I'm going to grandma's house and I'm bringing an abactor.

Now that's what I call a day off.

Grad school meeting this morning.

Comps review.

I don't take them 'til the fall but that's part of GA duties.

Met at a coffee shop, of course.

Got my usual chai tea latte in a to-go-cup.

Was there fairly early so played some hearts and jammed out in the corner.

After the meeting I came back, made some stir fry for lunch - okay so I poured a bag of stir fry into the skillet, heated it and then ate it but that counts as making it, right? - watched GI Joe - cause I will at some point see the sequel - and then took a nap.

It was glorious.

After that I turned on the SVU marathon - they have those a lot on USA, on the weekends its always either that or NCIS - added a fun word game to Facebook and did some writing.

The word game has exploded, thanks to some fun friends. Basically I say a statement and then a person says what's already on the list and then adds something of their own in alphabetical order.

So I started with: I'm going to grandma's house and I'm bringing an abactor.

Right now it's at:
I'm going to Grandma's and I'm bringing an abactor, a bridge, cribbage, a dolphin, eggplant, a feather duster, Gary Coleman, a horse, an ice sculptor, jello, Kalua, llamas, marshmallows, napkins, orange juice, pipe and a question.

and I'm going to add:
I'm going to Grandma's and I'm bringing an abactor, a bridge, cribbage, a dolphin, eggplant, a feather duster, Gary Coleman, a horse, an ice sculptor, jello, Kalua, llamas, marshmallows, napkins, orange juice, pipe, a question and a renegade.

Will go well with my abactor.

I know you're all running for a dictionary.

It's actually highly entertaining, will have to do some more.

Where was I?

Oh yeah, the writing.

Mostly Sketch and Edit.

But I'm not allowed to post them until I send physical copies to Sketch.

Or she would drive all the way out here just to beat me up.

Then get in the car and drive back so she could teach the next day.

Apparently her boyfriend, whom I shall call Plant Man - which makes sense but only if you've read Sketch and Edit's - found the SnE binder but she wouldn't let him see it.

Good plan.

Though they are all on here.

I should make a master list post with them all linked.

In order.

They're so scattered on here you'd have to dig through a bunch of pages just to find them.

And they go in spurts.

As I said, have to wait until I mail her some and I usually don't until I have a bunch.

Right now I have 4.

2 of which I'm still working on.

Well, I keep changing the others ones too.

But that's my fatal writing flaw, I'm always going back and fixing things.

Cause I don't like them.

And I never let anyone read my stuff, unless it's for a class.

But that was part of the deal. I had to write her stuff or she wouldn't draw me pictures anymore.

And thus Sketch and Edit was born.

And that was my day.

Oh, I did talk to Sketch for a couple hours tonight as well.

And the boyfriend is driving and will be home late late late tonight.

Which means I get to see him tomorrow.

Woohoo!

I know, I'm boring.

But it was an awesome day off.

Now I'm watching Bloopers.

I really hate Dean Cain.

He's so obnoxious.

And the hidden camera stuff makes me cringe.

But it's the closest to World's Dumbest I can get.

Without actually owning Tru TV.

Yep, gonna have to go up one so I can get Big Ten as well.

Alright, like I said, I'm boring so I'm gonna post some music and then crash.

Bad Moon Rising - CCR

Fun fact: apparently the refrain in the chorus is commonly misheard as "there's a bathroom on the right." So much so that Fogerty has sang it that way live for fun.

i remember karaoke-ing it with Delayed...Reaction - aka myself, Cory and then MAK who we wrote GADE for so she became a band member, and on the screen it showed "i hear the voice of raging ruin" and we all paused and went, "what the hell's a raging ruin?"

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Barbie isn't popular. You still have to buy her friends.

"If you wanna get sick, lick a library book." - BossLady-ism

So today was fun.

Actually got a decent amount of sleep last night. Think I was out before 2AM. Shocker, I know.

But it made for a nice relaxing day.

Worked the desk, stocked supplies, came home immediately following to watch more Lie To Me and do some writing.

Even more of a shocker. Lately I've been doing a lot more editing than writing - for my awesome now officially published friend. But I've been looking through some old Sketch and Edits that I'd started and disregarded, may start bringing a few back.

But of course before I can even think about posting them on here I have to send physical copies to Sketch or she would drive all the way out here just to smack me.

Cause the whole thing is really her fault. She refused to draw anything for me until I wrote something for her. And thus Sketch and Edit was born. Way back in 2008. And while they've been on the backburner they're always there in the back of my head.

The problem with that though is you know how you get an idea and then you think it'd make for a great story but then when you go to write it down later you totally forget whatever it was that you were going to write down?

Or is that just me?

See, I used to write things on my hands, arms, legs, wherever.

Literally, my arms from fingers to elbows would be covered in notes, but I have a feeling that SuperWoman would frown on that so I now just forget stuff.

"present company excluded." Beckett's gonna kick your ass.

Yes, I'm watching Castle.

I'm intrigued, thinking that this Senator has something to do with Castle's dad. He seems a bit too young to be his father but I'm wondering if there will be some sort of twist that he's his brother or related or something random.

Unless he dies by the end of this episode, in which case I take back that theory.

The Senator, not Castle. You can't really kill off the namesake.

Well, you could, but I doubt as if people would continue watching the show since it took 5 seasons just to get him and her together.

She let him go?

Oh, she's gonna get busted.

"Drive" movie clips in a commercial. Did you hear a woman actually sued the movie company because she thought there wasn't enough driving in the movie?

Like she was led astray or something so she sued them.

Alright, this is mere ramblings, I know, I'll hit you with something fun.

More Useless Information:
-The term "oxymoron" is itself an oxymoron because "oxy" means sharp and "moron" means dull.

-Eggs sink in water when they are fresh and float when expired.

-The symbol on the pound key # is called an octothorpe.

-Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.

-Butterflies taste with their feet - this one I found out at work, told a coworker who turned, looked sincere and went, "i have a whole new perspective on life!"

-On an American one dollar bill there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right hand corner. don't have a one dollar bill to test that one so it could be complete crap

-Every book in the State Library collection is stamped on the top, bottom, spine and page 30.

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

these guys are great, check them out.

Whatever Gets You By/Drawing Board - The Features

totally underrated, love it.

When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give me a sign...

I don’t like the new blogger.

Everything is switched around.

Just when I got used to the old one.

It’s like Facebook, why you gotta keep changing. Just stick.

Like Timeline?

Seriously?

Lame.

And weird.

Just weird.

That’s not Facebook, it’s something completely different.

And it takes forever to load everything.

Sorry.

Rant of the day.

Everything else today was pretty good.

Except when it was bizarre.

But not all the bizarre was bad, some was cool.

But other parts of the bizarre were not so cool.

So yeah, pretty good.

That sums it up.

Today was pretty good.

No major problems and The Voice tonight was actually I think the first night in a long time that one of my favorites wasn’t kicked out.

Nice.

So, I’ve picked the final four, right now they each have two on their team, but my guess for the final is gonna be Tony Lucca for Team Adam, Juliet Simms for Team Cee-Lo, Lindsey Pavao for Team Xtina and Jermaine Paul for Team Blake.

That’s my guess.

Even though I’m secretly rooting for Katrina Parker.

She did pretty well tonight, I was shocked SHOCKED that Juliet wasn’t immediately saved, but I guess Jamar Rogers did well last night so he deserved it.

Okay, I’ve hit my Voice rambling limit, as most of you don’t watch it you’re welcome to skip those, though I do have to warn you that they’re gonna be weekly until this thing is over for the season.

Usually I have Castle to follow it but not this week, that’s okay, Adam Baldwin as a guest star makes up for it.

Oh my god, except I kept waiting for a Firefly reference! Seriously, wouldn’t “you’re damaging my calm” be a perfect line for his cop character?!

Okay, not work, not TV, what else is going on.

Um, nothing.

Which is AWESOME!

Did I mention how excited I am to be out of school until June?

Except next week is when camp really picks up so I gotta enjoy this while it lasts.

Like Thursday, day off, middle of the week, gonna sleep in, watch some movies I have checked out, then get some dinner with the sisters for my awesome sister-in-law’s birthday.

Stoked.

I enjoy my siblings, they amuse me. And feed me great one-liners.

And now draw me pretty pictures.

Second Sister attempted “Vikings” on the Draw Something app. That was I think my favorite so far.

I guessed it completely from the letters given to me cause it was like yellow-hat'd people under a boat.

It was awesome.

Should have taken a picture.

Not that any of mine are freakin’ fantastic, as I’m not an artist at all.

Well, drawing-wise anyway.

But I write.

Not this.

Well, I mean I write this too, but this isn’t my writing.

Okay, rephrase, this is not my serious writing.

Not that all my other writing is serious, okay let’s put it this way, this is crap.

It’s fun crap.

And people read it.

My other stuff, which people for some weird reason are convinced is good, I don’t share.

Unless it’s for a class assignment.

Or a Sketch and Edit.

Speaking of, I have a few new ones I could post on here, but I should send them to Sketch first as she would kill me for posting them on here first.

Geez, it’s been a while, I think my last one was like…hm, let me check.

And that was crap.

But it’s fun crap.

Much like this blog.

Which is why they’re on here.

Perhaps I will throw in some writing on Thursday. Make a day of it. After I sleep in. I’M JUST SO EXCITED!

Did I mention I’m not really a morning person.

But you probably figured that out already, I dare you to find one of these that’s posted before 8PM. Or 9 even.

Most of them are like 11:50PM.

Rock it.

What else?

Oh yeah, the Wordsmith came in to work today.

I totally froze.

Gave me an invitation to his graduation.

But it was funny cause he’s physically told me that hell will freeze over before he sets foot into the library.

Like, when he gave me an Xmas present he put it on my car instead of bringing it inside.

Scared the crap out of me in the process.

But still, so yeah, gave me the invitation and then basically ran like hell.

Cause you know, it was about to freeze over, if it hadn’t already.

Crazy.

Anything else?

Um.

Not especially.

 

Oh, my cat is crazy.

But that's nothing new.

String hoarder.

And some empty shelves.

Which will soon be gone.

Cause they're already to the N's in Biography for the shift, woohoo!

Okay, on to the music.

I’m thinking classic with a twist.  

Because it’s just that awesome.

Baby One More Time – Tony Lucca

You can laugh all you want man, but name one other American song that people world-wide can name by hearing just those first three notes.