It's a green, it's a green, it's a green green light...

So weird hearing Beth Riesgraf call someone else Parker.

Even if she did preface it with Ranger.

Anyone else watching Killer Women?

Just got caught up.

She's the reason I DVR'd it in the first place. Though it is interesting watching Carla from Burn Notice play on Team Justice.

aka the good guys.

She was kind of a bitch on Burn Notice.


Today's a good day cause work flew by and now I'm back to editing.

One of my life's true joys. Writing, editing, the whole process. As long as it isn't homework that is.

I'm a nerd, but I'm not that big of a nerd.

I actually just took a break to eat and watch Killer Women but I'm headed back to the story after I post.

It's fun playing editor because you're a part of the story, but it's still able to shock you cause you don't know what's coming.

Nerd.

Get used to it.

The only problem with editing is that it gives me motivation to go back to my old stuff.

And then I get distracted.

Priorities.

I will finish that damn apartment story at some point or another.

go here.

The sad thing about that list that out of the 10 only Jax is finished.

And that's cause it was for an assignment.

Yes, I wrote about an assassin for an assignment.

And I passed.

Take that world.

To be fair Sketch and Edit are never ending.

And I should really send Sketch the unpublished ones cause I have lots.

Well, I guess I could change Life of a Teenage Writer, stick Kate in an apartment instead of a house and use that....

But that would be cheating.

Hmmm....

Just need to actually set aside time and work on it.

But gotta finish editing first.

So, music and I'm off.

Just cause I can and they're stuck in my head:

Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic - Treblemakers



Price Tag/Don't Forget About Me - Barden Bellas


looking forward to the sequel.

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

oo, apparently christina ricci is doing a lizzie borden movie on lifetime. she and jimmy kimmel are arguing if she's guilty or not. apparently his book saying she's innocent trumps her online research saying she's guilty.

way to go books.

okay last clip i promise.



hysterical. love it. new song to sing while driving.

"They're very good at flight attendant fingers."

"In this paper I will talk about the effects of social maturity on young adults and how it is influential in sociocultural institutions."

That's what I just wrote and realized, I never ever want to have to write lines like that ever again.

I passed comps, why can't the semester be over already?!

I think I've hit the senior slide. I'm slowly losing motivation about homework and grades. Which is interesting because the lowest grade I've gotten on a project so far in grad school is a B. The lowest class grade was an A- which killed my 4.0 GPA btw. Now it's at like 3.979 which is just mean really.

I'm ready for graduation, got my official invitation today in the mail. This weekend I'll be ordering my cap and gown.

BUT in order for all of that to happen I need to pass this class and before I can pass this class I need to finish this paper.

Maybe it's not a senior slide, maybe it's just today. I just feel dead. I don't know what it is, but all morning I was in complete zombie mode. I was so out of it that I spent my 15 minute break asleep in the periodicals area of the basement. Set my alarm so I'd wake back up, I was out immediately. Weird weird weird dreams, I'm hoping I didn't talk in my sleep. Apparently I do that, ask my former roommates. They found it wildly entertaining.

The library was as dead as I was, up until closing anyway, that's when the art show started so naturally that's when all the people showed up.

I don't know, I think I'm gonna work some more tonight, come up with a basic outline and some points and then crash. I've found my sources already it's the citation part that I'm really avoiding.

For some reason she's making us use Chicago style. Second class so far to do that but this time it's weird cause for the rest of the class it's been APA as opposed to the first class where it was Chicago the whole semester.

I hate Chicago style, it's confusing. You've got all the end notes and all that. Blah.

Like I said, ready for graduation.

Anyway, I'll do some more tonight, then crash, and then tomorrow is the wedding so I'll have all day up until then and then Sunday as well. It's not due until midnight, I've got plenty of time. Sort of. I'll figure it out.

I'm hoping ya'll are having a better day than I am.

On to the music. Here's what I'm playing in an attempt to wake myself up.



It's semi-kind-of-working.

If you're a Pitch Perfect fan then you should watch this cause it's entertaining - Acapella Boot Camp



Get your chest up Fridays.

okay, logging off before I get even more distracted.

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

Oh right, it's November. Today I'm thankful for....15 minute power naps.

Look ma, no staples!

So, it's official.

I've joined Pinterest.

Not my fault, Second Sister pushed me into it.

Right after Oldest Sister forced me into joining Instagram.

They're the cool mom's on campus with all the new fancy apps.

Speaking of cool people on campus Mr. BossMan Tom is the cool kid on campus for serious.

We walked across campus today and everyone was greeting him by name - there were even people flagging him down in the parking lot!

That's the kind of librarian I want to be. Someone who is so helpful that people actually remember your name.

Though I could do without the flagging me down in the parking lot aspect, that might be creepy.

Where was I?

Oh yeah, Pinterest. We'll see how it goes. Which reminds me that I should post something to Instagram at some point soon. I always forget and then do like 5 in a row.

Hey it works...

Yes, I am a nerd, but apparently one who needs to brush up on her tech-fads.

Especially if I intend to work with teenagers, that's basically all they do.

And, speaking of teens, I now have 18 of us - 3 of which are adults - that are attending the Catching Fire party. It's so handy having them RSVP for movie tickets, makes planning the afterparty so much easier.

I should do that all the time...

Oh, have I mentioned the epic Catching Fire party upcoming in November? We're gonna go see the movie then come back to the library afterward for themed snackage and obstacles in our 4th floor "arena". It's gonna be wicked.

Did I mention I'm a nerd?

Today was good. Flew by as most half-days do. Got to work with 2 people I never get to...explains the weird weather...and then more supply stuff before heading off to practicum.

Practicum Count-Up is 64/90 December is coming up fast but I should have almost exactly 90 hours by the due date. Actually it'll be like 90:15 or something to that effect. Whatever I'll take it.

After practicum I went out to see the boyfriend. We got supper then watched a few episode of Big Bang Theory - yay TBS - and the last half of Pitch Perfect - yay Fat Amy. or Fat Patricia that is. She's the only one officially signed on to do the sequel but the others are listed as rumored and it's the same writer as the original so I'm hoping it'll all work out.

Especially since that ending was so sudden, they need to start right where they left off.

And that's all I got for today. I'm posting this before watching The Voice cause I knew I wouldn't be able to focus fully on either.

You should take that as a compliment, not a lot can do that when in comparison to the Voice.

Have I mentioned it's awesome and I'm a fan?

Yep nerd.

Alright, on to the music and then I'm out.

Song of the Day: Turn it back Tuesday - 90's

Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies


love the retro vibe of this one, song and video very cool. i know you secretly want that suit.



oh, the staples line is because we have to take staples out of magazines before we can put them out.

something about swallowing them or stabbing something, i don't know.

but there are apparently some magazines without staples, which brings us such joy.

i know, nerd out.

Thank you, I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist it.

Ah, the joys of the farmhouse.

Just watched the top 30 funniest moments in TV history with Mom.

This one was my favorite even though it didn't make number one.



DEAD!

Though this clip is the reason I watched the show in the first place.



Awesome.


I didn't have much to say yesterday so I didn't post.

Worked 'til 6. Queen of the Known Universe and I were tied to the hip, which is actually kind of fun as she is pretty much my best friend at the work branch now.

If she leaves me for a boy too then I'm screwed.

Went home to pack then headed to the farm to watch the Husker game.

Good god, what happened?!

I mean, I'm glad we won, but what happened?

Sportscasters were saying we're supposed to win by 30 and we win by 3?

I was shocked that Bo wasn't mad in that exit interview.

But you know, it's a new season and we have a lot of people fighting for spots so they had to try them each out to see who plays the best in game situations.

Still, they almost came back and won it. That would have been bad.


Anyway, after that I went to bed semi-early for me. Fell asleep on the couch watching SNL and woke up at 7 when Mom walked past and went "what the?"

Woops.

Went back to bed, in my actual bed, 'til 9:30, went to church and then the fun began.

More camp stuff - huzzah! Went through 2 cameras with 1500 pictures and lowered them down to just 400.

Last year we included like 700 but this year there were a lot of doubles, blurry ones and people facing in the other direction so you couldn't see who they were.

Oh, for those of you who don't know, for the camp I direct we send out picture CD's every year.

We're a bit late this year, but at least they're out.

And posted to Facebook. With 150 viewers in less than an hour.

Take that everyone who says we're doing it wrong!

Well, person who says we're doing it wrong.

Well, person who says I'm doing it wrong.

Along with the CD goes a letter that thanks people and asks for feedback.

I'm sure I'll get one blasting everything I did. Read my camp highlights and you'll understand: Now Rhonda Has No Honda

But I'm past it. She can say all she wants. And I don't care because the rest of the crew is on my side.

And we have fun together. Like today, ordered pizza, joked around for a couple hours before finally completing our master CD's.

Then made plans for tomorrow.

Cause guess what tomorrow is?!

Church softball tournament.

We're gonna rock it.

We play Plymouth in the morning then a combo team after that, then break for lunch, then play Plymouth again in the afternoon.

Cause it's a rivalry. They beat us earlier this month, but this time it's on our turf. And we won it last year.

Go here: Unhook the Plow

So I'm off to bed cause I want to be all rested up for tomorrow.

Last year I stayed up 'til 4ish the night before, can't do that again.

Meeting up at 9:30 for our game at 10. Talked one of my old play kids to join the fun. And she's good so she'll dominate.

I'll attempt not to break open my leg again but I can't make any promises.


Don't Stop The Music - Treblemakers


John you're so right everything else seems wrong.

Out.

"You've got juice pouches and Rocky!"

Watched Pitch Perfect tonight with the boyfriend.

Well, part of Pitch Perfect with the boyfriend.

But I've already rambled about that here for quotes and here for commentary and here for the history of the Cups song and about 4 others attached with that tag so...

Still a good movie, no matter how many times you watch it.

And you notice things after listening to the commentary.


Today was good. Very busy but went by very fast.

Twin Peaks came in on DVD.

Cult TV show from the 90's, figured I should check it out.

That's really all I remember from the work day. Went out to see the boyfriend after. Dinner then back to the lake.


"No, but I can name all the Kardashians."

Also watched some Big Bang Theory, which is what I have on right now.

They're on a mission to find the guy who stole Sheldon's World of Warcraft possessions.

"This ain't no Beyonce."

That's really all I got for today.

I know, I'm boring.

I braved the microwave for the first time since the smoke-filled apartment adventure. Turns out my popcorn button does work, thinking that I hit the chicken/fish button by mistake.

Which is good, cause I'm addicted to popcorn so having to sit there or set an alarm would be annoying.

Only problem now is that the popcorn smells like smoke.


Okay, now that's all I got.

Music - Hear this one every time I listen to the radio with him.

I Want Crazy - Hunter Hayes


but we are looking for a new song since most people wouldn't understand why Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is linked to our relationship.

play practice. break between scenes. portable CD player and a sticky note telling me what track to listen to.

Now Rhonda has no Honda - Camp J Highlights 2013

For past years highlights go here: 2011, 2012

Day One: Thursday

-God-breathed car driving manuals
:: It's never a good thing when driving to close your eyes and swerve when a car is coming at you on a gravel road. In fact I'm pretty sure it says that in all of the car driving manuals. And if it doesn't then it should somewhere. I'm sure God would say it. So it should be in car driving manuals. Like God-breathed scripture but this time it's God-breathed car driving manuals. Don't worry, it wasn't me driving. Just in the passenger seat grabbing the door handle and screaming like a girl.

-Space Cadet Tent
:: So every year Jim O and I sleep in tents. Mostly cause there's no room in the cabins but also because we get to set our own bedtimes and don't have to worry about tiny children. We set up our tents next to each other - this year right next to the campers - and spend about an hour each night venting and joking around until we fall asleep. After using the same tent for more than 10 years he got a new one this year.  It looks like something NASA would use on the moon and took almost an hour to set up by itself. Mostly cause we weren't going off the instructions, but still! Anyway, the whole time we're setting up I'm thinking about all the bugs in the trees right next to us and started yelling about ticks. He says ticks can't fly so they wouldn't be in trees, when I said they could climb he went oh, yeah.

-Rubber Bandit
:: An awesome name for a super villain came up with after attempting to use "rubber band" as a verb.


Day Two: Friday

-French Toast
:: Huzzah for French Toast. Same breakfast every year along with about 5 cups of coffee within a 2 hour period. But at least I was conscious for the mandatory meeting and registration. Which went well, though apparently 10:30 actually means 11 in counselor terms. For the second year in a row, maybe we should just move it back. But then they'll show up at 11:30.

-The Theme Song
:: Mentor wrote the theme song again as she does every year. This year's was a little different though because the verses don't rhyme but they caught on fairly quickly. By teen camp I had the whole thing memorized and I'm sure I'll be singing it while working just like I do every year for the two weeks following camp. Along with The Bear Song and HeeHaw.

-And Rhonda has no Honda
:: Campfire was my saving grace, as it is every year. No matter how stressful camp can be campfire always redeems it. Our male leader for skits and worship gets really into it, especially There's a Hole in the Bucket, along with the rest of the band. We kept renaming ourselves, but "Destiny's Step-Child" was the clear frontrunner. Though none of the kids understood it since they only know of Beyonce as Beyonce and haven't heard of Destiny's Child. Which makes me cry inside. Anyway, we sang our Pharaoh Pharaohs and King Jesus is All, and Mentor came down to help lead Flea and Pizza and all was well. We had two kingdom workers who came and helped out this year and taught the kids some new stuff. Stupid Rhonda and her crashed Honda were stuck in my head for the rest of camp. I literally fell over when they said that line and my teen helper had to check on me to make sure I was okay.


Day Three: Saturday

-"Does it say 'Blazer' on the back? Cause I don't know what one looks like."
:: Girls and cars.

-The Vote
:: I wasn't aware that even though I'm in charge of skits I have to get them approved before the kids perform them for their parents. Apparently I need to take a vote first because my skits are stupid. Even though I've never had complaints in the what? like 12 years that I've been doing them. So, youth camp sucked. Which is why there are virtually no highlights whatsoever and the blame for that lies entirely on one individual gunning for my job. Which she will get when she pulls this laptop from my cold dead hands. It is literally my favorite time of year and she killed it. Plain and simple. She didn't like HeeHaw and tried to sway my kids - IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SESSION - against it. Like, I'm handing out the lyrics and she comes up and says that's not a skit, here's a skit. The irony is that she recited a skit I'd already done with them two years ago, so apparently not all of my skits suck. Just the ones she doesn't like. Why she did it then IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SESSION still confuses me because she'd already pointed out that she hated it before camp started and knew I wasn't going to change it so what was the purpose of interrupting me in front of my kids other than to make me look bad? But that's okay, just gives me motivation to find skits she hates even more for next year.

I still don't know what I did to deserve the hostility as she didn't just criticize that but also everything else I was in charge of this year. Not saying anything negative to mentor about her song, Cheri about her crafts, Jayne about her cooking, Pastor about his bible studies or Steve about his games. Nope, just me. It's okay though because for once I stood up for myself. And I had Pastor and Jim there to back me up. We'll see what happens next year.

-"Boobs in Training"
:: One of the girl counselors is a friend of mine and since Megan couldn't make it this year she went around on night patrol with me. Apparently all of her girls were excited about training bras which we don't understand cause they suck. And we're confused as to why they call them "training bras" in the first place. Are they like training your boobs for the race of their lives?

-Train Honks
:: So apparently, when trains come through towns they have to honk a certain way. Like in a certain pattern. Weirdly enough I learned this at camp, not from growing up in a train-filled household or from dating a traingeek boyfriend. Remember how we were camped in tents and can hear everything? Including whoever it was that kept walking by our tents but we ignored them and continued to joke around cause we're goofy like that. Anyway, train honks were one of the many things that kept us up at night, along with owls, crickets, air conditioners attached to campers, stupid happy birds and one particularly loud toad which we were convinced was actually a moose.


Day Four: Sunday

-Out of the mouths of babes
:: One of my favorite quotes this year came from a young camper to a teenage counselor. The teen was putting on makeup when the kid came up to her and asked what she was doing. When the teen said she was putting on makeup so that she would look pretty the kid asked, "do you think it's working?"

-And that's what makes it all worth it.
:: So, try as she may to sway my kids and their parents they still had fun with HeeHaw, especially screaming and spitting in each others' faces during the last refrain. Even though it's tradition and I'd like to keep it going if it's going to cause this much drama I'll replace it with something else. I'm sure she'll find a problem with that as well, but hey, she'll just have to get used to it cause I'm a camp lifer and that won't be changing anytime soon.

-Damnit, Rhonda and your stupid Honda
:: Get out of my head. I don't need to be singing about you in the grocery store or in the car or anywhere else. It's amusing because I always lay out the outlines for these camp posts on my phone as they go and on each of the days somewhere "damnit rhonda" was written.

-Let's get pigs feet. 
:: Umm, let's not and say we did. Grocery shopping with Jim is always an adventure. We buy far too much and always find things that weren't on our list. Like toys. And ice cream - though that was on our list this year, just not this much of it. I have two gallons in my freezer. Huzzah for mint chip! Anyway, we went grocery shopping two times Sunday, three times Monday and then once again on Tuesday. Plus our Thursday night adventure to get props. Walmart and Rays love us.

-Stray Dog
:: Every year we place bets as to what time our teen camp pastor will arrive. Scuba Steve won this round I believe. Anyway, we thought he was there a lot earlier than he got there because we saw a dog running around and he always has his dogs. This one, however, had bloody paws and when we looked around Pastor was nowhere in sight. Since the teen campers love dogs they cleaned her up, gave him a makeshift collar and a leash and we called animal control. Who wouldn't come get her cause we were outside of city limits. The campground managers called in a favor and a few minutes later the county sheriff's car showed up to pick her up. Ah, memories from the last time that sheriff's car had a dog in it at camp and we were up all night ranting about happy birds.

-Thomas Edison = Earthy cause he's in the ground
:: Gotta play Apples to Apples. Not as fun without Noel but I had my sister and Scuba Steve who picked the right cards. We could always tell who played what card though because of the references made. Scuba Steve played Thomas Edison for earthy and my sister picked it as the winner. I found it highly entertaining. Though it didn't work for me during the next game when I tried Beethoven for the same category and it got rejected for something actually earthy.

-Crapsuck Campfire
:: Any campfire where you can't see anything just spells disaster. So, the teens couldn't see the songbooks and they couldn't see us and we couldn't see our music books and it was just a disaster that ended with a horrible horrible offkey version of Someday. It's only redeeming grace was when Thomas screwed up the lyrics to There's a Hole in the Bucket so the women actually won it. I said it would have to go down in history cause I'm pretty sure we will never win again. Though we did say at little kid's camp - in order not to have to sing it two nights in a row - that we broke down and bought them a new bucket. Though apparently they drilled a hole in it just so we could sing it again at teen camp.

-Pitch Perfect
:: Every year we show movies on the wall. This year instead of our usual cheesy space movie (though we skipped it last year as well) we watched Pitch Perfect for night one. Had a huge crowd all singing along with the music. Pastor had never seen it before and was laughing at Fat Amy. But who doesn't laugh at Rebel Wilson? If you haven't you should really watch this video:



"yeah and so will the cops!" She's highly entertaining.


Day Five: Monday

-Bug Zapper Lightsabers
:: Jim is smart enough to keep me away from sharp metal objects so my job in the kitchen is to kill flies and do dishes. This year Oldest Sister took care of the dishes so I just got the flies. Which is fine with me. In preparation for this big role I bought giant bug zappers and batteries to go with them. Michael and I were using them like lightsabers. I killed 23 on Monday alone.

-Stolen Phone Texting
:: Mean kitchen staff stole my phone and sent my boyfriend a mushy text. Pretty sure he knew it wasn't me cause we don't talk like that, but that didn't stop me from being paranoid about his response. And since I only had signal every other ten feet I was constantly checking it wherever I went.

-That's what a campfire is supposed to sound like!
:: I get really into campfires, actually all of Destiny's Step-Child does, but teen camps are even more fun than youth camp at times because the teens get super loud and dancy. I enjoy all their impromptu motions and some even get added permanently. Monday night's campfire was much better - mostly cause we were indoors and could see - but also because they really got into it and Someday was actually on key.

-Neville for the win!
:: Night two for movie night was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. We had to change it up a bit, don't remember where the idea for Harry Potter came up but it did and I think that was the biggest crowd we've ever had to movie night. We were going to watch the second one the next night but that got overruled.


Day Six: Tuesday

-The slow clap
:: Tuesday is bowling day at teen camp. All the leaders usually bowl together though this year Scuba Steve got sick and napped instead. Each year we bring out the slow clap and it always either leads to a spare or a gutterball. Game number one I got a 105 but game number two was horrible, I bowled like an 80. Not sure what happened between games but whatever skill I developed seemed to disappear. But I only go bowling once a year - at camp - so maybe if I attempted to practice somewhere else I could figure out what the problem was.

-Pizza Pizza
:: After bowling we always get them pizza. We've been going back and forth from Pizza Hut to Walmart pizza. This year Jim was so tired we just went with Pizza Hut then used the boxes to start our campfire after. 34 teens + 6 adults = 10 pizzas plus 3 boxes of cheese sticks.



Add to that the pop and ice cream and they loved it.

-Dance Off
:: Every year the teens have a dance, whether it's organized or impromptu. This year's was a bit more organized than before cause they actually moved the tables AND they used their phones instead of my computer so it was much easier on me. Taylor and I took pictures so that we wouldn't have to dance. See how that works? We made them each do their best moves, they had some good ones.

-Jack the Frog King
:: Found the father of all frogs this year at camp. Compared to my shoe he was huge!


Granted I only wear size 8's but he was still huge. He sat completely still for hours, we think because of the owl we could hear in the trees cause he was gone the next morning. No one would believe me until I took them to him. Then they all screamed. We thought he might be fake until someone threw a stick and he moved.

-"How long does it take to get into my own house?"
:: We watched Gladiator for movie night number three. Though it was an accident, well not really. Pastor wanted to watch Braveheart so the other pastor went to Walmart and found a Braveheart/Gladiator combo. But then Gladiator got more votes we rebelled and watched it instead. I fell asleep, missing the last half an hour. I jumped from him agreeing to talk to the senator to him dead on the ground so I had to watch the rest when I got back.


Day Seven: Wednesday

-Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere
:: Packing up the trailer and all of our junk seemed to take a lot longer this year. Though that's weird because we had even more kids to help. I think we had even more than previous years cause it barely fit in the trailer and then poor Jim's truck was completely overflowing with the rest of it.

-Rock and Roll McDonalds
:: As is tradition we stopped at McDonalds on the way back, though there were more of us than usual. It's always Scuba Steve, myself and Jim though this year Steve left early cause he was sick. Last year Michael joined our gang and this year he rejoined us along with Taylor, Dylan and Pastor with three of his kids. Usually we're all dead tired and say maybe 20 words, this year we were much louder. Michael did a calorie count and actually beat Steve's record from last year. But I guess that happens when you order 3 burgers, fries and mcnuggets.


And that was camp. As is tradition I will post the skits tomorrow.

For now I'm out. Hope you had a good week.

you're gonna miss me by my walk, you're gonna miss me by my talk...

Rollercoaster of a day.

Counted money in the morning, updated the TAB website, worked the desks, interesting conversations about book preferences with Queen of the Known Universe, read Silver Linings Playbook on break, got soup for lunch, watched more Total Wipeout UK, worked more desks, checked in holds, sorted carts, read more SLP on break, then worked desks yet again.

I'm really loving Silver Linings Playbook.

Quote of the Day: "Question Four: When are you going to bring home that broad you're always running with?"

And Warm Bodies.

Oh, did I mention I got that on CD?

So I'm reading SLP during the day but I listen to Warm Bodies on the way to and from work. Right now I'm on disc two.

Book is super different from movie on that one.

As is SLP, but not this drastic.

Like the movie better on that one but that could change as I'm only two discs in.

Both good reads.

And getting me back into reading.

I haven't really read anything that's not class related since college.

Which is ironic as I work in a library.

But see, I'm surrounded by books all day, the last thing I wanna do when I get home is read one.

Told that to my sister who is a pharmacist who says she understands. It's not like she goes home and does drugs.

Anyway, seeing these movies has brought back my urge to read things that aren't textbooks or articles so I'm actually having fun with it.

No, seriously, I think the last novel I read for something other than homework was one of the Castle books.

The second one I think - I own the third but haven't started it - but that's gotta be a few years.

And it's not like I don't read, I can't say that, I do read my friend's work that I edit, and need to work more on that - and I do have a book copy now that she's officially published, but like other than that I'm really lax on my reading.

And I should work on that.

I just have other things going on at the moment.

Well, passed couple years of moments.

With work and family and the boyfriend and friends and classes stuff got back-burnered.

So I'm bringing it back.

Or maybe this is just because the boyfriend is gone and I'm bored so it's temporary.

We shall see I guess.

I have no idea where I was going before this tangent...

Oh right, today, yes it was good. Work was slow but that's fine. After work went out to dinner with the sisters.

Lots of fun, ate some great Indian food.

Had my usual chicken tikka, half of which is in the fridge.

Interesting cause we can have really crappy days and then dinner just heals all.

But we're goofy like that.

Most of the conversations I can't repeat, or won't repeat.

Never boring.

Now I'm back at the apartment with my big fat cat.

He's half asleep next to me. Keeps rolling over and staring at me waiting for me to lay down so he can finally fall asleep.

I'm working on it!


Anyway, I just felt like crap today, thinking it was the weather. Like dead tired.

Helped Superwoman make this blockade thing around the men's bathroom cause they're fixing our usual one and like getting up on this chair and back down was like, okay, don't konk out in front of your boss.

She will take points away for style.

But our rock display did turn out to be pretty kickass.


Dinner woke me up.

Now I'm zonked again.

But with good reason as it is already midnight.


Alright, on to the music.

Well this is interesting...one of my favorite soundtracks has now lead to a music video?! But there's a bunch of controversy around who was the originator.

Anna Kendrick never claimed to be, just throwing that out there.

Here's the progression:

Started way back in 1937, called "Miss Me When I'm Gone" performed by the J.E. Mainer Mountaineers


after that came Charlie Monroe's cover


so you add those to this clip from Full House:


and it gives you this by Lulu and the Lampshades:


then Anna Burden covered it and made it huge on reddit:





and after watching it 50 times Anna did this:


and she talks about that here:

(all worth it for the look she gives him at 1:49)

and now suddenly we're here?


there's a radio version available on iTunes, does that mean it's gonna get air-play?

You suck at this game!

So I play this game on the drive home.

I drive the same route every night so you get to know traffic patterns and all that. Anyway, if I go a certain speed with no car in front of me I can hit every green light a split second before it turns yellow all the way to my apartment.

However, if there is a car in front of me I hit every red light.

Not one, all.

So of course there was this obnoxious car going under the speed limit and I can't pass them so we hit all the lights.

He sucks at that game.

Oh my god, so I'm watching Jennifer Lawrence on David Letterman, was I the only one who got her First Wives Club reference?

Has no one else seen that movie?

Did people think that she would actually insult Meryl Streep like that?

Seriously?

Bette Midler's character Brenda picks up an award that Goldie Hawn's character won and says something to the effect of, "look it says I beat Meryl!"

I bet I can find it.

HA!



LiLo blowing everything out of proportion. As always.

I'm sorry, tangent.

So, today was the scavenger hunt.

I spent the majority of the day FTFO.

Even this morning making changes and then the hour before realize that one of my clues was checked out so my wonderful Trainee found me a different book and wrote the clue.

But the kids seemed to like it.

Didn't think it was lame. Or at least that's what they said.

And they learned stuff.

Or seemed to.

I had fun making it, though it took like months on and off.

Gotta work with the off desk time all I can.

Anyway, so they paired off and I had 5 sets of clues - cause I didn't want them to just follow each other around the library. Each of the clues was based around the life of a Nebraska author featured in our in-house special library.

They started with microfilm and OF COURSE today of all days some dude decides to camp out on one of the machines and then the articles take a while to find plus the third machine takes forever to load and then neither of them print so I had some skip ahead to the next clues and then work their way around, whatever, after they showed me the article - instead of printing it off and bringing it to me - I gave them their next clue which was a call number to a biography which they had to locate which then led them to adult nonfiction then to adult fiction which then led them to finding information in a specific database - tied to their subject matter - that they had to show me and then after the database was the music section and then we all ended up on 3rd.

Meanwhile, on the backs of all these task/clues were bonus questions specifically about our library system. What are the full names of all the branches? (look for a business card at the desk) Who is ours named after and why? (ask a staff member) What year did we open? (look for a plaque outside the entrance) What animal is hanging in Youth services? What color is this person's portrait's frame? etc. etc. There were more but I'm rambling.

But they all got them right and they took the time to answer them and to go to all these places in the library and they did it without complaint so I'm proud of them.

Anyway, it ended with an awesome tour by our in-house special librarian. Who is excellent. And I'm pretty sure she gets cabin fever cause almost every day I see her fixing displays on first floor.

Love it.

But she had fun with it and the kids seemed to like it. Was a good refresher for me. Got my C-NAMES down.

Long story.

Anyway, that was pretty much all afternoon and really the only thing from the morning was training new staff to work over at one of the other branches. This time there's 3 new girls - one of which used to work at the work branch and is back. The other haven't worked at libraries before. All 3 are pretty awesome and said we hadn't scared them off and they are coming back again tomorrow so, job well done.

And that was my day.

So, on to the music. More of 2012's greatest hits

Starships - Pitch Perfect cast plus Youtubers

cause i think it's cool.


Scream & Shout - Will.i.am and Britney Spears

first of these greatest hits that i don't own. actually this is the first time i've heard the song all the way through. it's not bad, may buy it.

just such a random combination of artists.

We Are Young - Fun

at first was not such a fan of these guys, but they've grown on me. really like Some Nights.


Why yes Craig, it is a great day for America.

I miss this show.

Used to watch it every night for like years.

Literally years.

And LENA'S A GUEST!!

Totally DVR'ing this one.


Useless Information 

a la Craig Ferguson

The reason a vaccination is called a vaccination is because...

When they were searching for cures to smallpox they noticed that milk maids never got small pox, however they did get cow pox. And that little bit of cow pox kept the small pox away. Since the Latin word for cow is "Vacca" it led to "Vaccination".

and just cause i can...



and i'm out.


EDIT

Sorry, Lena's interview was hysterical and reminded me of how often I rewind it when guests swear and they put flags over their mouths and Craig yells something else and I found this great example so I'm adding it cause I think it's funny.



that's how i dance.

"Vader in German means father. His name is literally Darth Father."

Ah the joys of working weekends.

Day flew by fairly quickly, no major highlights at work.

Aside from the fact that I was reminded how young I am for the profession.

Though not young enough that there should be an 18-year-old following me around the library.

Yet another Magnet Moment, though without Slim Shady there to comment.

I don't need more stalkers, the aides are already laughing at me.

Good god, it was like I'm shelving DVD's so he goes to look at the DVD's.

I go upstairs to the lab so he gets on the computer then starts dancing which is something you notice out of the corner of your eye - I mean, it happens, but not often as boldly as he was doing it. BUT THEN! he's like looking at me out of the corner of his eye so I avoid him by helping other people in the lab and all that which just made the dancing bigger and more bold.

Just awkward.

Anyway, I left for lunch and he was like 5 seconds behind me on the stairs. I basically bolted to the backroom, followed the aides out of the building and thankfully he was gone by the time I got back.

After work I headed off to see the boyfriend. Went out for appetizers - him and his nachos and me with my spinach and artichoke dip. Brought half of it home.

Now I'm jamming with my big fat cat watching Pitch Perfect with commentary.

ah, Elizabeth Banks.

You are aca-awesome.

But I've already rambled enough about this movie.

Go here: Aca-scuse me, synchronized lady dancing to a Mariah Carey chart topper is not lame.

More of 2012's greatest hits

Wide Awake - Katy Perry


love the rhythm of this song. heard it once and bought it immediately.

interesting video but not surprising as katy has a flair for the dramatic. you should watch her Part of Me movie, it's actually pretty cool.


Want U Back - Cher Lloyd


still love it.

favorite memory is when oldest sister and second sister and i went out to eat and second sister heard it for the first time. literally bent over laughing.


Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye


nice paint job.

think i like lindsay's version better but i'm holding off on posting the Voice videos until the end.

guitars, cadillacs, hillbilly music.

Officially registered for Spring semester classes, woohoo!

I checked and there are still some spots available in them - actual shocker - but I think most people register some time tomorrow so that won't last long.

Anyway, I'm glad to have it out of the way. From the looks of it 2 of the ones I'm taking might be totally online and then third is on Thursday nights so it's possible I could have actual weekends free. But I may be totally reading it wrong.

Nevertheless it is official, I'm signed up for one that goes all around to visit a bunch of special libraries, learn about internet reference sources and then Reader's Advisory should be good for recommendations and all that.

So yes, I didn't go in until 1, but I had to be up by 11:45 to register for classes. Thinking I could sleep in I set my alarm for 11:15, but my stupid cat had other ideas.

So I'm sleeping, suddenly THUMP CRASH BANG clumsy cat fell off the bed and wiped out a bunch of cardboard boxes.

I don't know if he fell asleep too close to the edge and then just rolled over or if he was reaching for something, I just know that he's clumsy - so apparently that is contagious - and I would rather been sleeping than laying in bed staring at the ceiling.

But it made for a short day at work, and a rather long day at night. No idea why. I finished most of my assignments for the week but at the moment I just feel out of it and like anything I'd write would be crap.

Like this.

But I'm off all day Friday so if it's date night tomorrow with the boyfriend I'll do it Friday or if it's date night Friday with the boyfriend then I'll do it tomorrow.

For right now I'm gonna crash.

BUT FIRST!

Watch this. Rebel Wilson is highly entertaining. And apparently she got a threatening note from a neighbor so she reads it on Conan.

"yeah, and so will the COPS!"

for an explanation of the necklace watch this: Rebel Wilson Does a Mean Honey Boo Boo
"we didn't do drive-bys, we just did drive-thrus."

Songs of the night:

Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam

stuck in my head at closing


Titanium vs 500 Miles - Pitch Perfect

sweet mix from the movie

Welcome to the neighborhood.

"Aca-scuse me, synchronized lady dancing to a Mariah Carey chart topper is not lame."

Okay, so I would avoid reading this post if you haven’t already seen Pitch Perfect as it is full of spoilers.

Unless you don’t plan on going to see it. Then you’re good. But sad at the same time, cause it’s fantastic.

So, I drug the boyfriend to see Pitch Perfect last night. It was fantastic. And he laughed at the jokes too, so I don’t think he was completely miserable. As I’m obsessed with all things music – especially acapella like the Brown Derbies – I was all over it.

It was predictable yet not all at the same time cause you have your token fat white chick – who really makes the movie – and of course romance with the opposing guy’s team, but then you’ve got the leader who pukes all the time, and then a chick who’s talks so silent you can’t understand her – until the end. Then it was hilarious cause she actually talked and Fat Amy came back with, “Excuse me bitch, you don’t need to shout!”

Fat Amy is played by Rebel Wilson - Kristen Wiig’s British female roommate in Bridesmaids. She’s fantastic as comic relief. Reminds me a lot of Melissa McCarthy.

Anyway, here are my favorite of her one-liners. There are plenty.

“You call yourself ‘Fat Amy’?”

“Yeah, so twig bitches like you don’t do it behind my back.”

“Well, at least it’s not herpes.”

“I have the feeling we should kiss.”

“Sometimes I have a feeling to do crystal meth, but then I think better not.”

“Don’t put me down for cardio.”

“I should have taken the cardio tip more seriously.”

“How much have you done?”

“You just saw it.”

“I’ve wrestled divas and crocodiles at the same time.”

“What up, Shawshank? Did they spray you with the hose?”

“Gonna finish him like a cheesecake!”

“I did, yet maybe I didn’t because I got hit by flying Mexican food.”

“Aca-scuse me!”

“Aca-believe it.”

“Lez-be-honest.”

“It started when I broke up with my girlfriend.”

“Whoomp, there it is.”

“And my real name is Fat Patricia.”

“Even though some of you are pretty thin I think you all have fat hearts.”

“You guys are gonna get pitch-slapped so hard, your man boobs are gonna concave.”

Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow were the leads, along with some unknowns. I’m wondering if half the actors were actually singers because the music is really good. And I know Brittany Snow was in Hairspray and American Dreams, but I had no idea that Anna Kendrick could sing.

Overall Scale of Awesome rates it about 8/10. Part of that is because of Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins as commentators at the competitions.

“The Sockapellas once again proving that it doesn’t get better for everyone after high school.”

“It’s refreshing yet displeasing to the eye.”

“She could toss her cookies at any time.”

“This number is like an elephant dart to the public face.”

“We were the Menstra-cycles, John.”

“What an unfortunate name.”

Elizabeth Banks is one of the producers - you know her, right? Played Effie in the Hunger Games? She's huge right now. Anyway, Kristen Wiig was supposed to be the other commentator but she dropped out so Elizabeth stepped in.

After the movie I immediately bought the soundtrack, cause I’m a nerd like that. But you knew that already and yet you’re still reading this…Anyway, it’s awesome. But Simple Minds has been stuck in my head all day.

Basically every piece of music in the movie is some sort of mashup. This is probably one of the coolers ones. 

We out.

I mean, you're welcome.

Went out to eat with the boyfriend's brother and wife. They are pretty awesome. The boys were laughing a lot telling old stories. Good to get some dirt on the boy.

Tomorrow is a meeting with the Library Goddess in the morning and Worlds of Fun with the Boyfriend in the afternoon. Woohoo!

As you walk on by, will you call my name?

Yep. Still in my head and I didn't even post that one.