We ain't got no room for boring

For boring we ain't got no room.

Told you I'd be back.

So, this weekend was Motorcar-ing with the Boyfriend in Iowa: Take Two.

I don't know what my boyfriend's fascination is with Muppets and Motorcar-ing but apparently it's a thing.

Remember last year when we went and he kept singing Mahna Mahna?

Like literally, we're riding and we've got headphones on and all the sudden "mahna mahna...doo doo, doo doo doo..."

So this year it was "We ain't got no room for boring, for boring we ain't got no room."

Over and over.

Which, if you watch any TV whatsoever, you have probably seen at least twice in the past month.

If not, watch this.



Congratulations, you are now cultured.

There are actually multiple, but that's the most recent.

It's catchy. So much so that it was repeated...over and over...all over Iowa.

But it's true. We ain't got no room for boring.

And it's ironic because after I showed the Old New Guy a picture of what we'd be riding on his exact words were, "well, you'll never be bored with him."

And I don't think I ever will.

That said, this weekend was awesome. We always have fun when we go anywhere together, but he gets especially excited if it has anything to do with riding rails - whether it be motorcars or roller coasters.

It was definitely worth the drive, though our first run didn't go as planned. About quarter down the track the battery died and we had to get towed 'til it was replaced. Luckily it was an easy fix and we were back on by the afternoon.

It was nice cause it was a shorter ride so we could jump back in. If it was a day trip we would have been screwed.

I was grateful cause Donny came with so I wasn't the only woman there. She's always fun to jam with and it's so funny because men think that women talk a lot but apparently they've never met railroad men - who talk far more than anyone else on the planet. While us two women were just ready to ride.

And of course the boyfriend is the young gun that everyone has to tease and all that. Yeah, I think the average age for riders was probably mid-60's. So that means I get teased. I got called the "mrs" a few times and just smiled.

Another conversation we've been having a lot lately. Which is his fault cause he brought up ring shopping.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favorite moments and some pictures to go along with.

-Walmart, the other hotel in town
::Let's just say a certain rider decided that he and his girlfriend didn't need a hotel room to stay in the first night cause Walmart parking lots are free and comfortable. Grateful that man wasn't my boyfriend. But I guess it would be sort of an adventure. That's how his girlfriend took it....so understanding.

-Big Rocks
::What is it with Iowans and the big rocks in their front yards? And when I say big I mean big. Like look at this.

And it wasn't just the one house. They were everywhere.

Any ideas? I'm wondering if they're actually decorative or if it's more like a giant rock monster died in their front lawn and they were too lazy to move them, though it's been added that they're also a deterrent to zombies so perhaps that's part of it.

-Breakdown
::While the breakdown itself was not enjoyable, the conversation that followed was. He taught me all about motorcar engines and how they work. I feel highly educated and could maybe repeat like a third of it...cause it was all technical. But I'll look smart when I do it... if you know nothing about engines. At all.

-Where are the face trees? 
::Yes, that is the technical term. I tried to take different pictures than last year but it's hard cause it's the same track. I did, however, have to take more pictures of the face trees cause they are super cool.




-Crash Boom
::So the day was awesome and after everything was loaded into the backs of trailers and trucks everyone was just kind of standing around and talking when all the sudden, *squeal* *boom* *thunk, thunk* Some idiot driver hit a pole right next to the station. We're thinking drinking was involved. They tried to drive away but couldn't so they just sat there for a while before the cops showed up (whom we called btw). We drove by the next day to see the marks and there was a big dent in the pole and tire tracks all over the grass.

Smooth.

So, we went out with a bang.

Here are more fun pics:



the line up.



picture of a picture of a picture of a picture...



around the curve.



bridge 1.



bridge 2.



no idea what that means. any translators in the house?

If you want to see more pictures from the route see last year's post here. Or check Facebook.

And that was Iowa. After we came back we did even more train stuff when we toured the historic Amtrak train at the Haymarket. Then got some lunch and he crashed on my couch for a few hours before he had to head into work.

I went in today and got grilled. They're jealous.

Plus I got Fun Dip. So I'm at the desk and Superwoman is like, the AD wants to see you. So I go upstairs dragging my feet, thinking I'm gonna get yelled at and she hands me a box of Fun Dip and says "I hear you like these." "Yep." "Okay. That's all."

Thanks.

It reminded me of the home branch when Space Cadet came up to me all straight-faced and was like "I have a question for you."
"Okay."
"Do you like 7-up?"
I was all freaked I did something wrong. "You looked all serious!"
"I am serious, I gotta get rid of this 7-up!"

Also, remember how I was writing two different program proposals for work? I finally said "screw it" and combined them. Perhaps it'll actually get approved if I put forth all my effort on one project instead of worrying about dividing it up into two.

But baby steps. Gotta polish the proposal first. Then comes the approval process.

Alright, on to the music.

Tonight's rec is pretty recent.

Me and My Broken Heart - Rixton


Another British invasion. I think they're kind of One Direction wanna-bees, but it's a good song.

However, the first time I listened to it it drove me nuts cause it sounded exactly like something else. And it has for weeks so I finally gave up and googled it and came across these two.

What do you think?

Lonely No More - Rob Thomas



Unfaithful - Rihanna


Feels a bit like a mix of both.

Ah, apparently Rob Thomas helped write it.

Well that explains it. But not the Rihanna part.

Alright, I'm out.

Will hopefully be back at some point this week.

Let's go places.

Plus it turns out the hairy one's a dude. And the metal one too. All dudes.

Yes, still alive and breathing. Don't worry. I'll have someone notify you if that changes.

Lots of fun stuff happened this week including 3 special guests at the library, 2 movie nights with the boyfriend, and a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff.

It's been a week full of surprise appearances at the library. 2 days ago my adopted little sister came in, yesterday my camp mentor showed up and today Mom came in.

With food. Cause that's what she does. And the staff loves her.

Was cool seeing all of them in my hood.

Yes, I'm declaring it as my hood cause I spend more time there then I do anywhere else.

The two movie nights were polar opposites to each other. Wolf of Wall Street and the Lego Movie.

Let's start with Wolf of Wall Street


Scale of Awesome say 6/10. There was so much nudity and drugs in that movie that if it were ever shown on TV the movie would drop from 3 hours to 15 minutes.

For serious.

*spoiler alert* It would be like the opening scene where he starts working on Wall Street, to him working with penny stocks, to like the boat sinking scene to the courtroom and that would be it.

But it had its moments.

I'm never eating at Benihana again. I don't care whose birthday it is.

The Lego Movie was was literally the polar opposite of that.


Scale of Awesome says 7/10. Lots of funny stuff, plus I love Elizabeth Banks and oh my god Liam Neeson was fantastic as Bad Cop. I kept waiting for him to yell "Release the Kraken!"

Though our favorite part was actually when the Millennium Falcon showed up - cause we're Star Wars nerds, but also cause it was hilarious.

Also had its moments, there were just more of them, hence the 7.

Guarded by a robot army and secondary measures of every kind imaginable. Lasers, sharks, laser sharks, overbearing assistants...

First law of the sea, never place your rear-end on a pirate's face. 

B-Roll of the actors


i love nick offerman and liam neeson. elizabeth gets pretty into it. plus will arnett's version of batman, it's dead on.

plus there's animated behind-the-scenes too. but i skipped that.

Other stuff going on:

Stress seems to come in spurts at the library. Sometime in the next two weeks I have to:
-Research/weed/relocate the literacy collection - which the Old New Guy and I finally got around to meeting about today
-Finish the Strategic Plan slideshow - this is a multi-step process because people are sending us links and info so we're adding it all and then we're gonna meet and thin it down so it's presentable, but we also have to figure out what to say when presenting it to stakeholders
-I also have my booktalk coming up so I am mad-speed-reading a ton of books so I can talk about them without making myself look like an idiot. I'm taking notes as I read so I'll have interesting things to say about each of them. Probably won't have time to memorize it all which means I'm writing it all on sticky notes and then pasting them to the back of the books so when I hold it up I can read it off. (Trick I learned in grad school.)

In other news we're having a camp meeting this weekend so I have to prep for that. Plus this weekend is Valentine's Day, then my birthday and then it'll be Vegas so it's a big month.

I need to zen out. I'm watching the Olympics. I'm a nerd for those as well. Tape them all cause I work, so I'm on yesterday's footage at the moment. Kelly Clark is dominating. I love snowboarding, it's my favorite of the sports, but hockey is fun to watch too. The only problem is that they're not airing the USA women's hockey, just everybody else's so I have to watch all that online.

Like I said, nerd. Was totally sad about Shaun White but I-Pod deserved it.

And speaking of Shaun White...

Songs of the Week: Have a variety for you because it's been a while.

Caught Inside - Bad Things


yes this is Shaun White's band for those of you wondering, but it's also a good song. i like this one and

Anybody


is good too. probably my favorite of the two.

but if you're going to listen to only one of these MAKE IT THIS ONE:

You Gonna Change Your Mind - The Capgun Holdups


cause it's fantastic.


alright, that's all i got. more later. have a good weekend.

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.

Some are reaching, Few are there, Wandering from a hero's chair.

Today was one for the record books.

I broke a door.

Not on purpose.

I'll get there.

Staff meeting in the morning. Presented on the conference I attended before camp at the boyfriend's library.

Huzzah for new teen material. I bought two of the books tonight - I'll get there too.

I learned a lot at the conference but the highlights I relayed were: "make your fiction seem like nonfiction. if it's not believable then no one will finish it," and "if your characters say 'do it my way' you do it their way or you'll have a crappy book", but I forgot "writing is the next best thing to napping". woops.

I enjoy writers. They are highly entertaining.

After the meeting I checked in magazines, trained a volunteer on how to scan media, worked the desk, got a hamburger for lunch, and all was fine and boring until I broke the door.

Okay first off, it wasn't my fault. I was going into the bathroom and the stall door just fell off.

Like literally fell off.

Dropped and bounced.

I screamed like a teenager, so loud that a coworker busted in freaking out.

We looked and there were metal shavings on the ground. Apparently the door hinge had been on its way out for a while, it just happened to officially fall when I was there to take the blame.

The best part of the whole situation was having to explain it to my supervisor cause he had to call to get it fixed.

Of course Superwoman was gone, Girlscout was in a meeting, BossLady was at lunch, so I went downstairs to Supervisor Alley and there was the Old New Guy sitting innocently at his desk...

He found it entertaining.

I did too.

After the whole shock factor wore off.

It literally just dropped and bounced.

And what would you have done in that situation other than scream and attempt to catch it?

Let it drop I guess.

It was a lot heavier than I thought it would be so I just ended up leaning it against the wall.

And then of course I had to take a picture.



Woops.

Door Killer.

Don't know my own strength.

Anyway, after that disaster things calmed down a bit 'til Mom showed up and scared the crap out of me at the desk.

But she brought zucchini bread and catfood so it's okay.

Shouldn't mix those two up, that'd be bad.

Saving the bread for breakfast tomorrow, yay for food in my fridge!

After things had calmed down I took a break to call another librarian. For my practicum we're setting up that remote library and we're going to use BISAC instead of Dewey so on Monday - my day off - I'm going to go visit a library using BISAC and talk to their librarian.

It's the one in my college town so maybe I'll swing by campus just for fun.

Not.

And Mr. Tom aka my Mr. Bossman Sir for my practicum says it will count toward my hours as it is for research purposes.

Huzzah!

Should be fun.

After work I met up with the Queen of Awesome for supper and a trip to Barnes and Noble.

Bought far too many books, but who doesn't while in Barnes and Noble?

I need to just go in there with a set list and not sway from it.

But that won't happen.

Got Second Sister's birthday present - which was the original intent - ate some good food, talked some girl talk, it was good to catch up as we haven't in a while.

And then of course ran into Oldest Sister, Squirt and Squirt's BFF in the parking lot.

They were headed where we ate supper, but as it was freezing in there we had left and were headed back to Barnes and Noble to jam in the much warmer cafe area.

"My cat weighs 23 pounds and 6 ounces."
"I have a child who weighs less than that."

Should really turn this dinner out thing into a monthly deal just for sanity purposes.

Bought another novel while we were there cause I had forgot about it until I saw something like it.

Huzzah for Richard Castle.

He is wicked awesome.

After our night out on the town I hit up Target for groceries. Cause for some weird reason I buy them there instead of an actual grocery store. Probably because I get my media, shoes, and all that there too, I'm all about one-stop shopping.

Came home, fed the cat, now I'm jamming out and watching Wipeout re-runs cause my DVR is full.

Gonna post this and crash.

No Envy, No Fear - Joshua Radin


posted this back in 2011, the night before my last day at the home branch.

sad sad day.

really like his music.

Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.

"And it gets worse." "How could it get worse?" "They dance."

Yay for Major Crimes.

If you haven't seen this week's episode you should watch it now.

Online if you have to, cause it's highly entertaining.

And if you have no idea what I'm talking about then you're missing out on life.

Especially if you missed out on The Closer, the show that came before it and has evolved into what is now Major Crimes.

Which I got multiple people hooked on.

Cause it rocks.

Rocked.

Well, Brenda Leigh still rocks, only now she just rocks on DVD.

Wondering how they're going to pull off the trial episode cause she'll have to make a reappearance as a witness.

Though I'm guessing it'll be years before that actually takes place.

Here watch this, it's also highly entertaining.



They did end up using that first "what" because I remember rewinding it over and over just to hear it.

Dang those non-union flies.

That's how I would sign all of my documents if I was her.


Today was awesome.

Worked 9-6 - huge amount of stats today though I'm guessing that will stop for a few days since we'll have no parking until Monday.

Ugh, Ribfest.

It was so funny the Old New Guy and I walked out together a couple days ago when they were just starting to set up and went "ah crap" at the same time.


After work came home and stayed there for the first time since last week.

This is literally the first night that I did absolutely nothing.

Except clean.

Lots and lots of cleaning.

And I finished Zero Hour.

I didn't know it was possible for it to get any weirder after that whole cloning thing but the way it ended....just....weird....to the extreme.

Revelations come to life but not.

Like the book of Revelations.

Along with character revelations too I guess.

Though I did cheer at the very last second to see the little boy and Vincent. That was good.

The rest was weird.

But I like the religious conspiracy stories - I had this conversation with a patron today - that's why I love the DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons.

AND I WILL finish the Lost Symbol before the movie comes out, it's on. I have two copies - one in my apartment and one in my locker.

It's just the whole time to read it thing escapes me.

Mostly because if I have the time to read anything it's as an editor - which I love cause Demi rocks as does her writing - I'm so far behind on any of my projects it's ridiculous.

I blame school.

Once that's over I'll have time.

Especially if the boyfriend does get switched to second shift, then I'll have nothing but free time all week.


Anyway, so the day flew cause we were swamped, got time to relax with my big fat cat after cleaning my apartment, many cat pictures were taken and uploaded to Facebook just to challenge the cat picture quota that Sketch mentioned.

Don't worry, I'm not actually one of those stereotypical librarians.

Though if he does get moved to second I might become one.

But Carter's so cute!

And with the haircut he looks like a lion with combat boots.



Cat in a box.

How can anyone resist that?

Okay, I'm done for the night, I promise.

Song of the day:

Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon


Yay for cheesy 80's music videos.

That's a snazzy jacket.

He should wear that all the time.

With that haircut please.


Saw this commercial and it reminded me of something I forgot to include yesterday.



Cause it's dumb but funny and we said that about it yesterday.

Anyway, we were at the lake and on the dock and he mispronounced a city's name but for the life of me I can't remember what it was and I laughed because it reminded me of a joke that one of the "Favorite Aunties" told me years and years ago.

Three guys were driving through Beatrice and they decided to stop and get something to eat. None of them had ever been to Beatrice before so they began to argue about how it was pronounced.

The first guy said it was BEatrice, the second was convinced it was BeATrice, the last guy said it was pronounced Beat-Rice.

When they couldn't come to an agreement they decided they should ask someone so they went up to the lady at the counter and said "We've been fighting about it and we can't figure out the name of this place, where are we?"

The lady looked at them and said really slowly, "You're...in...Burger...King."

See it's dumb but you smiled.

So take that.

See you tomorrow.

I'll be here.

You be there.

It's a date mate.

It's on like Donkey Kong.

It's...time to stop rhyming and go to sleep, okay, I'm out.

Keep Calm and Drink Kale - Geaux Tigers!

Happy Father's Day!

Got crap for not calling my father until 6:30.

Some of us work during the day!

Joking.

Got him something pretty cool.

Hoping he'll like it.

Now just have to figure out a time to go out to the farmhouse to give it to him.



Another empty Sunday at the library, yet the day seemed to fly by.

I'm sure iced coffee and a cinnamon roll helped with that.

Got to jam with some of my favorite coworkers so even though the day was slow we still had fun.

Making plans for when we win Powerball.

Yes when because Queen of the Known Universe is that determined so there's no if anymore.

So when we win, what am I gonna do with my share of the winnings?

Apparently I need to put more thought into my plan because they already have theirs nailed down.

Queen of the Known Universe wants a gulf-stream.

The Old New Guy wants a yacht.

Queen of the Known Universe told him that his servers have to wear chaps when she comes to visit.

There's more to their plans but those were the major factors.

For me, I totally drew a blank.

I could go with the cliche mansion, pool, nice car, sound systems.

But that's really not me.

So throughout the day I came up with a plan.

So far it includes:
- A casino of my own design
- With a golf course in the back
- And then my mansion on the other side of the golf course
- So I can drive a golf cart every day to work

The casino is just a fun thing cause you know, the house always wins, but like can you imagine designing your casino?

Like I could draw up my own blue prints, choose the restaurants, the entertainment, design the rooms - it just sounds fun.

The golf course is more of an inside joke.

Cause you know me and my lack of golfing skills.

But every time Homey G Wigger and I go out golfing - to practice for the tee it up for tuition tournament - we talk about building our own and what we would do with each hole.

"Take another little piece of my grass now baby."

We make a lot of divots.

And the mansions we would build surrounding it for all the rich people. And awesome restaurants.

Anyway, we'd build one here in Nebraska and then expand.

Cause ours would be just that awesome.

So, yes, casino, golf course, personalized golf cart with security system so people couldn't steal it.

And according to the Old New Guy it needs a helipad on the top so he'll have somewhere to land his helicopter.

And now apparently we need to come up with some sort of communication system for the three of us.

Like CB radios but more modern.

So that's my plan so far.

Any other suggestions?

Anyway, that's all I really remember about work today.

Afterwards I got to watch my LSU boys lose....

Cause of errors....

Ugh.

But that's okay, we're still in it and we're gonna dominate the losers bracket and make a comeback.

That kale juice is gonna do it man.

So that was my day.

Don't go in tomorrow until 4, woohoo!

Song of the Day:

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin


rocks it.

If I had legs, I would kick you.

Wearing black tomorrow for Fearless Leader's last day.

Still crying inside.

Today was good.

I'M APPROVED!

Well, my website at least, which means tomorrow I get to send out the link asking for their feedback and a photo to add to the profiles page. Figure I'll send out the link to the members and prospective members. Kind of their own cool place, will attempt to keep it updated as much as possible. Much easier than overloading their inboxes with random news. Though I'll probably still keep sending out quite a few reminder emails.

Mom brought me some fruit. Think this is still part of her making sure I'm actually eating campaign. Still remember her opening my fridge one day, seeing nothing but alcohol, turning around and saying, "let's go grocery shopping!" It's not that I drink a lot, it's more of the opposite. I keep receiving it and it adds up quickly.

She's got me googling the eagle. There used to be an eagle on the building across from work but when the office moved to somewhere else - theirs not ours - they took it with them.

Other highlights of the day...hmmm...oh got to plug BossLady's meter. I was stuck on an e-book question and she was on her way out the door. We switched. It was amusing though cause she gave me the right car model but the wrong license plate number. It didn't help that it was parked next to something similar and with  a few of the letters she gave me originally.

Only way I could tell it was the right car was because the other had an hour left on it and this was completely gone.

What else?

Oh, Carter has been semi-sane tonight. He's quite calm and sitting next to me as opposed to his behavior as of late.

Woops, I lied. Pulled out the cereal and now he's all ticked cause I moved.

Blah.

Super tired at the moment. Did some editing, probably should have been working on some homework but as I am the worst editor ever I chose that instead. And now I have "time", yes I have time even though I'm working, taking classes, doing homework and GA stuff I still have more time than when I was doing camp stuff and work. Granted the GA stuff and class is just starting.

Will work on homework tomorrow.

I know, this is boring. I'm sorry.

Here, fun fact for you:

Take any number, double it, add 10, divide it by 2, subtract your original number - it will always equal 5. 

For example 11x2 = 22+10 = 32/2 = 16-11 = 5

or 7x2 = 14+10 = 24/2 = 12-7 = 5

Food day tomorrow, perhaps I'll take some fruit. I've got a fridgefull.

Clip of the day:

Helped a guy with some computer stuff and he brought up Charmed, like a super obscure reference. I was like, "you're a fan?" awesomeness.



"and get my hair wet?"

Oh right, Old New Guy and I are on a crusade to make "sour" a new trend. As in, "that's sour man" meaning "that rocks man."

While sour seems like it would be a bad thing it's similar to "wicked sweet" or "mad skills".

"and why is the g silent?"