky, who's reading it off yells "Steve!....Who's Steve?!" And that kind of stuck. This year we have two Steve's as Scuba Steve has joined our gang of misfit toys. I love us though, we play hard, cheer loud, bring a fanbase...and tiny children that they can run after. Mom: "You injured yourself again?!"
"Love Shack" B52'S
this is a common karaoke song when I actually have time to get out there. diggin' the video but for some reason it reminds me of that diner that Monica worked in on Friends that whenever someone played music on the jukebox they had to dance on the bar. And they were all in costume and all that. Love it.
Momentous day on all counts.
Gonna watch some more Charlie's Angels before I crash. Hopefully that will stop the pounding heart. Happens every year. I love playing softball with these people. They're fantastic.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Hello it's me, I'm not at home. If you'd like to reach me leave me alone.
I'm tempted to put that as my voicemail. But as my phone is the official camp number and I'm either always working or my phone is on silent that probably wouldn't be the smartest idea.
A whole weekend with no internet. It's down at the farmhouse. Usually that would drive me nuts but this time it was actually relaxing.
Saturday:
-Little Sister's wedding was awesome. I got to sit by my baby sister.
Me: I may cry. It's your job to make me laugh right before we go to meet her.
Yeah, she couldn't do it so we passed it on to Jamie.
She looked beautiful and she got through her vows so I was proud.
-Huskers kicked butt! Parentals taped it and I watched it when I got home. Totally stoked for this weekend's game!
Sunday/Monday:
-Okay, Chuck is the bomb. Seriously. It's funny, it's got action and good storylines - I love it. And, now, so does my mom. I got her hooked this weekend. That's basically all we did. Watched Chuck. Ate. Watched more Chuck. Slept. Watched even more Chuck. She was so sad I had to bring it back with me here that I had to leave her a season. Seriously.
And apparently I know absolutely nothing about it at all cause when Angie Harmon guest starred I about fell off the couch. Seriously.
So I encourage you all to check it out. It's fantastic. And if you don't like it then you're welcome to kick my butt. But you may have to get in line. Pretty sure Sketch has been waiting to do that for a while now. I love you! *pathetic face included*
-Figured out my epiphany/revelation moment that my brother and sister in law were talking about us not being thorough on. But I can't post it to Second Sister figures it out. It was one of those...ohhhh! moments. Like I was totally confused about what he was talking about but now I get it.
-Worked at the movie theater Sunday night with Homey G Wigger and some friends. It was fun. I did drinks in the concession stand.
Me: You didn't tell me about that!
Kim: New ice will fall and hit you. Also, you will run out of Sierra Mist. And you will get sprayed.
Thanks for the heads up.
But it was fun and I got started on my book.
Tuesday:
-Went in at 8 this morning to shelve everything. They painted over the weekend and took down everything that was up against the walls, put it in boxes, and piled them in the middle of the library.
Which, normally wouldn't be that big of a deal but at this branch we're smaller and need to utilize wall space. It took all morning plus part of afternoon to put shelves back up and the books back on them. Mass hysteria. But I got to work with Slim Shady and Superwoman so it was cool.
Although I did learn that I was anal retentive. Which I wasn't aware of until now. So either you all knew and kept it a secret or this is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!! sorry. Friends reference.
-Worked on some homework this afternoon then went back to work tonight. Jammed out with Superwoman and now I'm back.
Tomorrow:
-First full day back at both branches since the weekend off.
Song of the day:
Listened to it on the way to work and it was stuck in my head all day. Drove me bananas.
"A Change Will Do You Good" Sheryl Crow
love the guest stars. "Well this isn't Elm Street." She sounds a bit like Paget when she says that - I had to flip back and make sure it wasn't her.
OUT!
A whole weekend with no internet. It's down at the farmhouse. Usually that would drive me nuts but this time it was actually relaxing.
Saturday:
-Little Sister's wedding was awesome. I got to sit by my baby sister.
Me: I may cry. It's your job to make me laugh right before we go to meet her.
Yeah, she couldn't do it so we passed it on to Jamie.
She looked beautiful and she got through her vows so I was proud.
-Huskers kicked butt! Parentals taped it and I watched it when I got home. Totally stoked for this weekend's game!
Sunday/Monday:
-Okay, Chuck is the bomb. Seriously. It's funny, it's got action and good storylines - I love it. And, now, so does my mom. I got her hooked this weekend. That's basically all we did. Watched Chuck. Ate. Watched more Chuck. Slept. Watched even more Chuck. She was so sad I had to bring it back with me here that I had to leave her a season. Seriously.
And apparently I know absolutely nothing about it at all cause when Angie Harmon guest starred I about fell off the couch. Seriously.
So I encourage you all to check it out. It's fantastic. And if you don't like it then you're welcome to kick my butt. But you may have to get in line. Pretty sure Sketch has been waiting to do that for a while now. I love you! *pathetic face included*
-Figured out my epiphany/revelation moment that my brother and sister in law were talking about us not being thorough on. But I can't post it to Second Sister figures it out. It was one of those...ohhhh! moments. Like I was totally confused about what he was talking about but now I get it.
-Worked at the movie theater Sunday night with Homey G Wigger and some friends. It was fun. I did drinks in the concession stand.
Me: You didn't tell me about that!
Kim: New ice will fall and hit you. Also, you will run out of Sierra Mist. And you will get sprayed.
Thanks for the heads up.
But it was fun and I got started on my book.
Tuesday:
-Went in at 8 this morning to shelve everything. They painted over the weekend and took down everything that was up against the walls, put it in boxes, and piled them in the middle of the library.
Which, normally wouldn't be that big of a deal but at this branch we're smaller and need to utilize wall space. It took all morning plus part of afternoon to put shelves back up and the books back on them. Mass hysteria. But I got to work with Slim Shady and Superwoman so it was cool.
Although I did learn that I was anal retentive. Which I wasn't aware of until now. So either you all knew and kept it a secret or this is BRAND NEW INFORMATION!! sorry. Friends reference.
-Worked on some homework this afternoon then went back to work tonight. Jammed out with Superwoman and now I'm back.
Tomorrow:
-First full day back at both branches since the weekend off.
Song of the day:
Listened to it on the way to work and it was stuck in my head all day. Drove me bananas.
"A Change Will Do You Good" Sheryl Crow
love the guest stars. "Well this isn't Elm Street." She sounds a bit like Paget when she says that - I had to flip back and make sure it wasn't her.
OUT!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
This Issue Is Not For Checkout
Okay, so weirdest thing ever. I shelve the morning away, run my errands, feed my cat, start a project then come back to work where my coworker finds the youth section to be like a disaster area. All the stuff was all turned backwards, stuff was on its side - and it wasn't like a normal little kid invasion where there's stuff all over the floor. Literally all the VHS tapes in that area were turned backwards, a bunch of the CD Roms, and the books on display were all on their backs. So weird. Space Cadet and I were just weirded out. I took pictures and sent them to Superwoman, not knowing what else to do. What would you do? Like, I don't even know how that happened. It's just too weird.
I love working with Space Cadet. It's kind of a competition as to who can say the words "Space Cadet" first. It's amusing. "It's da Space Cadet!!" is usually my opening line.
Anyway, remember how I'm a nerd? I got these Star Wars crossword puzzles, cause I'm a nerd. And started one. Dude. I suck at puzzles. I used to have all these Star Wars puzzles like framed on my wall and I was like, dude, only 300 pieces I can do this. But no, I'm missing my sister-in-law who totally rocked at helping me. I was a kid so 1000 pieces was a little out of reach. I figured I could rock it, but nope. I'm stuck on a 300 piece one, I haven't even started the 500 piece one. But it's a bunch of faces. I can name the most of them but making them fit together is like more than I can handle. Maybe I'm distracted. SVU is on, I look up every 5 seconds.
OH MY GOD, why would you hold on to a dead body for 14 years? Wouldn't that be like disgusting? Even if you stuffed it in a trunk? That's just gross. Sorry, I've been watching too much SVU. Even Carter's grossed out. Sittin' in front of me turned away from the TV.
"Do you propose to try your case right here, Miss Cabot?"
"No, I'm just merely using rhetoric to prove my point."
"One of your more endearing qualities."
Anyway, Star Wars puzzle: Take one. I suck. Even Carter knows it. He just stares at me. I gave up. He's not easy to do puzzles around. Or wrap presents. He has to lay in the middle of everything. Like, you lay out all the wrapping paper and he lays in the middle of it before you can stick the present on it. And he doesn't move. I think he got that from Junior. He used to do it too. It was worse when they were together. You'd lay out wrapping paper and Junior would lay on that. So you'd go get more paper, lay that out and Carter would lay on that. Then Junior would be jealous cause you weren't using his paper so he would growl at Carter, who would jump at him, then I'd have to separate them and by the time I was done catching them both - individually - and putting them both in the basement, I'd lost all energy to wrap up the freakin' presents anyway.
OOOHHHHH, Cabot's in contempt. Behind bars. Busted.
Where was I? Puzzles right. I'm a nerd. Did I mention that?
Space Cadet: "Don't you have a cardtable?"
I told her they were a phase. Which is true. By tomorrow they'll probably be kicked in a corner or something. What are these doing in my living room? What was I thinking? You're such a nerd. Yes, I talk to myself. In both 1st and 3rd person.
Got new shoes today. They're black and awesome. I put some new laces in them. Hopefully they'll last longer than my last ones. Which are still totally comfortable. And totally backwards. They broke from the outside in, instead of me dragging my feet and breaking the backs. This time I would step on the backs to take them off and ripped one in half.
Quote of the day: "Well, isn't that just kick you in the crotch, spit on your neck fantastic," (Friends, Rachel).
Songs of the day: Hey Monday - the underrated pop band of awesomeness - I found them a while ago...before Glee took one of their least...um... let's say, least best? Is that a phrase? Least best. Not the best one of their releases... and made the Warblers do it at Regionals. Not sure why they picked that. "Fall Into Me" has basically the same message and is better written, music-wise.
"I Don't Wanna Dance"
their most well-known release
"Fall Into Me"
song mentioned earlier.
Love it. If you like them check out Stacy Clark. Similar in style and lyrics. I'll post hers tomorrow.
Out for the night.
I love working with Space Cadet. It's kind of a competition as to who can say the words "Space Cadet" first. It's amusing. "It's da Space Cadet!!" is usually my opening line.
Anyway, remember how I'm a nerd? I got these Star Wars crossword puzzles, cause I'm a nerd. And started one. Dude. I suck at puzzles. I used to have all these Star Wars puzzles like framed on my wall and I was like, dude, only 300 pieces I can do this. But no, I'm missing my sister-in-law who totally rocked at helping me. I was a kid so 1000 pieces was a little out of reach. I figured I could rock it, but nope. I'm stuck on a 300 piece one, I haven't even started the 500 piece one. But it's a bunch of faces. I can name the most of them but making them fit together is like more than I can handle. Maybe I'm distracted. SVU is on, I look up every 5 seconds.
OH MY GOD, why would you hold on to a dead body for 14 years? Wouldn't that be like disgusting? Even if you stuffed it in a trunk? That's just gross. Sorry, I've been watching too much SVU. Even Carter's grossed out. Sittin' in front of me turned away from the TV.
"Do you propose to try your case right here, Miss Cabot?"
"No, I'm just merely using rhetoric to prove my point."
"One of your more endearing qualities."
Anyway, Star Wars puzzle: Take one. I suck. Even Carter knows it. He just stares at me. I gave up. He's not easy to do puzzles around. Or wrap presents. He has to lay in the middle of everything. Like, you lay out all the wrapping paper and he lays in the middle of it before you can stick the present on it. And he doesn't move. I think he got that from Junior. He used to do it too. It was worse when they were together. You'd lay out wrapping paper and Junior would lay on that. So you'd go get more paper, lay that out and Carter would lay on that. Then Junior would be jealous cause you weren't using his paper so he would growl at Carter, who would jump at him, then I'd have to separate them and by the time I was done catching them both - individually - and putting them both in the basement, I'd lost all energy to wrap up the freakin' presents anyway.
OOOHHHHH, Cabot's in contempt. Behind bars. Busted.
Where was I? Puzzles right. I'm a nerd. Did I mention that?
Space Cadet: "Don't you have a cardtable?"
I told her they were a phase. Which is true. By tomorrow they'll probably be kicked in a corner or something. What are these doing in my living room? What was I thinking? You're such a nerd. Yes, I talk to myself. In both 1st and 3rd person.
Got new shoes today. They're black and awesome. I put some new laces in them. Hopefully they'll last longer than my last ones. Which are still totally comfortable. And totally backwards. They broke from the outside in, instead of me dragging my feet and breaking the backs. This time I would step on the backs to take them off and ripped one in half.
Quote of the day: "Well, isn't that just kick you in the crotch, spit on your neck fantastic," (Friends, Rachel).
Songs of the day: Hey Monday - the underrated pop band of awesomeness - I found them a while ago...before Glee took one of their least...um... let's say, least best? Is that a phrase? Least best. Not the best one of their releases... and made the Warblers do it at Regionals. Not sure why they picked that. "Fall Into Me" has basically the same message and is better written, music-wise.
"I Don't Wanna Dance"
their most well-known release
"Fall Into Me"
song mentioned earlier.
Love it. If you like them check out Stacy Clark. Similar in style and lyrics. I'll post hers tomorrow.
Out for the night.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Drapes, Fireworks, Hairless Cats, Flex Seal, CWS, Music Overload
Dear Blogspot,
Today I was a Ninja of Awesome. I was a kickass shelver this morning - shelved for four hours straight while avoiding the mass of children that had congregated in the middle of the library to watch a musician. He was pretty good actually but now I have that "green grass grows all around" song stuck in my head. Ugh.
Just wanted to let you know that my Mom is pretty much awesome. Today, we bought drapes. Yes, after living here for over a year I'm officially sick of waking up to the sun at 5AM. So she bought me drapes. Plus the curtain rods. Now we just gotta get the maintenance dudes to install them. They are also pretty cool guys. Then, I went fireworks shopping while she got my oil changed - also her idea. And then, I hit up the McDonalds drive-thru right behind her and I went to pay for my pop and the chick gave me the weirdest look ever and said, "Um...the lady in front of you paid for yours. So, you're good to go." and I was "That's my mom." and the look on her face became like one of those epiphany looks "Ohhh! Okay!" So I called Mom and she said when she said that to her the chick probably thought it was some pay it forward kind of thing. But seriously, the look on her face was hysterical. So yeah, my Mom is awesome.
And, speaking of mothers, got to see my dorm mom today! She loves me. Bought some fireworks and stayed under 100. Which is impressive for me. I know that that may seem high to you but I go all out. When I see the fireworks tents go up I'm like ecstatic. It's like when they start selling candy canes. I'm addicted to those things and stock up. I still have 2 boxes in my cabinet. But yeah, fireworks! Totally stoked! Before we used to do this big block party thing at Oldest Sister's place but then they moved so since then we haven't really found a permanent replacement. This year we're going to Second Sister's house. I think we did that last year as well. Maybe that'll be our new place. Dad is making steaks. Or so I've heard. I told Oldest Sister that she has to make frog-eye salad - anyone else know what that is? it's fantastic - because she owes me. Even though she doesn't really. Or she could just teach me how to make it. I don't think I could burn that. But you never know, I did burn grilled cheese. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: Sketch and Edit Make Grilled Cheese
Another highlight, I pulled into my parking lot earlier today and saw this plastic looking cat in a windowsill sitting like stock still. And I was like, "I hope that's fake, cause if not that's a really unfortunate-looking cat." And then....it moved. So someone in my building has a really unfortunate-looking cat. One of those hairless cats, you know? And I love cats, I am a cat person. Even though mine bites me. But hairless cats just freak me out. Plus it kinda reminds me of that episode of Friends where Rachel gets a hairless cat because her grandma had one and it's like vicious so they give it to Gunther.
Dude! I want Flex Seal! It's rubber in a can! You could like make anything waterproof. And the second can's free!
Sorry, more ESPN commercials. Maybe tonight I'll dream about building a raft with spray-can rubber. That Alec Balwin thinking I'm Jesus dream was just plain weird.
I'm sad that the CWS - that's College World Series, not Carpooling With Santa *cough*SecondSister*cough* might be over tonight. Even though I want SC to win it. It would be super cool for them to win the last game in Rosenblatt and the first game in Pseudo-Rosenblatt. Yes, Pseudo Rosenblatt. Because TD Ameritrade is just too long.
So, it was a good day, which is funny because the next few days for the past couple of years have kind of sucked. Long story. But we need some good jam out music for a good day.
"I've Had the Time of My Life" Glee Cast Version
Wow, Sam with short hair. Retro.
"Forget You" Glee Cast Version
Is it weird that my favorite Glee cast member is a guest star? Holly Holiday is my hero. Seriously. Constant Ninja of Awesome.
and yes, I know I've posted this more than I've posted any other song. Want me to post the other 2 I post more than any of the others too?
Why not.
They're good dancing tunes. Well, the first one is. The second will be more of a cool down I should go to bed thing.
"You Drive Me Crazy" Shakin' Stevens
He's Welsh. And it was the 80's. Deal with it. I love it!
"Reflecting Light" Sam Phillips
Cool down time. It's in my top 10. Pretty sure these last three are all in my top 10.
Gonna finish the game then crash.
OUT!
Today I was a Ninja of Awesome. I was a kickass shelver this morning - shelved for four hours straight while avoiding the mass of children that had congregated in the middle of the library to watch a musician. He was pretty good actually but now I have that "green grass grows all around" song stuck in my head. Ugh.
Just wanted to let you know that my Mom is pretty much awesome. Today, we bought drapes. Yes, after living here for over a year I'm officially sick of waking up to the sun at 5AM. So she bought me drapes. Plus the curtain rods. Now we just gotta get the maintenance dudes to install them. They are also pretty cool guys. Then, I went fireworks shopping while she got my oil changed - also her idea. And then, I hit up the McDonalds drive-thru right behind her and I went to pay for my pop and the chick gave me the weirdest look ever and said, "Um...the lady in front of you paid for yours. So, you're good to go." and I was "That's my mom." and the look on her face became like one of those epiphany looks "Ohhh! Okay!" So I called Mom and she said when she said that to her the chick probably thought it was some pay it forward kind of thing. But seriously, the look on her face was hysterical. So yeah, my Mom is awesome.
And, speaking of mothers, got to see my dorm mom today! She loves me. Bought some fireworks and stayed under 100. Which is impressive for me. I know that that may seem high to you but I go all out. When I see the fireworks tents go up I'm like ecstatic. It's like when they start selling candy canes. I'm addicted to those things and stock up. I still have 2 boxes in my cabinet. But yeah, fireworks! Totally stoked! Before we used to do this big block party thing at Oldest Sister's place but then they moved so since then we haven't really found a permanent replacement. This year we're going to Second Sister's house. I think we did that last year as well. Maybe that'll be our new place. Dad is making steaks. Or so I've heard. I told Oldest Sister that she has to make frog-eye salad - anyone else know what that is? it's fantastic - because she owes me. Even though she doesn't really. Or she could just teach me how to make it. I don't think I could burn that. But you never know, I did burn grilled cheese. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: Sketch and Edit Make Grilled Cheese
Another highlight, I pulled into my parking lot earlier today and saw this plastic looking cat in a windowsill sitting like stock still. And I was like, "I hope that's fake, cause if not that's a really unfortunate-looking cat." And then....it moved. So someone in my building has a really unfortunate-looking cat. One of those hairless cats, you know? And I love cats, I am a cat person. Even though mine bites me. But hairless cats just freak me out. Plus it kinda reminds me of that episode of Friends where Rachel gets a hairless cat because her grandma had one and it's like vicious so they give it to Gunther.
Dude! I want Flex Seal! It's rubber in a can! You could like make anything waterproof. And the second can's free!
Sorry, more ESPN commercials. Maybe tonight I'll dream about building a raft with spray-can rubber. That Alec Balwin thinking I'm Jesus dream was just plain weird.
I'm sad that the CWS - that's College World Series, not Carpooling With Santa *cough*SecondSister*cough* might be over tonight. Even though I want SC to win it. It would be super cool for them to win the last game in Rosenblatt and the first game in Pseudo-Rosenblatt. Yes, Pseudo Rosenblatt. Because TD Ameritrade is just too long.
So, it was a good day, which is funny because the next few days for the past couple of years have kind of sucked. Long story. But we need some good jam out music for a good day.
"I've Had the Time of My Life" Glee Cast Version
Wow, Sam with short hair. Retro.
"Forget You" Glee Cast Version
Is it weird that my favorite Glee cast member is a guest star? Holly Holiday is my hero. Seriously. Constant Ninja of Awesome.
and yes, I know I've posted this more than I've posted any other song. Want me to post the other 2 I post more than any of the others too?
Why not.
They're good dancing tunes. Well, the first one is. The second will be more of a cool down I should go to bed thing.
"You Drive Me Crazy" Shakin' Stevens
He's Welsh. And it was the 80's. Deal with it. I love it!
"Reflecting Light" Sam Phillips
Cool down time. It's in my top 10. Pretty sure these last three are all in my top 10.
Gonna finish the game then crash.
OUT!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Rockin' the Bowtie
Another fun band name.
So, today was fun. 9-12 almost turned into a 9-6, which would have been fine, but I actually had plans - as opposed to pretty much any other day when I could have stayed. Anyway, I got to see my friends from back home! Which was exciting since none of us actually still live back there! Anyway, one is still in state like me but the other is in Chicago so I went over to their place for dinner - they're sisters. We grew up together, riding the bus together since kindergarten. But dinner was fun. We're kind of family, just because we've known each other for so long, so we got to catch up, drink wine, eat too much good food - pie included. Now I'm exhausted and I have to do it all again tomorrow with my own family! I mean get, I get to do it all again tomorrow with my own family. Joking. I love my family. And it will be fun. Especially with the amount of candy those kids are gonna get. My siblings are going to hate me for that. Although, technically, I didn't buy it. I just crammed it into the eggs. I mean, I helped the Easter bunny cram it into the eggs. Yeah. Let's go with that.
So, in honor of my friends I'll post some fun music from Warped - yeah, they are the Warped in Denver friends - we saw MCR, Simple Plan, Billy Idol, Sarcasm (hot drummer), Hawthorne Heights, MXPX! and many others. It was fun.
Up first, so funny, is Gogol Bordello. I remember hearing this song for the first time. We were driving out there and I had this Warped '05 CD that like previewed some of the music they were gonna play and our jaws just like dropped. WHAT?!
"Start Wearing Purple" - Gogol Bordello
These guys were actually pretty good live. I was impressed. Kilts and all. It was just kind of a funny thing, we were blasting rock music and this gypsy punk comes out of nowhere. Yes. Gypsy punk. It's real. And it's awesome.
"Sing" - My Chemical Romance
I am jealous of their sweet laser guns.
Tomorrow means church then family then food then candy then hopefully a nap. Cause I'm going to need it.
"All your sanity and wits they will all vanish. I promise." That's a good tagline.
OUT!
So, today was fun. 9-12 almost turned into a 9-6, which would have been fine, but I actually had plans - as opposed to pretty much any other day when I could have stayed. Anyway, I got to see my friends from back home! Which was exciting since none of us actually still live back there! Anyway, one is still in state like me but the other is in Chicago so I went over to their place for dinner - they're sisters. We grew up together, riding the bus together since kindergarten. But dinner was fun. We're kind of family, just because we've known each other for so long, so we got to catch up, drink wine, eat too much good food - pie included. Now I'm exhausted and I have to do it all again tomorrow with my own family! I mean get, I get to do it all again tomorrow with my own family. Joking. I love my family. And it will be fun. Especially with the amount of candy those kids are gonna get. My siblings are going to hate me for that. Although, technically, I didn't buy it. I just crammed it into the eggs. I mean, I helped the Easter bunny cram it into the eggs. Yeah. Let's go with that.
So, in honor of my friends I'll post some fun music from Warped - yeah, they are the Warped in Denver friends - we saw MCR, Simple Plan, Billy Idol, Sarcasm (hot drummer), Hawthorne Heights, MXPX! and many others. It was fun.
Up first, so funny, is Gogol Bordello. I remember hearing this song for the first time. We were driving out there and I had this Warped '05 CD that like previewed some of the music they were gonna play and our jaws just like dropped. WHAT?!
"Start Wearing Purple" - Gogol Bordello
These guys were actually pretty good live. I was impressed. Kilts and all. It was just kind of a funny thing, we were blasting rock music and this gypsy punk comes out of nowhere. Yes. Gypsy punk. It's real. And it's awesome.
"Sing" - My Chemical Romance
I am jealous of their sweet laser guns.
Tomorrow means church then family then food then candy then hopefully a nap. Cause I'm going to need it.
"All your sanity and wits they will all vanish. I promise." That's a good tagline.
OUT!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
We can dress real neat from our hats to our feet and surprise them with a victory cry!
Today flew, and in a good way. Sort of. And I only got yelled at once so that's a bonus. Tomorrow means sleeping in (hooray!), play practice, then probably helping Mom clean the yard. Although it looks like she's already gotten a big start. So I guess that depends on what's left.
Maybe I'll clean the house instead. Or my closets. Since they still have stuff in them. Lots and lots of crap that's just shoved onto shelves. Yeah, it's one of those. Like a Monica's secret closet that no one notices until they try to open the door and it's locked kind of closet. Then they open it and stuff just falls out all over the place. Monica's secret shame. Although mine isn't really a secret. Or a shame. But the doors close so it's okay. And, to be fair, since I've moved out, a lot of the stuff in the closet is actually not mine. I know! I came home and there's a bunch of other peoples' clothes just like hanging in it! I guess I should be happy they didn't turn my room into a gym. That's a second Friends reference for those of you counting.
I'm trying to think of commercial ideas for the play. Since it's a Survivor show - well, Survivor Babylon - we're writing our own commercials. One is going to be for our band which means we'll have to write another song, and the second needs to involve two of the older kids that don't have as many lines. They're both pretty good so I'm not worried, it's the writing part that is screwing me over. I'm thinking something about flame retardant material. Since it's about a fiery furnace and all the commercials should fit with the theme. So like spray or brooms or something, I don't know I'm stuck. I go through sporadic clever spells. This isn't one of them. That happens with camp too. Which reminds me I need to start working on those application forms because they need to be sent out soon. Oh well, maybe I'll think of something during practice tomorrow.
Okay, I'll stop with the rambling. Have fun with some Glee.
It's the Safety Dance! Artie's dream sequence.
I'm tempted to start one of these at work. But I'm guessing my musical-hating colleague might not appreciate it. We'll see.
"The night is young and so am I."
Maybe I'll clean the house instead. Or my closets. Since they still have stuff in them. Lots and lots of crap that's just shoved onto shelves. Yeah, it's one of those. Like a Monica's secret closet that no one notices until they try to open the door and it's locked kind of closet. Then they open it and stuff just falls out all over the place. Monica's secret shame. Although mine isn't really a secret. Or a shame. But the doors close so it's okay. And, to be fair, since I've moved out, a lot of the stuff in the closet is actually not mine. I know! I came home and there's a bunch of other peoples' clothes just like hanging in it! I guess I should be happy they didn't turn my room into a gym. That's a second Friends reference for those of you counting.
I'm trying to think of commercial ideas for the play. Since it's a Survivor show - well, Survivor Babylon - we're writing our own commercials. One is going to be for our band which means we'll have to write another song, and the second needs to involve two of the older kids that don't have as many lines. They're both pretty good so I'm not worried, it's the writing part that is screwing me over. I'm thinking something about flame retardant material. Since it's about a fiery furnace and all the commercials should fit with the theme. So like spray or brooms or something, I don't know I'm stuck. I go through sporadic clever spells. This isn't one of them. That happens with camp too. Which reminds me I need to start working on those application forms because they need to be sent out soon. Oh well, maybe I'll think of something during practice tomorrow.
Okay, I'll stop with the rambling. Have fun with some Glee.
It's the Safety Dance! Artie's dream sequence.
I'm tempted to start one of these at work. But I'm guessing my musical-hating colleague might not appreciate it. We'll see.
"The night is young and so am I."
Monday, March 28, 2011
If you can't work this equation then I guess I'll have to show you the door.
Slept in 'til 12 today. Was freakin' awesome. And shocking since Dad thinks sleeping in is 8AM. Which it's not, btw. But he was in his room napping and watching TV so I got to sleep in while Mom was in town.
Now I'm back at my apartment with the feeling that tomorrow is going to be nonstop since I work in the morning and at night and between the shifts I need need need to get my homework done. Like done done. Not like planned out done like I have right now. Although I'm still choosing between peer libraries to compare our policy against. And our policy seems pretty strong so I'm having trouble finding a weak point. Maybe my coworkers will have suggestions or ideas. They're all super smart.
Yet another place where I feel a bit like comic relief. Although my favorite patron says that I'm apparently a media expert because I was able to name a movie by just a slight description even though he searched for hours in our catalogue just to find it. My brother says that too. A couple of years ago we went to see this Mark Wahlberg movie "Max Payne" which you've probably never heard of but on the way back in the car he was rambling on about this movie that he couldn't think of the title but that it had came out the year before and it was just a one word title. I asked if it was "Traitor" and he was shocked. Said the same thing Favorite Patron said. So I've got something going for me if this whole library thing falls through.
That's another thing people keep asking me about is the library thing. I like both my jobs. I'm getting the degree because I want it and I think it's the smart thing to do. I like my class and my classmates so I don't mind it but everyone is all asking me what I'm going to do with the degree. Nothing. I don't want to be a supervisor. Sometimes I enjoy being just comic relief. Like Space Cadet says, you don't have to take anything home, once you leave work you leave work. Then just have to show up the next day. Although that was the same conversation where she called me dirt. Or no, she's dirt, I'm below dirt, "mining for minerals" because I have no power. But now I get to call her on it all the time. "She called me dirt!"
And we're done with the chicken fried rice (Friends), moving on.
"Say You'll Be There" by the Spice Girls
Here's your pop, gets stuck in your head all day song as promised.
I have no idea what's going on in this video either but at least it's not morbid with corpses and caskets. I do enjoy Emma's random surgical looking gloves though.
"I'll give you everything on this I swear just promise you'll always be there!"
Now I'm back at my apartment with the feeling that tomorrow is going to be nonstop since I work in the morning and at night and between the shifts I need need need to get my homework done. Like done done. Not like planned out done like I have right now. Although I'm still choosing between peer libraries to compare our policy against. And our policy seems pretty strong so I'm having trouble finding a weak point. Maybe my coworkers will have suggestions or ideas. They're all super smart.
Yet another place where I feel a bit like comic relief. Although my favorite patron says that I'm apparently a media expert because I was able to name a movie by just a slight description even though he searched for hours in our catalogue just to find it. My brother says that too. A couple of years ago we went to see this Mark Wahlberg movie "Max Payne" which you've probably never heard of but on the way back in the car he was rambling on about this movie that he couldn't think of the title but that it had came out the year before and it was just a one word title. I asked if it was "Traitor" and he was shocked. Said the same thing Favorite Patron said. So I've got something going for me if this whole library thing falls through.
That's another thing people keep asking me about is the library thing. I like both my jobs. I'm getting the degree because I want it and I think it's the smart thing to do. I like my class and my classmates so I don't mind it but everyone is all asking me what I'm going to do with the degree. Nothing. I don't want to be a supervisor. Sometimes I enjoy being just comic relief. Like Space Cadet says, you don't have to take anything home, once you leave work you leave work. Then just have to show up the next day. Although that was the same conversation where she called me dirt. Or no, she's dirt, I'm below dirt, "mining for minerals" because I have no power. But now I get to call her on it all the time. "She called me dirt!"
And we're done with the chicken fried rice (Friends), moving on.
"Say You'll Be There" by the Spice Girls
Here's your pop, gets stuck in your head all day song as promised.
I have no idea what's going on in this video either but at least it's not morbid with corpses and caskets. I do enjoy Emma's random surgical looking gloves though.
"I'll give you everything on this I swear just promise you'll always be there!"
Saturday, February 26, 2011
This is a week of my favorite things Day Six: Youtube clips
Today was awful. But family always helps. We had cake for Gram's birthday. The cool aunt did some 'creative cutting' around the wording. It was nice. Totally loud, probably could have gotten thrown out with all of our noisemakers - Gram was the loudest!! But we hung out, watched some reality TV, ate cake and drank asti. Good times.
Okay, so, because I'm running out of ideas you get some of my favorite youtube clips. But, because there are far too many to post, these are just a few. Cause yeah, too many to post.
So, these range from music videos to stand up to talk shows to clips of shows to behind the scenes stuff to whatever.
In no particular order we have....
Victor Borge on Mozart's opera
No one knows why, except Mozart and he's dead.
I grew up watching him with my grandparents. I still have the vhs tape at my apartment even though I don't have a vhs player. If you like this one you might also like these
Phonetic punctuation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw
Inflationary language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8
Word Disassociation by Lemon Demon
This is from like high school but I still love it. This is the guy that does all the Potter Puppet Pals stuff.
Absolutely Fabulous
I love love love this show and I think this is my favorite clip of my favorite episode - season four. Too funny.
Carrie Fisher roasts George Lucas
Because there's no underwear in space!!
A must see for a Star Wars fan
Friends blooper reel
One of many out there actually, they have a cool behind the scenes thing with the cast where they explain them.
Here's part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ppUPgV3cA8
aside from all the blooper vids, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSQTgGUF2Z4
Craig Ferguson as Jessica Fletcher
And the answer to what the motorcycle/deer quote title was from MURDER SHE WROTE!
Has there been a murder?!?
But this was from way back when I watched him every night and he still used sound machines and all that.
Lauren Graham on Ellen
Mooning, Beads, and Piano Playing
Paget Brewster on Conan - interrupted by alarms but still awesome
I didn't whore, I didn't hook, I answered the phones!
NCIS favorite Kate and Tony scene
Season two fun, gotta love Sasha Alexander
Okay, here are some more just for fun
Some college classmates of mine - aka the football team dancing to Womanizer and Single Ladies 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAuRWaqCcpw
Jennifer Aniston singing on SNL I'm talking to you Pam Smidley! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA9dXaLc-wI
Mahna Mahna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA90IlymdZ4
Grey's random cast singing in the OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpGyGjdxBf0
Because I love The Closer and I love Rachelle Lefevre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2K4k38Zgz4
AJ/JJ on Criminal Minds - interview with the cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4TP38_VxjQ
Physics magic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWORmFWxevM
He's so lifelike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knpCEo8zlG0
Craig Ferguson - let's do the fork in the garbage disposal! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qYFItJD9k
Random breakdancing and gymnastics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMBUq1Z2eE
NCIS Hey Ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDqNaVWp7eE
I could seriously overload you with Greys and Bones and NCIS and Criminal Minds clips but I'll hold off. Maybe hit you with some more tomorrow.
I'm out for the night. But yeah, those are just a few of my favorites. I hope you enjoy.
Okay, so, because I'm running out of ideas you get some of my favorite youtube clips. But, because there are far too many to post, these are just a few. Cause yeah, too many to post.
So, these range from music videos to stand up to talk shows to clips of shows to behind the scenes stuff to whatever.
In no particular order we have....
Victor Borge on Mozart's opera
No one knows why, except Mozart and he's dead.
I grew up watching him with my grandparents. I still have the vhs tape at my apartment even though I don't have a vhs player. If you like this one you might also like these
Phonetic punctuation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw
Inflationary language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6kElOYcd8
Word Disassociation by Lemon Demon
This is from like high school but I still love it. This is the guy that does all the Potter Puppet Pals stuff.
Absolutely Fabulous
I love love love this show and I think this is my favorite clip of my favorite episode - season four. Too funny.
Carrie Fisher roasts George Lucas
Because there's no underwear in space!!
A must see for a Star Wars fan
Friends blooper reel
One of many out there actually, they have a cool behind the scenes thing with the cast where they explain them.
Here's part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ppUPgV3cA8
aside from all the blooper vids, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSQTgGUF2Z4
Craig Ferguson as Jessica Fletcher
And the answer to what the motorcycle/deer quote title was from MURDER SHE WROTE!
Has there been a murder?!?
But this was from way back when I watched him every night and he still used sound machines and all that.
Lauren Graham on Ellen
Mooning, Beads, and Piano Playing
Paget Brewster on Conan - interrupted by alarms but still awesome
I didn't whore, I didn't hook, I answered the phones!
NCIS favorite Kate and Tony scene
Season two fun, gotta love Sasha Alexander
Okay, here are some more just for fun
Some college classmates of mine - aka the football team dancing to Womanizer and Single Ladies 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAuRWaqCcpw
Jennifer Aniston singing on SNL I'm talking to you Pam Smidley! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA9dXaLc-wI
Mahna Mahna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA90IlymdZ4
Grey's random cast singing in the OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpGyGjdxBf0
Because I love The Closer and I love Rachelle Lefevre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2K4k38Zgz4
AJ/JJ on Criminal Minds - interview with the cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4TP38_VxjQ
Physics magic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWORmFWxevM
He's so lifelike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knpCEo8zlG0
Craig Ferguson - let's do the fork in the garbage disposal! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qYFItJD9k
Random breakdancing and gymnastics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMBUq1Z2eE
NCIS Hey Ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDqNaVWp7eE
I could seriously overload you with Greys and Bones and NCIS and Criminal Minds clips but I'll hold off. Maybe hit you with some more tomorrow.
I'm out for the night. But yeah, those are just a few of my favorites. I hope you enjoy.
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.
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