I dance in elevators.

Another new life motto.

Usually just the slow enclosed one, but today the library was so dead that I was like, whatever. Big glass window, a-woohoo! I was jamming.

There was really no one there to notice. It snowed all day so our only crowd was in the computer lab.

Have you ever been driving on a snow covered road and went, "well, I think this is a lane"?

And then pulled into your parking lot parking basically anywhere because you can't see those lines either?

That was today since 8AM.

A lot of snow.

Which is normal for a Nebraska winter, but not this winter. It's like the third time it's snowed total.

It's all fine and dandy 'til I have to wake up tomorrow and dig myself out.

I used to like snow. You know? I could make forts, and snowmen, and slide across the ice.

Now I'm surrounded by idiot drivers on roads that don't get plowed so I hate it.

There were supposedly 70 plows out today but I didn't see a single one.

Not looking forward to driving to work tomorrow either.

Okay, that's enough of the ranting.

I'm back to Just Shoot Me.

Season Three.



Stoked cause a new company is re-releasing them on DVD which means they might actually get further than season three.

I've been stuck here since the early 2000's.

I loved this show. It was fantastic. That was like the best night of TV cause it went Friends then Will and Grace and then Just Shoot Me. That's how I found it in the first place, cause I was hooked on Friends.

Although so was the rest of America.

There used to be all the Must See TV. Now they're trying to replicate it and they've got nothing.

The only comedy shows I watch on a regular basis are Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, Saturday Night Live and Hollywood Game Night.

And Castle. Does that count as comedy? It's kind of comedy.

The rest are just dumb.

Some of those are dumb too, I know, but I like them.

I know, you don't care.

I'm trying to think of things you might care about.

Um.

So there's a lot of snow.

And um, I've been working a lot.

Mostly on my booktalk and this Strategic Plan powerpoint thing.

Although the Old New Guy reminded me today that I'm assigned to yet another project that we had forgot about.

The joys of having your degree.

People think you're fluent in everything libraries.

Oh well, at least I'm involved and not bored.

Other things you may care about...oh yeah, trivia night is approaching.

Last year we did That 70's Show. This year we're thinking Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Is it dwarfs or dwarves?

Apparently dwarfs cause dwarves gives me one of those red underline marks.

Anyway, with my brother-in-law as Snow White cause he's the tallest.

Or cause it's funnier that way, either way I'm excited.

Gonna have to brush up on all my useless knowledge.

Thankfully there are 8 of us and we all kind of have our expertise. But that means anytime there's a book question they look at me so I should probably go over stuff I should know but don't know.

You know?

Song of the Day:

The Elements - Tom Lehrer


love the end. yes that is the song i was dancing to in the elevator. and yes i am a nerd.


Holy crap, they're all on YouTube. No longer stuck on season three.

Okay, now I'm gone. Officially.

Legit pre-midnight, holy crap tag in use.

why do we even have that lever?

Chief quoted Emperor's New Groove on my wall yesterday.

So guess what I'm watching tonight.


Watch that and tell me it's not hysterical.

Please just try.

"and when it arrives I'll s-mash it with a hammer!"

Should totally make another.

Cause Kronk's New Groove was dumb.

But it wouldn't be the same since Eartha Kitt died in 2008.

She voiced Yzma.


"It's called a 'cruel irony', like my dependence on you."

Haven't seen this in like a decade.

Jokes are funnier now.


Probably one of my favorite cartoon movies of all time.

Might in fact be my favorite cartoon movie of all time...

Let me think.

The only other cartoons I really watched were Garfield - and I didn't even see those movies cause they sounded awful - Scooby Doo and the movies they made of those weren't animated, and if they made some I didn't see them. Then there was Rocket Power and....well I watch The Grinch every Christmas, the original anyway. Lilo and Stitch was good.

Yep, I guess it takes the cake.

And how can you beat David Spade and Wendie Malick's reunion?

Oh, Just Shoot Me, that'd make for an awesome movie!

Did you hear they're making a Veronica Mars movie?

Anyway, David Spade, Wendie Malick, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, and Patrick Warburton - who I now just call Kronk no matter what he's in.

So today flew by pretty quickly.

Started off at the home branch with the Queen of Awesome.

Always fun to work with her, even if I am half-asleep on my feet.

Sleep-deprived Space Cadet #2.

Anyway, after a couple hours there headed back to the work branch, then lunch at the Chinese joint when I noticed the Eli Young Band bus parked outside the library.

And it's like massive and taking up multiple parking stalls.

The Reference Queen was curious if it was paying for every one of those meters...

The rest of the day was dedicated to catching up on the manhunt.

You always know it's big when the TV's on at work. Otherwise it's just the powerpoint.

After work it was homework. Worked on it from 8-1. Still not done.

I mean, I would be, if the website was working.

Stupid online resources and their update hours.

Apparently normal people don't research databases on a Friday night.

Or I'm just not doing it right.

Either way it's not due until 10 Saturday night.

So I'll have tomorrow to finish it up, it's literally the last question, it'll take me 20 minutes tops.

Even if it Breaks Your Heart - Eli Young Band



Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks


still one of my favorite videos of all time.

I love you more, than I did the week before...

Overheard at the library:

"Does he sleep through it?"
"He sleeps like a moose."
"What?!"

Which led me to my reference fact/or/crap of the day.

Moose sleep standing up.

It's a myth apparently.

They sleep on their stomachs.

From 11:30-5:45.

Yes 11:30-5:45.

Fact/or/crap.

"It's casual-wear that's ruining society!"

Yes, I've changed topics.

That one was Nina Van Horn.

Nothing blows away the depression that is SVU better than some Just Shoot Me comedy.

Not that SVU is bad, I like it, I've gotten 11 seasons through Interlibrary Loan over the past year, but there's only so much of it you can watch. Especially since today's weather was so gloomy and depressing.

Carter and I are jamming, he took multiple naps on my lap tonight while I was sketching out my presentation plan. More on that tomorrow so I'll have all Saturday free, huzzah!

"Alcohol" Barenaked Ladies

love the melody on this one.

"American Woman" Lenny Kravitz

debating which version i like better of this song, though you can't go wrong with the classic.

Tomorrow is an all-day as well, but it's a Friday so afterward I'm gonna rock it.

But my cat needs food, I'm out of pop, and then there's the homework. So it won't be completely relaxing.

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you're so tired in the morning that you say to yourself you need to start going to bed earlier?

And clearly it's not happening as I'm still awake past midnight.

You've already won me over, in spite of me.

Sometimes on the way to your dream you get lost and you find a better one. - Jack Gallo

We learned all about subject headings today in cataloging.

Which is nothing like scrapbooking, sorry to disappoint.

Along with listening to presentations on various cataloging topics, we also conquered the Dewey Decimal System and it was pretty cool.

Which sounds both shocking and nerdy, but I'm used to it.

Anyway, they taught us how they come up with the call numbers and what the numbers after the decimal stand for. It was actually cool and useful.

I just gotta remember how to access it for the homework assignment.

It's a whole process, dividing everything after the decimal into tables, 09 is for geography and then the rest go after that, or if it's just a subject you gotta lower it down to a specific catagory then take that number so really there are more than three numbers after the point but with the abridged version they cut it down...

Yeah I lost you. Sorry. I'll gain you back.

So I'm back to Just Shoot Me.

I go in spurts with it, it's like Charlie's Angels or Big Bang Theory. It comes and goes.

"just don't ask him to kill a turkey!"

Elliot's girlfriend just did a commercial for hemroids and Finch is giving him crap, then Maya hit on a free-lance writer and he accused her of sexual harrassment because of Nina's advice...

"this is insane, someone makes a completely unfounded accusation and I just have to sit back and take it?"
"welcome to all three of my divorces."

I'm exhausted.

And it's a long day tomorrow so I'm out.

"Head Over Feet" Alanis Morisette

you're so much braver than i give you credit for...

OUT!

I couldn't help it, it's all your fault!!

"I've had marriages shorter than that story."

So I'm back to Just Shoot Me.

Sometimes you gotta go back to the classics.

Jack: "Muffins aren't breakfast they're cake in a doily!"

Same night as Friends and Will and Grace. Back when NBC dominated. Not so much anymore. Though it does have The Voice which has gotten my attention as of late.

If you don't know the premise this is it in a nutshell.

Maya Gallo (Laura San Giacomo) is broke. She was fired from her TV newsjob after making an anchorwoman cry by sabotaging her telepromter. In order to keep her apartment she is forced to talk to her father a rich businessman and owner of Blush Magazine.

He hires her and she basically is the only normal one in the bunch. You've got Jack the boss and her dad played by George Segal, Elliot (Enrico Colantoni) the photographer who sleeps with all the models, Finch (David Spade) Jack's personal assistant and professional womanizer then Nina Van Horn an middle-aged former model still fighting for the spotlight played by Wendie Malick.

Originally the show didn't have Finch, but the network said it was missing something so they went back, added him in, rewrote the script and added the new scenes in. David makes up a lot of the material himself so it was a good call.

Maya: This picture sends the wrong message.
Elliot: What message are you trying to send?
Maya: "My name is Maya Gallo, and I'm a professional."
Elliot: And this says?
Maya: "My name is Maya Gallo, and my naughty girlfriends and I are waiting for your calls."

At first the show was all about Maya adjusting and the others resenting her but by the end of first season she's in and they've bonded and it's more about complications or hijinks at work that turn comedic. Finch and Elliot pulling pranks on Nina.

The show ran from 1997-2003 when the network decided they needed to add a new character who was supposed to be this rising star. However this caused too much tension so they ended it. It was Rena Sofer who you probably know Colonel Bell's lawyer on NCIS.

Jack: [to Hannah, over the phone] Hi, Hannah. Daddy's going to sing a song about... his desk. Oh, markers and pencils and pens And keys to my Mercedes Benz A cup and an empty green bottle...
Nina barges in about something unrelated: Damnit, Jack!
Jack: Oh, look, it's a grumpy ex-model.

On the scale of awesome I rate it a 10/10. It's got a great cast and it's one of those shows that you know they really get along off set as well and that's been said by all of them in interviews.

The characters are well written and very different from each other, the writing is great, storylines are realistic for the most part as they work for a fashion magazine.

Nina: [looking at Maya's ID photo] This picture captures the real you.
Dennis: Yeah, someone should, for science.

This is when I first realized how great of an actress Wendie Malick is. She plays the snarky ex-model fighting to stay young, much like her current role on Hot in Cleveland.

It's funny that I gravitate to the bitch character. Nina. Sue Sylvestor, Karen Darling, the list goes on though they're all from comedies. I don't think I could handle a serious bitch, at least these are funny.

Elliot DiMauro about breast implants: Do you have a permit for those?
Nina Van Horn: Don't you just love'em? They say, "Here I am!"
Elliot DiMauro: Actually, they say, "Moo, I hope some frat guy doesn't tip me over."


my brother and i sing this.
it's 5 seconds you know you want to.

Maya: That's fired with a "ph" it's gangsta rap for "you're doing swell!"

Out for the night.

Highway to the Danger Zone

It's actually amusing to walk into work and see the floor covered in crime scene tape.

Sections of the library are basically off limits cause we're painting at the same time as we're integrating the oversize with the regular.

It's a mess.

I remember when we did this at the home library, but it was so much easier and less time consuming. They boxed everything up and put it in the middle of the room, came over the holiday weekend and it was done.

But with the work library there are 4 floors. They did 4 then 3 now they're on 1 which gives us more time to finish shifting on 2.

It'll be worth it.

Aside from that I used my new blender for the first time.

It's fantastic.

As are fruit smoothies. I'm tempted to take one to work with me tomorrow but they would probably make fun of me.

Oh well, what else is new? Used to getting it with the family as I'm the nerd. But I'm okay with that.

"Danger Zone" Kenny Loggins
with all the tape definitely a dangerzone at work. but staff can still go to restricted stuff so it's amusing when patrons want stuff from like the picture book room cause i'm like ducking the tape, climbing over a couch, watching out for boxes grabbing the item then doing that in reverse all without hurting myself in the process. good workout for coordination.

Do we need another season of Celebrity Apprentice? Do people still watch that? Oh Trump.

Makes me want to watch Just Shoot Me. Jack the boss used to have competitions with Trump trying to lose the most weight or whatever and the loser had to golf in a dress. Funny stuff.

Alright, out for the night.

Are they laughing at or with me?

Stop Class #2?

Much more entertaining than the first time around.

Think it had everything to do with the teacher.

First time I went - granted it was in a smaller town and at a library, ironic - it was taught by a cop.

Today we had a sub.

I knew it would be interesting when she was showing clips from Wipeout on the projector before class started.

Every time we took a break she'd show more AFV or just random clips that she had collections of, mostly people doing stupid stuff.

The majority of them had something to do with a vehicle. So it was almost appropriately class related.

We'll call it class adjacent.

It was perfection.

Anyway, she understood that we didn't all want to be there so she flew over the material pretty quickly, not repeating things that we already knew. Answered a lot of dumb questions. I think we all passed.

Though the dude next to me was annoying the crap out of me and I wish he failed.

Does that make me a bad person?

He was playing games on his cellphone the whole class.

Then it died and he wanted to borrow my charger.

Which I didn't have. Even if I did I wasn't going to hand it over to him in the middle of stop class.

Why is it that I always end up at the table with the people who talk?

You know, they think they're whispering but they're clearly not cause she keeps looking back at them every 30 seconds.

I think that just goes with sitting in the back corner.

Did that through the majority of college, unless it was a small enough class for all of us to be forced to the front.

Gonna have to switch it up a little I guess.

I did for the Library Goddess, but then she kept using me as an example. Made me sound brilliant, I should thank her for that.

Though I sat in the back for her next class and she still did it.

So maybe it's just me.

Paying me back for the coffee.

Makes me sound like a genius librarian. In front of other library people.

Guess we're even.

But I'll still bring her coffee.

Where was I?

Oh right, Stop Class.

Didn't totally suck.

And I will forevermore be wearing my seatbelt.

It wasn't like a "click it or ticket" message thrown our way, it was more of a "click it or die" kind of message. All these videos and pictures and horrible stories. Scared into submission. Gross.

Plus, tires make me paranoid now. Did you know if they're older than 4 years that's dangerous? Not as in I've used them for four years, as in they've existed for four years. Including the years they've sat in the shop. They showed us the numbering system, I'm checking mine next time I go to the car.


Quotes of the Day:

-"Nebraska has two seasons: football season and road construction."

-"Grammatically that's a horrible sentence."

-"You know that 'oh crap' moment, right when you realize you're about to crash?"

-"We're all zombie drivers."

-"Have you ever seen an adult text? 'How do I backspace?!'"

-"He was speeding too casually."

-"You wouldn't think a minivan would go offroad."

-"It doesn't matter who I'm running over, as long as the coffee doesn't hit the interior!"

-"Beard or below is bad." does everyone know about this whole Abe Lincoln tire check thing? Was that a driver's ed thing? I'm a farm kid. We don't do driver's ed. We drive giant farm equipment far too early in life to worry about something like that.

-"You are completely allowed by law to spend 80 bucks on duct tape and make a window."

-"If your passengers are laughing kick them out. They'll stop laughing."

-"Number One: Know your material or you suck. Number Two: Know the answers or it's back to number one, you suck."

-"So it's like diet beer? Ew!"

-"Is velveeta really cheese?"

-"Fine, let THEM eat the re-tread!"

-"Take a wrong turn and you end up in Iowa!"


-"Point number three: Never screw with the Queen of England."

Though the HIGHLIGHT of the ENTIRE DAY!! was totally my bad. I mean, nobody else really noticed. Except the annoying guy to my right and the annoying teen to his right.

Have you seen this commercial? Bridgestone tires?



If you haven't, you should watch it.

NOW.

I did a spit take. Literally. I was swallowing my coffee and the second that first squirrel screamed it came out of my mouth and back into the thermos. Laughing and swallowing and coughing at the same time is just awkward. Luckily the majority of my classmates were out of the room on break.

But dude.

I'd seen it before too, I just didn't remember it.

Classic spit take.

Not one of my shining moments.

But it just got worse cause them I kept thinking about the video and laughing when I really shouldn't have been laughing cause she's talking about death and destruction.

A lot of the stuff just reminded me of this episode of NCIS when Abby and Tony are talking about driving classes and Abby is commenting on the videos. "Drink, Drive, Die" was the name of one she wanted on DVD.

And it's like the time that I couldn't stop laughing at this quote from Just Shoot Me and it made working in the lab, where there are just two of us, really awkward.

But that's when you take a lap.

And roam the floor.

Can't stop laughing at something Nina Van Horn said like 9 years ago?

Perfect time to go check the biographies to make sure no one's dealing drugs, sleeping, peeing on the material or doing anything else back there.

The joys of a public library.

Another joy of a public library?

We're open on Sundays.

Which means I will be there.

So I should sleep.

"At Or With Me" Jack Johnson

It's okay Jack. I hate him too. Beat him up. Gotta say, 2:59, best part ever. I cheered. Cannot stand that guy.

Is it bad to cheer for something like that hours after you leave a stop class?

and to all a goodnight.

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.

"There it isn't!"

Lost my juice. It became like a treasure hunt before opening. I need one of those tool belts I could put it in so I don't lose it again.

Quote of the day comes from my supervisor:
"A joyous observation on the day of your birth."
"What?"
"Happy birthday."
"Oh, thanks!"

I LOVE HOT IN CLEVELAND!! Oh man, hysterical! Betty White is amazing as ever but with the other three - I mean, I loved Wendie Malick in Just Shoot Me and basically everything else she's been in but it's like the role was written for her. It's like Nina Van Horn all over again except this time her name is Victoria and she's an actress. Then Daphne from Frasier, aka Jane Leeves, plays Joy the awful british hair expert. She's not a british hair expert but she's british and she does hair, or rather removes it, and she's awful, but hilarious. Then Valerie plays the lead, Melanie, who's this klutzy writer who really means well. Then of course there's Betty White who plays the caretaker of the estate that they are renting. She and Betty White go back and forth a lot. Basically, they're from LA and they're on a plane to France but it has to make an emergency landing in Cleveland and when they hit the town and everyone loves them they decide to stay. You have to check it out, awesome.

"Oh shutup, I hear music swelling."

"Just because I'm chained to the fence doesn't mean I can't bark at the dogs!"

"God I hate jocks!"
"You were married to a wide receiver!"
"I still don't know what sport that is!"

"But the funnel, that's what makes the cows fly!" (tornado)

Fantastic, seriously look into it. There are so many good lines and the actresses are constantly cracking up. I'm wondering how much is ad-libbed.


Soooo, tomorrow...class...then who knows. I guess there's not really a plan anymore since everyone's sick.
I feel like I should stay up til midnight at least. So I'm up. Submitted my paper when I got home from work, I should probably konk out soon since I have class at 1. Woohoo? I'm sure it'll be fine.

More later.

Firestorms in February

We're in a severe weather alert, but not the kind you're thinking. What is wrong with this picture? February, from the Latin "Februa" meaning Snow, Snow, Snow! Okay, I made that up, but still, 70 degrees in February?! That's just mental, right? Maybe it will actually be a decent temperature on Saturday...doubtful.
Moving on.

Dear Blogspot,
Today I was a ninja of awesome.
Packed up the large type, pulled all the holds and expired holds, plus checked in the whole bookdrop all before 10AM. After that it was cake...not. But fun. And there was cake! Well, brownies, as people brought food to celebrate the February birthdays, thanks everybody! I feel special. The cookies were excellent, and I'm still waiting to try those ass-kicking peanuts with the picture of the donkey on the cover. I'll save that for some time tomorrow probably at lunch. It'll be my mid-day jolt.

Then, after work and working on paper and all that went over to sister's house to watch RED which I convinced her into buying and they loved it! Like the whole family was quoting it, hilarious. "Poop to that!"

So, tomorrow means more work, then final touches to paper before I post it (which I'm putting off until the library goddess gets back to me which is my excuse for procrastinating) then I have a social life, hooray! Mmm...burgers and Glee...awesomeness.

Favorite quotes today:
Guard talking about drunks in the bus stop: "It could have gotten really bad...like poking him the nose...or stabbing someone..."

And just because I saw someone wearing some today I have to say, I totally agree with Nina on this one.
Maya: "Competition brings out the worst in people!"
Nina: "Actually bike shorts bring out the worst in people..."
(Just Shoot Me, season three, episode twenty-one "Softball")
I always think of that quote when I see bikeshorts. Awful.

Well, at least the baby stopped crying...

So, I suck at this whole posting thing. I've been crazy busy which really isn't an excuse because I've made time to do other things.
In an attempt to make up for lost time I will come up with a list of the random events that have occurred throughout the week.
1. Had a conversation with coworkers about the fashion of troll dolls. Apparently their bold fashion statement of flamboyant hair and shirts that show off their big stomachs are making a comeback. That's what you get when you work downtown and see all the crazies. Thankfully they are wearing pants. Well, most of them.
2. Went to see Harry Potter 7 again, this time with Nic and Megan. Still awesome. And we ran into Becky so that was cool. We sat in the back and made sarcastic comments - mostly because people kept going up and down the stairs to the balcony and it constantly sounded like a stampede and because someone brought their baby. Why would you bring a baby to Harry Potter? It's loud and scary! Strange, right? Anyway, the kid cried a lot and the best line of the whole experience took place in the middle. Nicole and I were making faces about the stampede and Nic leans over and says, "well, at least the baby stopped crying." I died. I think that's one of those you have to be there moments, but it made my night.
3. Vicki and I have either been working too much lately or we just need to get more sleep. Every morning we've worked together we've both been completely out of it. I'm like a walking zombie and she almost falls asleep at the desk. She has declared us to be sleep-deprived space cadets. Today was fun though because she decided we should box up all the donations - both of us - so I commented that maybe between the two of us space cadets we could form one fully functional human being. That worked well.
4. Xmas program at church was Sunday. They decided to do it early this year because last year it almost didn't happen. With all the snow and power outtages - it was a mess. But this year's went well. My niece was the best. And I'm not saying that because of favoritism. She said her line loud and clear and not too fast. I was quite proud actually. Everyone else mumbled theirs. I remember that though, you're nervous cause everyone is staring at you. I looked everywhere but the crowd. This time I just got to sing in the choir. Dad gave me crap for never looking up from my music but it was the first time I'd sang it! I didn't practice with them, I just show up and sing since I can't make it to practices. It was easy enough. After that it was Pizza Hut for lunch then practice to sing at Heritage. We went gypsy caroling. We call it gypsy caroling because earlier in the year we had gone around Heritage singing camp songs on family day. One of our friends called us the gypsies. Liz became our "gypsy leader" and now that nickname is totally going to stick. I'll make it stick. Camp should be fun.
5. Along with being a sleep-deprived space cadet I am also very giggly at inappropriate times. It's bizarre. I was trying to tell a story to a coworker in the staff room and I couldn't get through it. I laughed so hard I started crying. It was bad. But the story was just funny, because I can still picture... okay, so this dude was on one of the internet computers and his phone rang. Meanwhile, we have this amazing older lady who comes in and volunteers at the smaller branch. She processes new materials and does the holds and yeah. She's awesome and hilarious. She was attempting to use the self-check and even though it hates me I was trying to help. (it's new and never accepts my barcode. evil.) We couldn't get it to work so we stood there for a while. Back to the guy, his phone rings, he answers, and the speaker is set on like high so you can hear everything the person on the line is saying. At first it's all hi, how are you. Then out of nowhere she's like "I have diahrrhea...bad!" And the volunteer turns to me and makes this face like she's like scandelized or something. I seriously died on the spot. That expression will come to mind every time I see her, I swear it's burned into my brain. So I tried to tell that story at work, and just like now when I was typing it out, it took me a couple tries to make all the way through it without collapsing on myself. Too funny.
6. Speaking of the smaller branch, we had our xmas party today. I brought the silverware and plates and stuff and I found these napkins that say, "what happens at the holiday party stays at the holiday party!" They were a big hit. We're sending one to our boss who was sick and couldn't make it. I love those people, they're too fun.
7. Another thing this sleep-deprived space cadet couldn't stop laughing at inappropriately was this line from Just Shoot Me. It's a Nina Van Horn specialty, she always had the best ones, but I died. I couldn't stop. It was endless, but I had to hold it in as I was up in the lab and it was like dead silent. I'm sure my coworker thought I was going nutso. Maybe I am nutso. Here's the short version, Nina and Maya went walking somewhere and Maya sees a guy juggling. Nina turns up at the office with a cast on her arm. When asked why she replies, "Little tip: never yell, 'Look, he's got six balls!' at someone who's about to step off a curb."
Today was not a serious day for me at all.
8. I actually got to watch Mike and Molly. Mom dvr'd a few, they are pretty funny. I'm glad, I like Melissa McCarthy, I hope it stays on. It had some good one-liners as well. "You're a closed book!"
"No, I'm not! I'm an open catalogue laying on the night stand!"
"I don't know what that means, I'm lost!"
or
"You wanted space, go sit on a missile!"
9. Another fun library moment - a coworker of mine is a true librarian. In like the truest sense. A patron returned a book - big picure of Lana Turner on the cover. She picks up the book and says, "look at this binding!" "Yeah, who's that on the cover?" "I don't know, I was just admiring the binding." I noticed. But I love this woman. She's great with the patrons and answered every one of my stupid questions during training.
10. Fun reference questions I've had lately - "what is the average salary of an roman emporer?"
"what is the opposite of pianissimo?"
"when does that green lantern movie come out?" He asked mainly because I was wearing a green lantern shirt. I wear fun shirts when I'm an aid.
11. Got to play video games with my niece and nephew - TMNT mostly. We love it - and while hitting robots with my big stick (i'm donatello...always. we have our usual characters. joe likes to fly so he's mikey. mandy likes red so she's rafael.) I frequented the response "yeah! stick that in your speedo jacuzzi bob!" thank you Big Bang Theory.
12. I got to catch up on The Closer - I'm about to watch the new one right now - and NCIS when I went home so that was nice. I liked serious Tony in this one. I thought he was pulling a prank, good ending, good ending.
13. Isn't it unlucky to end on 13? Oh well. I'm taking the chance. I'm off for the night to watch The Closer and Castle. Then more work tomorrow, hooray! I'm crazy. It's official.
ps- why is the bad guy from ncis and literally every other show he's in watching robots break through walls on the directv commercials? isn't he in jail? didn't they just lock him up?