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.

How many librarians does it take to start the wave?

Apparently more than three, cause it didn't catch on when we tried it.

Granted we were in a room filled with people double my age.

At least.

And they weren't really paying attention to us anyway.

I'll get there.

Today was incredibly dead at the library, but went surprisingly fast.

I spent most of the day working on TAB stuff and learning random facts about the Olympics.

Did you know General Patton competed in the Olympics? Apparently in ancient Olympia married women weren't allowed to watch cause they weren't pure and could be killed in caught. There's more but I'll save them for later.

I think the reason it went so fast was because we were all so excited for what came after.

I had a hot date.

With Queen of the Known Universe.

That's right, made fun of me all day, then all night. Didn't even buy me supper.

Worst first date ever.

Joking of course, we had fun. Got supper and then hit up Info-Man's play.

Barefoot in the Park.

Excellence in the making.

He stole every scene, and I'm not saying that cause I'm bias.

Okay, I am bias, but really, he did steal every scene.

The whole cast was great though, even the minor roles.

"I feel like we've died and gone to heaven - only we had to climb up."

I was very proud.

We all were. It was like library-central, we had a whole section.

I joked that we should have made signs to hold up at intermission that said "Go Info-Man!" That's when we attempted the wave but failed.

But that would be have been embarrassing and unprofessional...which we never are...at work or after it...

Anyway, it's a day for drama cause now I get to watch the SAG Awards.

Here are a few of my favorite moments:

Lupita Nyong'o: "Dad, do you know Brad Pitt? I'm going to be in a movie with him."
Dad: "I don't know him personally, but I'm glad you got a job."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus's speech.

Totally Veep.

Ty Burrell

Modern Family is sweeping it man.

Huzzah for Helen Mirren.

Sasha Alexander as a presenter. Love her.

Bryan Cranston's "I won a SAAAAAG AWAAAAARD"

Wait, Mr. Dursley died?!

Cate again. Her speeches are always so great.

Gonna have to see that movie.

American Hustle gets best cast. Awesomeness.

Alright, song of the day and I'm out.

You Hear a Song - Cassadee Pope


still alive and kickin'

out.

"Six days does not a week make."

Dr. Seuss is my favorite rapper.

So I woke up to like 16 missed messages and I freaked out cause I assumed they were from the boyfriend saying he was gonna be switched to second, but no, they were all from the women in my family about food for the graduation party on Saturday.

Meat and cheese trays, chili, chips and salsa, salads, cake, mints, punch, and a whole lot of liquor make up the menu. It should be fun.

Interesting day at the library.

Had a lot of fun with the Queen of the Known Universe. I'm pretty sure we scared off an aide after she called me a bitch and I laughed.

He's new.

And there's more to that story but I can't tell you.

It was a joke, by the way.

I mean, I hope I'm not actually a bitch, though I was giving her crap so I deserved it.

Preceding that was a staff meeting - we're rearranging. The back room is done so now it's on to second floor, next will be the front desk - and following that was holiday party shopping for TAB.

Ordered my pizza to be picked up Saturday morning, got my ice cream, fruit, juice, and eggnog.

Which is gross, btw, but they like it.

I don't get it.

But the party was a lot of fun last year with pizza, ice cream and board games so we're doing it again. This time minus the secret santa/white elephant thing.

Should be fun.

So I was all over the place all day and I'm glad to be sitting now.

Though a night off meant I had to do everything I avoided all week once I got home.

Paperwork, paperwork, and more paperwork.

And mailing camp stuff.

Blah.

But that's okay, it's done now.

I can celebrate. And I'll do that by watching the Sing Off.

It is a 2 week event so it's on constantly. I'm loving Home Free, the rest are pretty good too, but they're the clear front-runner.

I'm getting really excited with all these Olympic commercials on.

I love the Olympics, I'm a total nerd. I watch them all.

Though the skiing and shooting thing, where they ski with guns on their back kind of freaks me out.

I don't remember what that one is called, but is that seriously a sport? It's madness.

Mom is into the figure skating so we always used to watch that. So is Grams.

I love all the snowboarding stuff and the big jumps.

Way cool.

Alright, that's all the rambling I've got for the night.

Think I'm gonna konk out early. Exhausted after today.

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

Songs for tonight include:

Sleigh Ride - Jewel


actually watching her right now on the Sing Off and diggin' it.

2012 was Karmin, 2011 was She & Him

Jingle Bell Rock - Kurt, Max and Macy Kate


i got distracted with all the phone stuff before i realized they actually have great voices.

2012 was Chord Overstreet, 2011 was Brenda Lee

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Urban Method


and speaking of the sing-off, nice. "when you rap seuss you win hearts."

2012 was VersaEmerge WATCH THAT ONE IT'S FANTASTIC, 2011 was the original Thurl Ravenscroft Grinch version


2011 Day Six - Troll the ancient yuletide, Carol!
2012 Day Six - What a bright time, it's the right time

oh god that 2011 post was about the evolution of the apartment story, has it seriously been that long since i started that monster of a story.

now that i have more time i should get back to that.

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

all she wants to do is dance

Okay, so the plan for this morning was get up at 7:30, drive to G-Town and golf with G-Wigger and Obi-Wan.

However, when my alarm went off at 7:30 I basically groaned and hit snooze.

The combination of going out the night before, not sleeping because my cat was being a pain in the butt, and that I got to bed late in the first place didn't bode well for me.

So I called/texted and they said sleep.

Didn't phase them though, they went anyway. I think they're becoming die-hards. Which is amusing, cause the first year we went we seriously seriously sucked and Pastor carried us. Maybe it's the Packers golfbag. Spurred them on.

Oh well, we're going in a couple of Saturdays so we can jam out then.

Anyway, totally went back to sleep and stayed in bed 'til about noon. Then did all my laundry - shocking - cleaned my apartment, watched "Big Miracle" Scale of Awesome says about 7/10, it was okay and based on a true story, but mostly it had Drew Barrymore in it and since she's just pure awesome every movie, including her crappy ones - not that she has any, rate at least a 5/10.

did I mention i'm a nerd.

Flew through a bunch of editing which was good.

I also finalized the camp picture CD which was apparently too large to burn before even though it worked on one. Apparently a thousand pictures are a bit much so I cut it down to about 750.

Which is still excessive I guess, but it works. And the kids enjoy them.

Oh and finally got all the way through the olympics, closing ceremony included. Loved the Spice Girls reunion though it was amusing to watch them attempt to sing and dance while standing on a car in motion. Like they had to choose between holding on for their life or dancing.

Which would you choose?

Okay, think I'm gonna crash. Not that it was a long day, but I do have to work tomorrow.

Song of the day:

"All She Wants To Do Is Dance" Don Henley
no, i don't know why they set it to Doctor Who clips, but I find it humorous so it's the version i'm choosing to post.

Feel good. Feel good. Feel good. Feel good.

Remember yesterday when I said I was going to "brave the lab"?

I braved it.

And then some.

Cause you know what happens when you get on a roll.

It all started first hour. Showed up at 9, started cleaning keyboards and screens at 9:05, finished the lab at exactly 10:04 when the stampede began up the stairs.

Missed it by that much.

Yes, the second the doors open to the public there are like 10, okay more like 20, people that all run up the stairs to get to the computer lab and the filtered outside the lab.

Not so much the express 15 minute ones.

Anyway, they were gross. I won't go into details because I don't want to scar you for life.

But yeah, gross.

Super, uber gross.

And sadly according to Fearless Leader it had just been done a few months ago.

So after that came desk stuff and all that, ran a Lost in Transit list which reminded me of myself and my home branch coworkers' plan to form a band and call ourselves the "Joe Studley and the Lost in Transit". Listed all the instruments we can play between the, well at the time there were 7 of us, but that was as far as it got.

After lunch I got tired of walking past three carts overflowing with crap and I had a free hour so I cleaned more and got it down to one highly organized cart against the wall so there's space.

Huzzah.

Then went back to search lists, and checking in. At that point I was ready to fall over so I took a break, told Queen of the Known Universe to wake me in 15 minutes and crashed on the basement floor. Unbeknownst to me that responsibility was passed on to Girlscout once QOTKU's break was over.

The thing was though when I heard her get up I set my alarm to make sure I'd wake up and when it went off I headed upstairs forcing Girlscout to track me down to make sure I was conscious and all that.

If I'd known I would have given her the headsup though it was rather amusing.

One thing I learned: basement floor, not so comfortable though surprisingly more sanitary than the computer lab.

After that I went back to check-in and youth services avoiding a tiny screaming child.

That's meant to be interpreted as a tiny child who screams, not a child screaming "tiny" over and over again.

Finished work, came home to watch "Man On a Ledge" Scale of Awesome says about 7/10, it was a lot better than I expected. After that I went back to editing, made a lot of progress on that lately, will work on it more tonight until I crash and pass out with my laptop on my lap with olympics on in the background.

I keep watching the men's basketball game over and over cause I want to actually watch it but I get distracted and only make it through like half of the first quarter or the last few minutes.

So yes I know what happens but that's not the point.

Speaking of points, didn't get any from Superwoman today even though I was super productive. Will have to remind her of that tomorrow.

But when I ask for points she gives me none claiming it'll make me more motivated to do even more.

A boss making me actually work and strive to be better?

Well, that's just mean.

Early morning tomorrow for a meeting with the Library Goddess to come up with a schedule and life plan and all that.

Song of the night:

Check out this cover of the Gorillaz, it's fantastic.




for the original go here:

Can't read my polka face.

So The Voice is coming back for a fall season.

I'm sure my boyfriend is thrilled to hear that.

Apparently I'm all crazy obsessive about the show, though I doubt I'll have time for it with class and work and life and all that.

This year is a bit different, I mean the basics are still the same, except now when a coach cuts somebody the other coaches can pick that person up - but they have to win them over first, it's basically blind auditions all over again, they hit a button and fight for them.

Should be fun to watch.

On DVR.

Speaking of DVR, currently skimming through more old olympics. Up to USA men's basketball taking on Spain for the championship.

Just got done watching Haywire - eh, I mean it was alright, I was hoping it would be better. I could see a lot of Bourne tie-ins, but there was just something missing. Scale of Awesome puts it somewhere around 6/10.

And it had some major names in it so I'm surprised it didn't get as much press, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, and of course American Gladiator Gina Carano - I gotta give it to her, she was pretty badass.

Can you tell the boyfriend is sick?

It doesn't help that I have like 8 movies checked out and they're all due this week.

Why is it that the ones I get fined for turning in late are the ones I don't watch? Like, I check it out cause I think it looks vaguely interesting, but then something else comes in that's more interesting and I watch that instead and push the other to the back-burner and then it sits there until I show up for work and go crap, that was due yesterday. Woops.

Yes I have fines.

I'm aware that it's pathetic cause I'm there everyday.

But if I didn't have fines I couldn't use the line, "it's okay, i have fines too and i'm here everyday. at least you have an excuse." So really, it's a win.

Not really.

And I gotta pay it down so it's under $10 before the changeover from under $15 in September.

I'm also attempting to order ILL stuff before September cause after that I'll get charged. Guessing that's gonna kill that program, but I guess we'll see. Just put in a request for Daria complete series, I loved that show.

Old MTV rocked.

New MTV sucks.

Alright, enough TV crap, life today was good.

Starting training on volunteer stuff for that transition. Oh yeah, they made me Volunteer Coordinator for our branch. It's like a promotion without a raise.

So basically more work, which is fine, work is work.

And I like it so we're good.

It does make things easier since I was already in charge of the Teen Advisory Board which is basically a bunch of teens who volunteer for library stuff. This way there's crossover and I'll know what's going on.

What else is going on? Um, had a burrito for lunch, that was fun.

The boyfriend is sick, that's not fun.

Umm....what else?

Nope that's all I got.

Songs of the day: Weird Al - Polka Remakes

Blame these on random ILL's that I'm getting out of the way before I have to pay for stuff.

Polka Face
love animated P!nk, that's fantastic.

Angry White Boy Polka
but now i just wanna listen to SOAD chop suey actual version.

Out for the night.

it's a party in the USA

Today was fantastic.

No work, no camp, no school, no stress.

Slept in, only 'til like 11:30 so that was interesting. Usually it's much later.

Did some writing and some editing, making progress as I need to be done before classes start up again.

More progress on some Sketch and Edit's plus a some work on the apartment story.

Library aspect to this one.

Figured I should actually have some ideas to go with the Thomas Family in apartment 10.

Go here: Troll the ancient yuletide, Carol. 

Had the olympics on in the background, there's a lot of water polo and diving which really you can only watch for so long. I did just watch the women's team win semi-finals so they're headed to the championship in volleyball. Jordan Larson's kickin' butt showing off her Nebraska skills.

Delayed olympics, I'm aware.

Women are kickin' butt this year. USA soccer and water polo rocked it.

I don't know about you but I like the first half of the olympics better than the second half.

For some reason I like watching swimming more than running.

Though Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards-Ross are also fantastic.

Oh well, only a few days left so I should enjoy them while they last.

So tomorrow is back to work meaning I should head to bed soon.

Carter seemed excited that I was home today. He basically slept on top of me all day.

And then I'd move him and he'd give me the glare.

It's a bit difficult to type with all 21 pounds of him on my lap.

He's a bit bigger than the keyboard.

Yes 21 pounds, and sadly he's only 6 years old.

Oh well, he's fluffy and he's cute and he seems to love me on occasion so it's okay.

Alright, clip of the day:

USA Women's soccer team lip-syncs Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA"


niiice.

I hate myself for loving you

So apparently, a guard cat Carter is not.

I mean, he can meow tough and stare boldly, but when it comes down to someone breaking into my apartment - someone being my sister and the breaking in was actually her using my spare key - his only defense mechanism was to lift his head, see it was her and go back to sleep.

Like eh, yes, I see you rifling through things, but I'm cute and fluffy and chasing you down would just bring great stress and tiredness and I just don't have the energy right now. I mean, I only slept like 7 hours last night, then went back to bed immediately after she left for work. I need my full 15 hours or I'm just not functional.

I know, his life is so rough.

So yes, I forgot my wallet this morning, which I didn't realize until I pulled up to the parking lot, reached for the key card in my wallet and went, well crap.

Then of course the library is blocked off for this big event so I had to park in the garage - making me late - but I don't have cash so I had to panic call Oldest Sister to see if she could bring my wallet so I could get out of the garage and into my actual lot.

So yes, I was late, by like a minute, think I walked in at 9:06 instead of 9:05 but I stayed late tonight helping this dude check out music books so we're covered.

Talk to Queen of the Known Universe, she's got my back.

As does the New New Guy (not to be mistaken with the Old New Guy)  He is now the damages king - aka Sir Damaged - so I was going over training stuff with him and that's just basically stuff that Fearless Leader and Queen of Awesome have taught me throughout the years.

Plus I got to see some of my favorite people, Oldest Sister came to bring my wallet, Adopted Little Sister stopped by as she does every month or so and I got a glimpse of the great KB this morning but after that she vanished. Will have to get lunch at some point or another when we're actually both there and available at the same time. 

Water polo? Really?

Got a lot of air time, is it worth it?

Maybe it's just cause I haven't actually watched it. I just fast forward to like swimming, beach volleyball or gymnastics. Haven't watched any archery, though it does look interesting. You can thank Katniss for that spike in popularity.

Alright, aside from the forgotten wallet I did fairly well today, and look yet another pre-11:50 post time, but don't get used to it.


Song of the night:


classic

"Politics is the art of postponing a decision until they are no longer relevant"

Watched "Red Tails" with the boyfriend tonight.

It was incredibly cheesy. 

Even for George Lucas. 

And I say that in the nicest possible way, I'm a Star Wars nerd. 

But even that has moments of cheesiness. 

It was interesting because if you closed your eyes you could still hear Star Wars.... if that makes sense, I don't know there was a lot of shooting and flying vehicles and all that.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard did fairly well, but they weren't in it all that much. 

I like Daniela Ruah from NCIS:LA so it was interesting seeing her in a non-English-speaking role. 

And I mean it was a good story, it was, it's just that okay *SPOILER ALERT* like none of them died. 

Until the end. 

But they were rookie pilots pulling crazy stunts against experienced ones with better planes.

Even the one whose plane leaked gas and caught fire when it crash-landed survived. 

He was like, "wait, is one of them really going to die?" 

Nope. 

Eventually yes, but even the dialogue was cheesy. There were a lot of moments when I stopped watching and was like, really?

Scale of Awesome says about 4/10. There were some good lines, and they meant well, so I've got to give them something, you know?

They just didn't pull it off. 

So that was a bit disappointing, but at least I got to see the boyfriend since he was gone this weekend and he'll be gone again this upcoming weekend.

Now I'm back to delayed olympics - US women's basketball just beat China, and US women's volleyball is currently up one set to Turkey.

Work was better today, I didn't screw up as often as yesterday so that's a bonus. Made a lot of progress on a booklist that got back-burnered because of camp and other library-related stuff, mostly Summer Reading. But now that's okay, well it's supposed to be over but apparently we're still handing out prizes until like Winter.

Which is fine, I don't want to turn kids away, I'm all about kids in the library, but now things have slowed down enough that I can focus on the fact that TAB is starting soon and that I'm still completely unprepared. Hopefully Thursday will help, we're getting together for TAM, which I've learned stands for "Thursday Afternoon Meeting".

Though it usually says "TAM Meeting" on the schedule so kind of kills that whole abbreviation thing with redundancy.

Anyway, I'm going to flail to the fellow leaders of TAB - aka other branch leaders - and ask them for advice on activities and meetings. I have lots of tips from Mentor but she's encouraged me to talk to others as well so learn about their different approaches.

So I can find one that works for me, basically.

But they're good kids and actually show up for meetings and participate so I'm grateful.

Alright, enough about that, I'm gonna crash. Starving actually, just realize I haven't eaten anything since that polish dog at lunch. Should probably work on that, popsicles or something. That's basically all that's in my fridge since I emptied it out before camp and haven't went shopping since.

I think there's some icecream cake in there from my birthday, should probably toss that.

Which just reminds me that I'm old.

Well, older than I was February 18th, I don't know where I'm going with this. Gonna get food and watch some more olympics before I crash.

Song of the day:


"Pontoon" Little Big Town

too catchy for its own good.

3 days in a row with legitimate pre-11:50 times, what's wrong with this picture?

I'll think of a reason later.

The contents of my Yellow Castle Bag:

-Nametag from Children's Lit
-Pink Nike golf ball
-Menu from La Cerreta restaurant
-2 Garden stakes for free salads from Noodles valid through August 31st, 2012
-Unused VIP parking pass and 2 tickets to Saltdogs game from July 2nd, 2012
-Ibuprofen bottle - half-full
-Grade School basketball tournament program
-Toothbrush
-Packs of gum: 2
-Pens: 2
-Sharpie marker
-Headphones
-USB adapter for car and wall
-Flashdrive
-Pepperspray
-CPR kit - don't mix those up
-Shades
-Fingerless gloves
-Nametag lanyard

Finalized camp stuff today. Picture CD's were burned, thank you's were written. All that's left is for Jim to send them and he's on that.

SO I'M DONE!

Until like MAY!!

Which means I get to focus on other stuff in life, like the fact that the boyfriend and I have officially been together for 7 months, or that Fearless Leader is ditching us meaning we get to pick up the excessive amount of duties that she acquired throughout her 3ish years of service.

I'm still crying inside, I think we all are.

Or that school starts in a couple weeks which means I gotta get together with the Library Goddess to come up with a schedule for grad assistant stuff aka comp sessions, conference specifics, etc.

And then the three classes and homework to go along with them.

I foresee more carpool sessions with the awesomeness that is KB upcoming.

But for now I'm going to enjoy my "time off" aka just work.

Meaning I need to finish editing all of the stuff that I should have done months ago but had everything from camp hit me at once.

I look forward to Spring of 2013.

Should be all graduated and done by then.

Much less stress in life, I should start a countdown or something. Those are fun.

Okay, more olympics.

Delayed olympics.

I'm about to watch Gabby win gold.

Well, technically, she did the vault, up next is the bars.

That's how far I'm behind.

Yes, I know she wins but I gotta watch it.

I taped them, I gotta at least skim through them.

Then I'll turn on some Wipeout and crash.

Ha.

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

"I'll Think of a Reason Later" - Lee Ann Womack

"did i mention i don't particularly care for her?"

Carter is pretty zenned out for being forced out of his favorite farmhouse and dragged back to the apartment.

He actually didn't spaz out in the car either, I think he's secretly a Lily Allen fan. That's who we jammed to on the way back.

"He Wasn't There" live on sirius


Look, I haven't posted this in like a whole 8 months.


Look, a legitimate post before "11:50 PM".

Shut the front door. 

and a partridge in a peartree.

Jim O showing his mad tree breaking skills so Jim C. can park his camper properly. It only took then like 10 minutes to realize they needed something tall to stand on or an extended saw. Either way we got the failed efforts on tape.

The ridiculous walk-in freezer. I saw ridiculous because I've never seen anything like it before, especially at Camp J. Plus with Brenda's organization skills it made us seem semi-professional. Which is another thing you don't see often at Camp J. 

But that's cause we're a bunch of goofballs.

Speaking of goofballs, this was the first attempt at fans al-la-carte. Guess how long that strategy worked.









And last but not least was the "gotta take advantage of storage options" theory such as boxes in the shower, open oven space for tiny children, and a microwave to shove your purse into.












Those are only a few, there will be many more after Sunday.


Quote of the day:
Superwoman: You'll only win back Facebook friend status if you have a baby and I can see pictures.
Library Goddess: No! No babies anytime soon!

yeah. cause i don't already have enough stuff coming up.

Been watching a lot of olympics - you should vote in the pole on the right side. I'm hooked and will be sad when they're done though I've DVR'd enough of them to last me a while.

Watched The Closer with mom when I got home and was horribly, horribly depressed. Even though I saw it coming I was still horribly horribly depressed. Even though I knew these last few episodes are going to be tragic. Cause they have to be in order for Fritz to still be in it, but she's gone. Still going with shootout with Stroh and she dies. And then Raydor takes over.

I know I got the second part right. Or at least that's what the commercials are saying. I'm just hoping it won't suck and kill the franchise.

Turned on some old ones. Oh how I miss the moments of comedy. SALSA!

Golf tourney tomorrow, so I should sleep. Long day in our orange shirts, huzzah!
Gotta remember my camera.

And my clubs.

Unlike last time.

Woops.




because sadly it doesn't get old.

i wish it would.

2012 skits, sickness, olympics and a giant guitar.

I didn't factor in the exhaustion that appears immediately following camp into my work vacation.

I will do that next year.

Needless to say I texted Superwoman this morning - cause I knew if I called she'd laugh at my lack-of-voice. I think she secretly enjoys putting me at the desk right after camp cause I can't talk and it's amusing.

But then she had BossLady call me, so my plan failed.

And she laughed at my lack-of-voice.

I couldn't talk, I felt like crap cause I didn't sleep well, and I was just physically exhausted so I went back to sleep and woke up at 4.

PM.

After that I was fine.

And I'll be fine for tomorrow.

It's just my back that's bugging me now. Think I need to visit a chiropractor. I keep saying that but I never do, I think Sketch is getting tired of hearing it.

You said that last week.

And the week before that.

Only gotta do 8 hours tomorrow and I'm off for the golf tournament on Saturday and post-camp stuff Sunday.

After the sleep-a-thon I headed out to see the boyfriend cause I missed him. We hit up the county fair where he won me - but I helped - a neon orange giant stuffed guitar in this bulldozer vs tokens game. We didn't do any rides or anything though we did watch some lawn mower racing.

Now I'm back watching taped olympics. The Americans just won gold in women's gymnastics. Sad Jordyn couldn't make the all-around but at least she got gold for this. Cool to see Shawn Johnson in the crowd, would have been cooler if she competed but apparently she was injured. Missing Nastia Luikin as well. Next up swimming. So more Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Actually Lochte hasn't been all that impressive and Phelps is gonna have to pick it up if he wants more medals to be the winningest in history.

Okay, as promised, here are the skits from Camp J 2012. I'm not taking credit for any as I found them all online then tweaked them a bit to fit our camp. Maybe that's why I finished them before 2AM Thursday night.

3^rd boys: Bologna

Counselor: “Did you know that Camp Jefferson has an echo? All you have to do is yell and it will repeat what you say.”

Kid: “Let me try it. I love Camp Jefferson!”

Echo: “I love Camp Jefferson!”

Kid: “3^rd grade boys rule!”

Echo: “3^rd grade boys rule!”

Kid: “Cheese!”

Echo: “Cheese!”

Kid: “Crackers!”

Echo: “Crackers!”

Kid: “Bologna!”

Echo is silent

Counselor: “It must be broken, let me try it. I’m the greatest counselor in the world!”

Echo: “Bologna!”

3^rd/4^th girls – Yaputcha

Campers: “Counselors, is it time for Yaputcha?”

Counselors check time: “No, not time yet.”

*repeat* add check wind speed, sniff the air, look into distance

Campers: “Counselors, is it time for Yaputcha?”

Counselors: “Yes, it’s time for Yaputcha.”

*all stand up*

All: “Ya-put-ya-left hand in, ya-put-ya-left hand out…”

4th boys – Outhouse
Children in a line facing pacing father
Father: "As you know, someone has pushed the outhouse into the river.(To first son) Was it you?"
First Son: "No Father!"
Father: (To second son) "Did you push the outhouse into the river?"
Second son: "No Father!" *He asks all of them, and they all say no.*
Father: "George Washington chopped down his Father's cherry tree. He told his Father 'I can not tell a lie'. When his Father heard this, he did not punish him, but he honored him for telling the truth." Now can someone tell me who did this?"
Second son: "I cannot tell a lie either Father. It was me!"
Father: "Why you little!"
He runs up after his son and other chase them
Second son: “Father! Why are you chasing me when I told you the truth? You said George Washington did not get punished!"
Father: "George Washington's Father was not in the tree when he cut it down!!"

2 kids lay in sleeping bags, 2 other pretend to be thugs
Thugs beat up 2nd kid and run off
2nd kid: “Two thugs just came through the woods and beat me up."
1st kid: "It was just a dream, go back to sleep."
*goes back to sleep and happens again*
2nd kid: “They did it again!”
1st kid: “I told you it’s a dream. Stop being a wimp and go back to sleep!”
*goes back to sleep and it happens again*
2nd kid: “They beat me up again!”
1st kid: "Fine, if it will make you feel better, I'll switch places with you."
*thugs come back*
Thug: "This guy's had enough, let's get the other guy."
2nd Kid: "Not again!!"
1st Kid: "I'm trying to sleep over here!"

5^th Grade Girls – TV Surfing 7 kids – have kids write TV stations on signs

Counselor: “Wonder what’s on the news tonight.” *hits button*

1: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, this is Seymour Skidmarks bringing you the latest news in the world of sports. The annual football game between the Huskers and the Hawkeyes was played last week to the enjoyment of a large crowd who went wild at the crucial point during the game when Coach Pelini sent in … (click) 
2: …three eggs, a cup of buttermilk, and a pinch of salt. Stir well and pour into a flat greased pan or… (click) 
3: …your new fall hat. This year, fashion decrees that women shall wear a large variety of charm bracelets. A most popular design is to make them of… (click) 
4: …old whiskers? If you do, just shave them off with Bates’ Better Shaving Cream. Use this cream, and you will be so handsome that all the girls will… (click) 
5: …bend over and touch the floor twenty times. This exercise is superb for general reducing. All right now, again, let’s bend over, up, over… (click) 
6: …(singing) the ocean. My Bonnie lies over the sea. My Bonnie lies over the ocean, oh bring back my Bonnie to … (click) 
1: …Jim Oberlander who sailed down the field for a touchdown that tied the game. What a play! What a perfect… (click) 
3: …ly darling little summer bag that all you girls simply must have. At first glimpse they may remind you of… (click) 
7: …a bowl of soup. But it was tooooo hot. The second bowl was as hot as the first, but the third was just right. Goldilocks ate, and ate, until she could… 
4: …feel the stiff beard with your hand. Does that appear to be very romantic? Our foolproof way to get a girlfriend is to… (click) 
5: …breathe deeply four times, and pound on your chest with your fists after inhaling each breath. This enlivens the tissues and makes one feel… (click) 
2: …puffy and full of air. This effect can be had by beating the mixture with a rotary eggbeater for five… (click) 
3: …hundred years. The things our grandmothers wore then are the most popular things today. Already fashion leaders, prominent society women are trying to bring back more old-fashioned manners. Their cry is "Bring back…" (click) 
6: …(singing) my Bonnie to me, bring back, bring back, oh bring back my Bonnie to me. Bring back, bring back … (click) 
4: …a nice soft chin and a host of compliments. If you use our cream, those whiskers will come out with a … (click) 
7: …CRASH!! Goldilocks had broken the little chair all to pieces. Then she jumped up and started up the stairs. There she saw three beds. The first bed was covered with a bearskin rug, which was too soft. The second bed was covered with… (click) 
1: …what looked like crawling things from the press box, but it was only the players in hard scrimmage. We are looking forward with expectations for the Huskers and their 100^th championship this fall. The players are in good condition and average weight is… (click) 
5: …110 pounds. You, too, can weigh this much if you but follow these simple exercises. Don’t take them too hard at first or you will probably have to… (click) 
6: …(singing) lay on a pillow. Last night as I lay on my bed; last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamed that my Bonnie was… (click) 
2: …cooking in a hot oven about 450 degrees Fahrenheit. For an extra treat, garnish, add cloves or whole… (click) 
7: …bears? Will Goldilocks get home safely? How will the story end? Keep your radio tuned to this station until tomorrow at this time for the next episode of this thrilling story. Until then kiddies, be sweet and don’t forget too… (click) 
4: …shave off the whiskers with Bates’. Our motto is… (click) 
5: …stand on your head and wave your feet in the air. Gym clothes are best for this exercise, but… (click) 
3: …an ostrich feather will do just as well. Take my tip and you girls will be as fashionable as… (click) 
1: …Greg Schwartz to whom we are looking for great things this year. This is your friendly announcer, Seymour Skidmarks signing off and saying… (click) 
3: …Buh-bye!

6^th Boys – Tankety Tank Tank

*a group of campers are standing around at boot camp and another camper - the drill sergeant - strides onto the scene.*

Drill Sergeant: ATTENTION!

*The campers scurry into line and salute.*

Drill Sergeant: Today, we'll be doing a war simulation. Get your equipment and MOVE OUT!

*The campers run to the box on the middle of the stage filled with fake weapons. When the last camper arrives there are none left.*

Drill Sergeant: Private Zammerman, I'm afraid we're short on supplies. Seeing as how your name is last on my list, you will not be receiving a gun or knife.

Private Zammerman: Awwww...

Drill Sergeant: However, the troops take their training very seriously and if you pretend to shoot or stab them they will play along. Now MOVE OUT!

*The campers line up in a single file line, all facing Private Zammerman who's at the opposite side of the stage

the first camper holds up a gun. Private Zammerman holds up an imaginary gun at the camper and says...*

Private Zammerman: Bangity-Bang-Bang!

*The camper acts as if shot and falls onto the ground.

Next camper steps up, this time holding a knife. Zammerman holds up an imaginary knife and points it at the camper while saying...*

Zammerman: Stabbity-stab-stab!

*The camper acts as if stabbed and falls to the ground.

Cleaver – Choppity-chop-chop

Sword – Slicity-slice-slice

Nunchucks – Whooshity-whoosh-whoosh

The last camper slowly approaches Zammerman in a straight line.*

Zammerman: Bangity-bang-bang!

*The camper ignores the shot and keeps approaching Zammerman*

Zammerman: Stabbity-stab-stab!

*still nothing*

Zammerman: Zappity-Zap-Zap!...Slicety-Slice-Slice!...Choppity-chop-chop!

*The camper pushes Zammerman over and walks passed him.*

Zammerman: Hey! What do you think you're doing?!

*The camper turns, faces Zammerman and YELLS...*

Kid: TANKETY-TANK-TANK! TANKETY-TANK-TANK!

*then keeps walking*

6^th grade girls – Enlarging Machine

1 scientist, 1 machine worker, 1 baby, 1 business person, 1 little girl, 6 passersby

Scientist: I, Madison Einstein, after many years of intense research have created my masterpiece. An enlarging machine! With this device, what goes in comes out twice its size.

1: What’s this?

Scientist: It’s an enlarging machine.

1: What’s it do?

Scientist: Well, you put something in here, and it comes out here greatly enlarged!

1: Can I try?

Scientist: Sure, but be careful!

*throws in a twig, big stick comes out*

Same thing again with

-coin - dollar

-ping pong - softball

-hairbrush - broom

-lifesaver – hula hoop

-kid with pebbles, “stop that!” gets hit in head by a big rock

Businessman: What is this contraption? Why did you put it here? Can’t you see I’m trying to get to work? Do you even have a license for this thing? It’s a piece of junk, it belongs in a dump!

*spits into machine gets bucket of water dumped on head*

Little Girl: What’s that?

Scientist: It’s an enlarging machine, don’t touch it!

Little Girl: What’s it do?

Scientist: It enlarges things. Leave me alone!

Little girl: *sticks tongue out and throws baby doll in it*

Scientist: What have you done? Oh no, my machine! My enlarging machine!

*baby comes out and chases scientist*

Baby: Mama! Mama! Mama!

and last but not least 7th and 8th grade girls and boys HeeHaw verses, sang between all the other skits, alternating sides and including the refrain in each. 

You liked to save on things for the house dear

It was something that I could not understand

But now I know why you never bought dishes

You wanted me to eat out of your hand

When I look at you I get melancholy

You make me feel like a bump on a log

You’re not for real, I mean it by golly

A head like a melon and a face like a dog.

All of my money you’re spending on makeup

You’re trying to look like those Hollywood greats

Your mouth is too big and your nose really matches

Your eyes are so lovely too bad their not mates

I brought you a saw to save time wood-cutting

I thought cutting logs you’d get to enjoy

You said it’s too hard to work this contraption

I pulled the starter, you said what’s that noise?

The morning I felt our love start to weaken

I said to myself well I’ll grow a beard.

But that didn’t get the love I was seeking

You started laughing and said I looked weird.

Your old uncle Fudd thought he was an airplane

Went to the airfield and set off alarms

He tried to take off and fly ‘cross the ocean

With twelve bald eagles scotch taped to his arms

My daughter said John asked me to marry

I said go ahead with my blessing too

She said daddy dear how can I leave mother

That suits me fine dear just take her with you

When you went away you took my heart with you

I’ve been so upset I’m losing my head

I miss you all day I’m worse in the evening

Can’t sleep a wink now cause you took the bed

The neighbors know well the reason we broke up

I found out the way you got your enjoys

You used to send back the gifts I would send you

But you would keep the delivery boy

Where oh where are you tonight?

Why did you leave me here all alone?

I searched the world over and thought I found true love.

You met another and *pbbt* you was gone.