Slow it down, read the sign so you know just where you're going.

Well, my car was clean.

Until I had to drive it on wet gravel.

Then that all went away.

So the plan for tonight was softball, remember?

Was supposed to be the first game of our regular season, however, the game got rained out.

BUT I still ended up at the farmhouse because of yet another adventure involving white walls and sterilized equipment.

I feel like I use that phrase so often that it should have its own tag.

So, I'm starting one.

Basically, Grams is in the hospital and Mom is staying over but she doesn't have any extra clothes SO since I was going out for the game anyway I said I would pick up her stuff. THEN the game was cancelled but I was on my way anyway so I went to get it.

I called Dad beforehand and asked him to pack the bag so that I could just grab it and drive back.

I was there for a total of five minutes and this was all that he said:

-I packed my robe cause hers is ugly.
-Can a woman wear the same bra two days in a row?
-They're dresses because she doesn't wear pants anymore. She looks prettier in a dress anyway.
-When do I get that music thing?

I drove all the way back and brought Mom her stuff. The Cool Aunt was there with Grams and then Oldest Sister and her husband came to visit as well.

This was their reaction:

-His robe is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
-No she can't, it deflates overnight.
-You'll be the best dressed person on the floor.
-Give it to him for Christmas.

I get the dress thing cause Mom currently has to wear a boot cause her foot is messed up, but the rest is questionable.

Though he did remember to pack her toothbrush and all that so you've got to give him credit.

We watched a bit of the Miss American Pageant while we were there.

You know they're supposed to be the most talented women in America.

Or so the commercial said.

Though watching their "talents" really made me question that.

Not that I wasn't already questioning it.

We were rooting for Kansas since she was kind of the anti-contestant-type.

Army. Boots. Tattoos.

Of course she lost, but still! that was our pick.

It's amusing to watch and make colorful commentary.

Alright, back to work tomorrow so I should get some sleep.

Hope you all had rockstar weekends.

Stop - Spice Girls


i love that the crowd goes nuts when posh starts to sing. though she is the one with the clothing line so i guess it makes sense.

and yes i know the dance. it's the same one in the actual video.

get over it.

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

"We say no to love, yes."

Another instance of "My boss is cooler than your boss" today as mine let me come in 2-4 instead of my regularly scheduled 4-6.

So, still got to sleep in, made lunch, watched a massive amount of Diners, Driveins and Dives because it's overloading my DVR, went in for two hours, then headed out to see the boyfriend.

We went to see "The Internship".



Scale of Awesome says 6/10.

Purely for the ending.

And for the real life Quidditch.

The boyfriend was like, "why do they have brooms?"

Most of the time I just wanted to smack them.

Stupid humor just irks me.

I mean, in some movies its okay, like Dodgeball or Austin Powers, but any Will Ferrell movie of any kind I cannot stand.

And of course he made an appearance in this one.

I don't know what happened, he was so great on SNL!

There were a lot of "smack them" moments, but it turned out okay in the end

Was nice though after the movie cause we just sat outside and talked for hours.

Decided to go back to Worlds of Fun in a couple weeks.

This time we'll have the whole weekend so we don't have to drive home in the middle of the night so I can work the next day.

That's all I got for today.

I know, I'm boring.

Song of the day:

Too Much - Spice Girls


ah, the 90's.


Watching The Voice.

Not all that impressed.

Which sucks as it's down to the top 5.

Two go home tomorrow leaving the top 3 for next week's finale.

Already?!

Did Usher just use the word "amazeballs"?


Came home to even more on my DVR, totally forgot Major Crimes was back this week along with King & Maxwell.

Which I guess is based off of novels by David Baldacci.

Means I'll have to start reading them.

Even more on my list.

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.

No Coast, No Mercy.

Yes I skipped yesterday. 


And the day before that. 


But it wasn't my fault. 


I've tried posting this three times now, let's hope this time it works. 


Have I mentioned how much I hate this new blogger?


Okay, so flashback to Friday:

Early morning, seminars all day, derby at night, then some crazy old lady convinced me and my boyfriend that we needed to go out after the derby.

But we had fun so it was okay.

Besides, I got her back anyway, check Facebook. I'm assuming she's not grateful that a picture of her sleeping on Easter has surfaced especially after she told me I'd be dead meat if it did. 
Bring it, I've got more. 

So, inservice.

Basically, all the employees from all the branches meet up at the main library and listen to speeches the whole day.

This year was not so bad, at least the sessions were interesting. Last year everything was aimed toward the new operating system we were about to switch over to so it got old fast. This year I got to learn about future technology aka 3D printers, and glasses that give you directions, take pictures, play music, etc. Plus some genealogy from Sensei my former boss, and  listen to a panel from the Journal Star about reviewing books.

Plus there were a couple major guest speakers, one of them being Mary Pipher who wrote “Reviving Ophelia” once upon a time. She told us a story about being on the Oprah show, apparently the producers told her what her opinions were supposed to be, ignoring her actual beliefs on the subject for dramatic purposes. But she’s stubborn so she ignored them and answered truthfully. She was immediately escorted out of the building after the show and into the limo. No goodbye, though there was no hello either, she didn’t meet Oprah until she was actually on stage being interviewed. So Oprah must be a great actress, it always seems like she knows/gets along with her guests very well.

Anyway, inservice is actually kind of a blast at times, mostly cause I get to see all my friends from the home branch and jam with them. Our new tradition is to head out to this Mexican restaurant during the lunch break, awesomeness.

Though some people still say they’d rather get an colonoscopy than go to inservice. But it’s not that bad, think of it as a nerd convention. All of us together packed into one room talking about library stuff, quoting literature and cheesy library-related jokes.

Plus some funny speakers that lead to a few good one-liners.

Things overheard at Inservice:

-“and now I have time to talk about my cats”

-“anyone want to sing a medley of show tunes?”
-“somebody give me a g”

-“now let’s take some time to talk about why you’re wearing what you’re wearing.”

-“the new paint job - orange meets green meets purple which wouldn’t be possible without the help of our decorator” *insert picture of Stevie Wonder*

After 9 hours of that came the roller derby. 


Mad Maxines dominated Springfield 165-97. 


Flash Gloria hip-checked the other team's jammer into the scorekeeper's easel and took it down! 


Oldest Sister was jealous as I take her kids all the time but she’s never been so she tagged along with me and the boyfriend. I’m turning into a pro at explaining the rules, or I better be as I've taught …at least like 8 people, but that doesn’t include the giant group of my former teachers that all came together a couple years ago.

Definitely worth it.

But then of course people realize how big of a derby nerd I am, quoting their actual names and occupations whilst listing stats and strategies along the way.

Oh well, it’s not like they don’t already think I’m a nerd anyway.

Especially since yesterday I checked out the Spice Girls greatest hits CD.

Yes they have one and it’s awesome.

Though I already own all the songs cause I have their previous albums, well all except the last few.

Like I said, nerd. 

BossLady and I were bonding over the Spice Girls, apparently there’s a great band called the Space Curls that sing their songs in German.

It’s highly enjoyable.

Which just reminds me of this time in college, freshman year I lived with an awesome friend of mine from high school and I just remember I turned this next video on Youtube and we were moving her gigantic futon, like giant heavy obnoxious futon, and it gets to the first language she drops her side completely and bends over laughing. Cause she had no idea, just thinking it was the regular version.
Fantastic.

"Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne in 8 languages

My favorite are probably Portuguese and Chinese, though German does have its charm. 


So Saturday:


Aside from Spice Girls flashbacks I worked 9-6, watched "Beginners" and "Page Eight" meanwhile uploading all my photos to Facebook. You can probably tell I was watching "Beginners" when I uploaded them as my captions were very much like lines in the movie. 
If you haven't seen it you should, it's great. 


Anyway, photos. 


After months of meaning to do it and getting distracted. 


Much like all the other stuff on my to-do-list. 


At the moment it consists of formatting that camp song book, which I started uploading in January, coming up with a camp application form before the meeting next week, buying my niece a kick butt confirmation present - I was thinking roller skates, we decided at the roller derby she would rock it. Just gotta come up with a kick butt name. I'm still working on mine, have some possibilities but nothing solid. Or as cool as one of my cousins, another one of my cousins came up with it, his name is Jake so basing it on Jake Gyllenhaal his name would be Jake Gyllen-haul-your-ass-around-the-track - go grocery shopping for summer reading stuff, but I get to do that on the clock, what else....meet up with the Library Goddess and her current GA for GA stuff, oh and fill out the official paperwork for that to happen in the first place, and then there's camp. 


Camp. 


And all the planning that goes along with it. 


Enough said. 


Sunday: 


Worked all day with some cool people, uploaded some volunteer stats, narrowed down more stuff for my next booklist, currently I'm jamming out with my big fat cat watching Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. 


It's them as teens living in Crystal Cove, teenage drama included, and hysterical. 
"The last time you were that polite to me I spent a month locked in my bedroom listening to 'Now That's What I Call Break-up Songs 16'!"


"We've got something from every food group. salty, sugary, jerky and ice cream!"


"What's up with Freddy?"
"Oh, he's just in the zone. It'll pass. If not we'll spray him with the hose."


Highly enjoyable continuation of a classic, I'm diggin' it. This show never gets old. 


Time for some Scale of Awesome Ratings:


"Beginners" Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent
The story jumps back and forth between the present and multiple pasts. After his wife dies Plummer's character Hal comes out of the closet. Which is strange as he's been married to a women for decades, but she died so now he wants to live his life the way he actually wants to live it. He meets a guy, Luca from ER which totally threw me off, they fall in love, then Hal gets cancer and starts dying meanwhile Ewan, aka Oliver the main character and Hal's son, is narrating this whole thing whilst living his own life and being horribly horribly depressed because the majority of his scenes take place in the present after his father is dead. 


I've probably lost you, sorry, he dies, Oliver is sad, he adopts Hal's dog and meets a girl who turns his life upside down. 


Anyway, the monotone narration and random images that pop up on the screen were probably the best part as they were completely random and as I was watching I was also tagging pictures and writing captions so the captions I was writing came out as monotone narration in my head. 


Scale of Awesome says around 6/10, I was entertained, I love Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer definitely deserved the Oscar, but it was horribly horribly depressing. Even when it wasn't. 


"Page Eight" Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes
Basically Bill Nighy's character Johnny is given a secret file by his boss/best friend exposing a huge secret. Then his best friend dies, not mysteriously it was legitimate, and suddenly people are out to get Johnny because of the information that's been uncovered. Though he wasn't the only one who received the file apparently he's the only one being watched, along the way he meets his neighbor Rachel Weisz's character Nancy who's brother was murdered overseas.


I got lost. I checked it out cause it has Rachel Weisz on it and it was about secret agents and it sounded interesting, but it wasn't so much. I mean, there were moments, like many other movies, it did have its moments. 


To be fair I was doing about 8 other things at the time so, much like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, I probably would have liked it better if I were paying more attention. 


Scale of Awesome says 4/10. If it was better it would have held my attention instead of transferring it onto something else. 


So there are those, Scooby Doo gets a 10/10 in case anyone was wondering, and now I'm off to make some food though Chinese takeout sounds really good...

Just Say No! to vending machine orange juice.

Seriously. I had my poptart so I got a bottle of orange juice from the vending machine and spent the day drowning out the taste with Dr. Pepper and gum. Gross. Bitter Central. Yikes.

So, I've found that working in public service has killed my phone-talking skills. Not that I had any to begin with, but like parents will call with questions about camp and I'll say something like "Can I help you with anything else" which just sounds awkward and geeky over the phone, but I'm so used to saying it at work that it just comes out. I guess it's better than "Can I help you find anything else?" which wouldn't really make sense over the phone. There's a reason I keep my phone conversations between my family and Sketch. They already know I'm awkward and geeky.

Speaking of awkward and geeky:
"Where you'll see....ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Because Carmen stole all 162 stones that make up this ancient ruin known as Stonehenge!" Where On Earth is Carmen San Diego isn't as good as the regular series/game aka Where in the World is... Mostly because the Chief is a dude instead of you know, Lynne Thigpen.

She's my definition of the Chief. Other than my best friend growing up. Who I still call Chief. But that's another story.
"Things are getting yucky in Kentucky!" I got the TV series from the library because I like the game. But, much like any of the Super Mario Bros. movies, it's just not the same. It'll go back tomorrow, along with all the other movies I finally watched this weekend.
Now all that's left are "Justified" "Heathers" "The Match Game" "Andy Richter..." and of course "The Wizard of Oz." But, I have tomorrow night as well. Think I'll stick in Warehouse 13 season two instead. I always get distracted with my own stuff.


Today I was all day at the same place and the same for tomorrow. After that is my day off! Which means Camp central aka emailing dude about t-shirt designs, going over new registrations, printing out more forms cause I ran out, printing off all the nametags and shoving them into the lanyards which we'll have to clean out....what else? Oh, going through the trailer. Cause we keep putting that off. Technically we were going to do it last time but we couldn't find the key. Oh and I have to figure out a second lifeguard. Cause one member of the dynamic duo can't make it. Fun times. Oh and the skits. Which of course I haven't started. Who writes those things in advance? I mean, seriously? I think best at 2AM night before. You know, when I'm already there and freaking out because I haven't done them yet. Maybe if I write them beforehand and they don't suck I will post them on here. But don't be surprised if they do suck.

Last year I wrote a decent one - which I would post but it's too long - called "Rapunzel: The Early Years" and it kind of demands a sequel. But I don't know. I'll ask M and see if she'd be interested in seeing it continued as it was her cabin that did it. They got pretty into it, it was amusing actually. "Oh no, I've been sabotaged by a Demon Radish!" This year I only have 3 8th grade girls, so I'd either have to pilfer some of the 7th graders or make the teen helpers do it. We'll see. That got pretty long. And "The Later Years" would be even longer cause you'd have to do the highlights version of "The Early Years" all over again. Like "Previously on Rapunzel, The Life and Times"...

Father - Let’s melt her with water!
Ogre - Good idea!
Mother - Take your squirt gun.
*Sneak to Witch’s house*
Ogre - Singing telegram!
Witch - Singing telegram for me?
*Squirt witch with water*
Witch - You fools! Water does nothing to me! That only works in the movies! There’s nothing you can do! A deal is a deal! Once it’s born, your child will be mine! Mwahahaha!
All - DUN DUN DUNNNN……..
Human - Oh no! She can’t get the child! What kind of ending is that?!
All - Tune in next year for Rapunzel: The Later Years

and then it'd be what like

"19 years later..."
...
....
...

What exactly did Rapunzel do in that tower? I mean, she could only brush her hair for so long... and she couldn't reach all of it, right? So...maybe the Witch became her teacher or something. Tried to teach her the ways of evil but she resisted. She was just too good to do any evil. That's why she locked her in tower!!! No, that's dumb. Umm.... I'm stuck. Email me ideas. You're clever.

And I can't even use my trick! I freaking sabotaged myself! Stupid Demon Radish! Not you M. You're awesome. Just the, you know the, essence of De- I don't know. Curses, foiled again.
See, I have this trick for Writer's Block that goes like this.
It's called "Firsts" - you take the characters and write their First something. Like their first meeting, or their first date, or their first time on a rollercoaster, etc.
But it has to be a First because when you think about it, all good stories are about some sort of First. If people only wrote about what people do everyday with no variation or first time for something or sense of not knowing what's going to happen then all the stories would suck. There has to be some element of "First" in every good story. Which sounds semi-cheesy, I know. But it works for me. Cause it sparks story ideas.

BUT! In this case! I can't use it! Because I already wrote the ultimate freakin' First for this story. I guess I could do like the First time they visited the tower. Or the first time the witch left her alone inside of it. The First time some dude tried to climb up her hair. Okay, plenty of firsts. Maybe one of them will spark something permanent. Off I go. Trying to write while watching Warehouse in the background. One of those won't last very long. Wow. check out the W's in that sentence. write while watching warehouse...okay.
I've lost it.
I need to sign out and start on the freakin' skits.
Or the apartment thing. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here: My Life in Closed Captions: Choot 'em LizBet!
Oh, I thought up more fun tenants.
And one of them is an assassin. So that's exciting. That was another part of the original inspiration, besides the Exotic Dancers next door jokes. We read this story in Fiction Writing about this office building and it bounced from person to person and one of them is a serial killer. They all know but he hasn't killed any of them so they're fine with it.

this is starting to get super long. if you're still around here are you music rec's for the night:

Just because I can. Don't hurt me tomorrow.

"Spice Up Your Life" - Spice Girls

"We've got a deal!" I love 0:26 and 2:15. Yes that is MeatLoaf dancing at 1:12, and Alan Cumming at 2:11 and James Bond at 2:19.

"I Want You Back" - NSync

90's must have been a space craze - the music video for the song above also involves space ships.


Goodnight Gumshoes!



PS - Oldest Sister started a blog. Wonder where she got that idea? I think I'm toast.

If you can't work this equation then I guess I'll have to show you the door.

Slept in 'til 12 today. Was freakin' awesome. And shocking since Dad thinks sleeping in is 8AM. Which it's not, btw. But he was in his room napping and watching TV so I got to sleep in while Mom was in town.
Now I'm back at my apartment with the feeling that tomorrow is going to be nonstop since I work in the morning and at night and between the shifts I need need need to get my homework done. Like done done. Not like planned out done like I have right now. Although I'm still choosing between peer libraries to compare our policy against. And our policy seems pretty strong so I'm having trouble finding a weak point. Maybe my coworkers will have suggestions or ideas. They're all super smart.
Yet another place where I feel a bit like comic relief. Although my favorite patron says that I'm apparently a media expert because I was able to name a movie by just a slight description even though he searched for hours in our catalogue just to find it. My brother says that too. A couple of years ago we went to see this Mark Wahlberg movie "Max Payne" which you've probably never heard of but on the way back in the car he was rambling on about this movie that he couldn't think of the title but that it had came out the year before and it was just a one word title. I asked if it was "Traitor" and he was shocked. Said the same thing Favorite Patron said. So I've got something going for me if this whole library thing falls through.
That's another thing people keep asking me about is the library thing. I like both my jobs. I'm getting the degree because I want it and I think it's the smart thing to do. I like my class and my classmates so I don't mind it but everyone is all asking me what I'm going to do with the degree. Nothing. I don't want to be a supervisor. Sometimes I enjoy being just comic relief. Like Space Cadet says, you don't have to take anything home, once you leave work you leave work. Then just have to show up the next day. Although that was the same conversation where she called me dirt. Or no, she's dirt, I'm below dirt, "mining for minerals" because I have no power. But now I get to call her on it all the time. "She called me dirt!"

And we're done with the chicken fried rice (Friends), moving on.

"Say You'll Be There" by the Spice Girls

Here's your pop, gets stuck in your head all day song as promised.
I have no idea what's going on in this video either but at least it's not morbid with corpses and caskets. I do enjoy Emma's random surgical looking gloves though.

"I'll give you everything on this I swear just promise you'll always be there!"

Everybody has So Much To Say about Army Spice and Summertime Blues...now Roll to Me - 90s Music Week Day Five

Fun day today, worked then hung out with friends and family. Relaxation, hooray! Got to watch my niece and nephew act in their school play, and not to be bias or anything, but they were totally the best. Just saying, totally stole the show. My nephew was the bad guy, got to wear a suit and a monocle, so cute! My niece was in cahoots with her brother, which was hysterical, but they were both awesome. Oldest sister says nephew takes after me. I called him a stud. Then asked if that made me a stud. She said sure.
Tomorrow is class then derby then sleep! Cause I need sleep. Which is what I will be doing right after this is posted. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Same template as previous days

1. "So Much to Say" Dave Matthews Band 1996

Awesome, so sad I missed them when they came to NE, this is my favorite of theirs.

2. "Roll to Me" Del Amitri 1995

Not exactly the best quality but its the song that matters. But first can I say, um what the? Can someone explain this video to me, seriously?

3. "Summertime Blues" Alan Jackson 1994

Remake but still classic.

4. "Army Spice" Spice World 1997

Just because I can. Love this scene. Yes I'm a fan, get over it.

5. "Everybody" Backstreet Boys 1997

Yet another weird video, but i'll go with it. And yes I'm posting this because I got flack for posting Nsync. Here ya go ya canteloupe.

I'll give you Shoo-tanoo!

Rendezvous then I'm through with you - 90's music week Day One

Time: 8:39 PM
Location: Couch
Attitude: Amused

Woohoo, 90's music! I'm a fan. So, I'm making a week out of it. Deal.
I'm taking the week to post some of my favorite 90's music. Since there is so much of it you might be overloaded a bit. To be fair, it was ten years of awesome music...and some not so awesome music. I'll try to cut it down to 5 songs per post. Yes that is cut down.

Okay, Day One, I'll hit you with the template.
1. Awesome rock song (probable crossover with pop category)
2. Cool pop/rap song (probable crossover with rock category)
3. Mandatory Country song - since that's what I was mostly listening to in that time of life.
4. TV tie-in - soundtracks and all that
5. And a yes, I did listen to this song and do continue to when it comes up on my ipod, I don't care if it makes me a total dweeb.

Okay, let's get started.
1. "Inside Out" by Eve 6 1998

Big at the time, they had some other good ones as well, "Promise", "Anytime" and "Here's to the Night"
2. "One Week" Barenaked Ladies 1998

Used to totally try to keep up with them, it's a lot easier now that I know all the words, haha.
3. "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" Travis Tritt 1992

Flashbacks.
4. "Oh Happy Day" Sister Act 2 1993

Look closely and you'll see young versions of Lauren Hill and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Plus Whoopi in a habit. Awesome. Love this movie.
5. "Wannabe" Spice Girls 1996

Yes I do love the Spice World movie as well. Favorite girl band growing up. Seriously.

okay, end day one.