"Did you just say your daughter was an Amish dude?" "Honor student, my daughter is an honor student."

Happy Christmas Eve Eve.

I'm alive.

Mostly. 

Just took the weekend off and then felt like crap so I'm posting it all now. 

Added two posts for yesterday and the day before though because otherwise it would be music overload.

I know that's cheating but it's my blog so get over it. 

So, where was I? 

Oh right, let's start with the TAB Holiday Party on Saturday. 

Fantastic. 

Ordered pizza, ate ice cream, drank apple juice - they had eggnog which just grosses me out - and played tons and tons of Apples to Apples. It was awesome. 

Though the thing is that they like playing the regular version instead of the junior version so last year we made a rule that if they didn't know who the person was then they got to discard and pick another. 

There were so many people this year it was ridiculous and it made me feel super old. Like camp all over again but this time no Noel to save me. 

On this year's list was: Bill Murray, Madonna, and then Nicolas Cage came up and one of them was like, "oh isn't he that cute old guy?" first off, ew, and second, is 50 old?

It used to be but now it's not. Maybe that's cause I'm halfway there. 

There were many others but I'm blanking on names, I literally went through 5 cards in a row discarding them all because even though I knew who they were they wouldn't which means I would lose every time cause no one would get my references. 

But that's okay, they're young and fun and all that. 

Anyway, so that was a lot of fun then after I went home to take a nap but ended up going over to help Mom unload all the party stuff at the hotel meanwhile getting a pounding headache. 

So basically I helped her unload all her stuff and then the Cool Aunt showed up so I took ibuprofen and laid down to sleep it off in Mom's room. 

Didn't work, ended up watching Indiana Jones part four - still sucks, btw they had 20 years to write it and that's what they came up with? aliens? seriously? - and not getting any sleep nor did the headache go away. 

But then it was 6 and my boyfriend showed up so I took another dose and headed out to be social. 

That dose seemed to work cause 10 minutes later I was all over the place greeting people and forgetting about the headache entirely. 

Was awesome, all my siblings with their spouses and kids, plus his family was all there, the cool aunt and her sons who i've dubbed as the "cool cousins". They're not my only cool ones I have, they're just the only ones I see anymore and since the Cool Aunt borned them it seemed fitting. 

Anyway, I passed on to the dancing baby on to the cool cousins. Have I told you about that freakin' thing yet? Yes, it's in here somewhere. 

AHA! Found it. "Story behind the dancing baby is a bit of a mystery. It originated around 15 years ago and has been making the rounds ever sense. And its not like a nice cute doll. its ugly. and it dances. Well, it's two pieces so when you shake it its upper body flails and it looks like its dancing. and it's still in the package. If you get it you're stuck with it for a year before you wrap it up and give it to someone else."

So last year I got stuck with it and now I'm giving it back. It can adorn their shelves for a year before someone else gets it. I was just proud I didn't lose it. Which for me - meant keeping it somewhere I would always see it, aka above my TV - everyone who saw it went "what the crap?" and then I had to rehash the story for them over and over.

Where was I? Oh right, so my family, his family, cool aunt and cool cousins, one of the favorite aunties plus one of her kids and wife and their kids, plus a bunch of my cool coworkers, and of course the Library Goddess.

Many pictures were taken, including one with boss #1 and boss #2. I let them fight over who fits what title, it's an ongoing battle.

So it was madness, but the good kind of madness that was sort of contained.

Mostly.

Minus the tiny children running all over the place.

I felt bad for the chick on duty at the desk, but to be fair we did bring her lots and lots of food to make up for it.

There was a ton of food there. Mom made chili, mints and my favorite punch, Oldest Sister brought meat and cheese tray plus everything that everyone else forgot, Favorite Sister-In-Law brought chips plus this awesome cheese dip, and then Second Sister brought the vodka slush which won over the crowd.

I raved to my coworkers about it so I made them try it.

Unfortunately my master plan to get the Queen of the Known Universe inebriated failed. But that was just attempt number one, it'll happen.

The question of the night became "you got the degree, now what?"

And honestly the truth is I don't know.

I'm comfortable where I am, but I've been told on numerous occasions that I shouldn't stay there too long or I'll be stuck there forever.

Which to me would be fine. I don't know, we'll see if any positions open up in the near future. If not I'm content. For now.

To be honest I'm waiting for them to make the final decision on the boyfriend's hours before I make any major decisions. If he gets switched to second maybe moving somewhere and working 11-8 would be better. For now 9-6 is good for us so I'm sticking with it.

So that was all Saturday.

Sunday was church, the dinner with Mom, Dad, the boyfriend and Oldest Sister's family. We went to this Greek place for the second Sunday in a row - which is fine by me it's good food and there's no wait, plus they have a breakfast menu, not that I order off of it, but it's there.

After that the boyfriend and I watched Shawshank Redemption, waited in line at Best Buy for obscene amounts of time but I got my headphones, and then we saw American Hustle.



It was good, not my favorite, but alright. Scale of Awesome says 6/10.

I know, I'm harsh.

I love that Jennifer Lawrence got the "and" in the credits over all these seasoned actors. That's just how badass she is, take that!

No it was a good cast and the script was alright, their hairdos were seriously messing with my mind, Jeremy Renner's mostly followed very closely by Christian Bale's. But I guess that was the style.

So that was Saturday and Sunday. Today is Monday, I felt like crap so I spent most of it sleeping on the couch and when I wasn't sleeping on the couch I was sleeping on the bed.

We'll see how much sleep I get tonight.

On to the music Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Ten

I'm throwing this in first cause the boyfriend and I enjoy it immensely.

It seems every episode SNL gets at least one sketch right, this was this Saturday's.



Shakira, Pitbull and Alanis are all dead on, but I loved Snape cause it was so random.

Alright, Day Ten songs are:

White Christmas - Wood and Wire


live from Austin, these guys are great

2012 was Team Blake from the Voice, 2011 was The Drifters


Welcome Christmas - Girls Generation


okay i'm a chicago nut but i was like, wait what? ohhh..."all that christmas". well they had the dance down. i enjoyed that in the subtitles it was all foreign and then there would be like 2 words in english in the middle of it all.

apparently they have the most popular video in the world at the moment beating out cyrus and bieber. no it's not this one, it's this one. don't look at me, it's k-pop i have no idea.

2012 was the original Grinch classic, 2011 was Glee


God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Postmodern Jukebox


love this one - swing version, she has a great voice.

2012 was Barenaked Ladies, 2011 was Glee


and then my favorite "new" christmas song, aka not one of the classics, which I posted in 2011 but not in 2012 cause I didn't find a cover that I liked but this year i did so i'm adding it back.

Wish List - Only Seven Left


i just want you, oh darling, i just want you.


out.


2011 Day Ten - I just want you, oh darling, I just want you.
2012 Day Ten - Westward Leading, Still Proceeding

uno, dos, tres, christmas.

closer to heaven above and closer to you...

Gotta love librarians.

When you get a room full of them it's quite the party.

See, the stereotype is that we're all super quite and like to shush people when the truth is we're the loudest ones of the bunch.

I don't think I've ever seen a librarian shush someone.

Maybe once as a joke.

Anyway, tonight was the grad party for the lucky ones of us who are done this spring and summer.

The rest of us have to tough it out until fall. For me first completing 9 more credits along with my 90 hour practicum at the Regional Center and then comps which is the week from hell.

Basically you write 4 dissertations and you have a week to complete it.

And there's no grades just pass/fail.

So I'll be taking the week off of work for that.

Along with all the time for the practicum because the Regional Center is only open during the week 8-5.

And I work 9-6 soooo I'll basically have to take like 4 weeks of vacation - at least. But I can't do it all at once cause I don't want to lose my job.

And I don't know if I even have that much vacation.

I guess we shall see.

Maybe I can work weekends and take weekdays off for a while.

I don't know, I'll talk to Superwoman about it and come up with a plan with Tom.

He'll be my Mr. Boss Man Sir for those 90 hours.

Where was I?

Right, the party, so I got to play bartender.

Obviously she knows my family.

The boyfriend would find that hysterical because he's convinced that I don't drink.

Although my brother thinks I don't either.

The truth is, I do, just not a lot.

Like I'll have one. Like every 3 months or so.

And that's usually only because I'm out with my sisters or him or it's some sort of family party.

I just don't see the point if it's not a social situation, you know?

Hence the build-up of liquor in my fridge.

But the party was great. She had a nacho bar along with animal crackers for the kiddos. Everyone brought their significant other (except David who brought his kid), minus me cause the boyfriend was busy fixing stuff. It actually flew by pretty quickly.

Kinda like the program.

I still feel like I just started and it's already gonna be over. Same with the GA duties, can't believe it's already been 2 semesters since I took over.

But I guess it has been a while. I did start in Spring of 2011.

And now I'll end in fall of 2013.

So it's kind of backwards but that's okay.

We talked hoods today.

Annette brought hers, gonna have to figure out how to order that and robes and all that.

And figure out exactly where I'm going. But I'm guessing the Library Goddess knows all about it. She's been doing it for years.

And she is going over there in the fall.

As is my boss and the Cool Aunt.

Superwoman claims the three of them can carpool and talk about me.

Not allowed.

Anyway, the party was fun. The usual gang of course. I really like these guys. I'll be sad when it's over but I'm sure I'll see them all over. One of them works down the street and stops by the library every once in a while.

Apparently she stopped by a couple of weeks ago and asked if I was there and I wasn't.

Which is rare.

So she turned around and walked out.

"I probably should have checked out a book or something..."

Geez library student.

It's okay.

Speaking of books, so I'm still stalling on finishing Silver Linings Playbook.

I literally have 20 pages left and my coworkers laugh cause I've had 20 pages left for like 2 weeks.

BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO END!

I love it.

AND! I got the DVD today so I'm gonna watch it tonight.

Probably fall asleep in the process because it is after midnight - I really need to stop doing this - but that's okay cause I already know how it ends.

But it's been so long since we saw it in theaters that I want to compare and contrast with what's in the book and decide which one I like best.

Cause BossLady asked and I couldn't answer completely.

Even though the characters are different I still see them as the actors that played them.

Which is backwards cause if you read the book first then you get images in your mind and then the movie comes out and you're pissed cause they don't match up.

Like everyone was mad when Tom Cruise got cast at Jack Reacher cause he was nothing like what's in the book, however, Tom Cruise bought the rights to the character so he got to play him.

Apparently he does that with a lot of characters.

But I'm confused, does that effect the writer of the novels?

I don't know quite how that works.

I'll look it up tomorrow.

Alright, I need to konk out but yes today was good.

Slept in 'til 1, went to the dentist at 2, NO CAVATIES! It was a chick dentist this time. She told me my teeth looked "super" and that I was good to go.

I cheered.

You know me and my experiences at the dentist.

Go here

After that I came home, watched some SVU - gotta love TV marathons - then headed over to the party.

After which I came home, watched some DDD - which would be even better if I was a chef and could recreate the recipes - and now I'm out.

Music: Going back to a classic.

Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks

thinking about doing a week of my favorites. in which case i'd have to repost goodbye earl. along with many others.

hmmm....



Carter is sleeping but he's all twitchy.

Wonder what he's dreaming about....