where nature rules and man fights back

As I worked all day yesterday I was not able to watch the Husker game. Mom loves me enough to hit record so I watched it when I got home.

We rocked it - T-Magic turned T-Mart is now Air Martinez. 

Who the heck did he train with this summer? He was great!

And who put what is Maher's cheerios? He missed like 2 fieldgoals total last year, this year he misses his first two attempts from like under 40?!?

Nebraska has a history with fantastic kickers, something's gotta change. 

Anyway, the offense had a great game, defense and special teams are gonna need some work. 

Immediately following I was out like a light so I did not post. 

Because of this you get a double-dose post-age of, you guessed it, Swamp People. 

Yes, I came home and was immediately swallowed into the north room and forced to watch Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow honoring Johnny Cash before I could watch the Husker game.

Which meant I could put off the Swamp People for another day. 

Today. 

So here, since I missed yesterday you get not one but two posts about Swamp People. 

Consider it a play-by-play. 

Some images me be disturbing

Viewer discretion is advised

20^th day of the season

Severe storms to the north means the water is 2 foot higher

High water changes the swamp dramatically

Gives access to inaccessible bayous

Oh it’s the night before day 20 with Blake and Austyn

Gators are more active at night

Only legal to hunt during the day

Area not fished this year, or maybe even a FEW years

Gators in this area are known to be massive

It’s called Dead end bayou?

Over to RJ and son Jay Paul

Sacred Houma grounds where only those with Houma blood can hunt

A moment of silence around a bonfire and a victory song. Seriously?

Oh gotta place your hand on the drum to ask the creator for protection

Jay Paul showing a serious face

Joe and and step-son Tommy

On Voodoo Bayou, a lot of boats go in but don’t come out

Hit a pipe – what a way to start

Cursed canal – creepy central looks like a boat graveyard

Troy with son Chase

Hunting in a special family place with his baby boy

Set 20 lines then double back

Gator bit the boat

It’s a feisty one

Tried to eat his boot

Commercial break

Choot him!

Got him.

See a Giant female, set the bait

“Dinner has been served”

Back to RJ and Jay Paul

Trying a different bait method

“Smart stick”

Ancestors didn’t have hooks

Uh oh, Jay Paul is questionable

Joe and tommy in Voodoo

“Creepy looking” Is that a technical term?

Uh oh, gator is back in the marsh, gonna have to pull him back in the water.

Joe is leaning over the side

800 pounds of deadly force on the other end, somehow he pulls it into water

Tommy shoots

Nice gator, big seven

Black and Austyn in Bayou Pigeon

Interesting name

Excited to make money

Why would you bring your dog gator hunting?

Uh oh, marsh in the way, high water so they push through

Line down, apparently it’s a good one.

They might have something there now

Oh they got something right there

Gives Austyn all he can handle

There’s a lot of “aw yeah”ing

Hold him austyn, hold him!

Really? You have to be stronger than the gator?

No idea that was true.

Blake shoots, 9 foot gator

Uh oh Austyn is starting to feel the pressure, apparently their coach wants bigger gators

Back to Troy and Chase

Honey hole, you’re smoking , Chase Michael, you’re smoking

More sentimental family talk

Huge swells ahead, oh they might have the giant one

Caught up in the boscoyo

Gator is pulling the boat

Troy uses all his strength

Choot ‘em Chase!

Bit the boat

That’s power dude

He’s pulling Troy over the side, shoot the gun

Yeah one hand it

Dramatic water splash

Yeah baby, they got a pile in there now

Uh oh, it’s not dead

He ain’t got no bullets

Good thing he can jump

RJ and Jay Paul

RJ with his native baseball cap and pony tail

Underwater camera

Who’s “smoking rope”

Now that’s a gator

First smart stick hooked an aggressive seven footer

“Bust him up”

He’s your father, why are you calling him brother?

Another line down 20 feet away

Broke the pole

“Beautiful gator”

He’s pretty? Really?

600 pounder

Ewwww a spider eating a lizard

Joe and Tommy

6 tags filled in voodoo bayou

Oh, never say you’re not afraid, that’s always when something goes wrong

Look another abandoned boat

And the wind is picking up

And their boat dies

See, I told you.

“C’mon nelly”

Really? Nelly?

No Joe, it doesn’t look good

Commercial break

Tommy fixes it

Well that was worth a 3 minute break

RJ and Jay Paul

More talk of ancestral baiting method

Had a feeling that his people were with him

17 Smart Sticks brought 15 gators

They need a bigger boat

Another line down

They got them a “hand burner”

So big RJ’s first grab won’t hold him

Back to Blake and Austyn

Austyn knows the clock is ticking

Time is a very serious matter in the alligator season

Gator puts up one hell of a fight

Dramatic water splash

This one will break their record

12 feet 4 inches

Longest of the season

Big one in the boat is money in the boat

Know it’ll help cement their reputation

They done a good job and done what they supposed to do

Troy and Chase

Don’t put your hand in the water, Chase!

Troy knows it’ll be aggressive so he takes the reigns

Now he’s in the crosshairs of a ferocious killer

Commercial break

Almost bit him

Certain it’s the monster from this morning

It’s a big one

Yes Chase he’s pissed off, you’re about to shoot him with a rifle

Pop him

One shot

Freaking monster dude

950 pounds

More sentimental family talk

He’ll “never forget that alligator”

Even more sentimental talk

Joe and Tommy

Struck gold in high water

Hit a log

Big ‘ol splash Tommy

Gator staring ‘em down

Holding his ground

Can’t hold, can’t hold, can’t hold

Why yes Joe, he is giving you a hard time

I don’t think he wants to get his butt over there

Tommy shoots

Dramatic water shot

Look at the size of those toes

Long bizarre trip

Big Al’s seafood restaurant to drop them off

RJ and Jay Paul caught 16 with their Smart Sticks

More sentimental ancestors talk

Stash of cash

End credits

AND AS IF YOU NEEDED MORE - really, it's only fair as I was forced to watch two episodes

Joe and tommy

Gator on land

Uh oh, Joe is forced to leave the safety of the boat

No idea where the gator is

Poke right there?

Really?

Is that so smart?

Get in the boat, Joe!

Tommy shoots and shoots and shoots, gator dives for the water

Tommy shoots again

I don’t think he wants to calm down

Make it a “sure shot” Tommy

Dramatic water splash

In a rush so they can go shrimping by lunch

Yay Liz! She’s my favorite

And her helper Kristi

Why does she put electrical tape on her fingers?

Kristi wrangles cattle for a second job

A gator got one of the cows

To get to the spot they’ll have to go by horseback

Liz: “What the hell?”

Isn’t so sure about the plan, I don’t blame you

His name is Dylan?

Hiya Dylan

She’s not scared of alligators but she’s scared of horses?

Don’t pull on the saddle

Junior and Malcom – man, where’s Willie, I like him

Just like Kristi Malcom works multiple jobs

He’s a catfisher

He caught a gator in a catfish net?

They’re eating his bait and get stuck

Uh oh, ripped the nets

$1200 of damage

Making a living in the swamp is hard so they help each other out

Infestation? An alligator infestation

Run into another random fisherman with broken nets

He can smell a gator from the boat?

Oh, gator’s on the land

Shoot him

No bullets in the gun?!

Hurry up and shoot the gator

Commercial break

“Rolled that sucker son”

Nice shooting, Tex

Tag #1

Line down

Splashed by the tail

Growling at them

Nice little gator

Pop him

That’s what you get for getting him wet

Tag 2

Found another one of his nets with a gator in it

The gator moved, aren’t they concerned that the gator is moving?

The Guist brothers, ah sad day since one of them died

Neighbor needs help fixing a boat motor

Gotta find parts to fix it

Check out a neighbor’s storage

You search that side he’ll search that side

How are you going to fix a motor if you don’t know what a carburetor looks like?

How does part heaven have everything but a carburetor?

Back to Joe and Tommy

Time isn’t on their side

“Time is a ticking clock”

Only 4 tags filled, need 6 more before they can go shrimping this afternoon

Line down

Another one on the land?

Whoa, Tommy misses again? I thought you said you were gonna put a cap in his – whoA! Got him

A welcome 7 footer

Liz and Kristi

Gator terrorizing cattle

Riding horses down the canal

Load your gun, he could be in the weeds

She don’t know what in the hell is in those bushes

Kristi Lou

Oh line down

Feels like a good one

Hanging off the dock, gonna pull her into the water

Giving her a fight

Commercial break

Shoots and scores

Uh oh, not the one they were looking for

Look! He’s right there! But they can’t shoot cause they couldn’t get him, they’re on horses

Get some bait juice

Koolaide?

Ew the scent of beef blood

Guist brothers

Heard about an old motor up the road

They don’t speak French but the seller don’t speak English

Oh yeah, try making motor noises

Spell it out in the dust, nice

Joe and tommy

Gators moving

Get the magnum tommy

See Joe’s smart cause he wears gloves to hold onto the line, no one else does

Dramatic water splash

1 tag away from the start in their shrimping season

Oh, found one in open water

Tommy’s only gonna get one shot

Quit moving

Hit him from a distance

Impressive

He fights in the swamps every day for his kid

Ready to start shrimping

Junior and Malcom

Wreaking havoc on his nets and his paycheck

YES! Second boat with Willie in it!

Willie and Randy start the tag team to clean out the area

Found a big one in open water, pulls out the rifle

The gun’s off, he misses

Got him, pulls out the treble hook

OH! Not dead.

Get the gun

Ohhhhhh, it escapes

Willie throws the treble hook where he sees bubbles

Gator can hold his breath for over an hour

Got him

Randy can’t see

Holy crap Willie grabbed his head, pulled him out of the water so Randy could shoot it

Back to Joe and Tommy

Pulling double duty

Alligators in the morning, shrimp in the afternoon

14 foot nets

Weighted at the bottom they drive straight and it strains the river

Boat named Mandy Lynn

Guist brothers fixing the motor

How long do you think it’s gonna take

An hour? Maybe

15 minutes? Maybe

Wow, makes you trust their fixing abilities

Mitchell fixes while Glenn sits and watches

Holy crap they fixed it

“Oh ye-yah”

Junior’s armada

Got 20, off to the buyer

…or not.

One in plain sight, Junior throws the treble hook

Oh my god, Malcom grabbed his tail and pulled him up

These people are stupid!

It worked, but still!

Back to Liz and Kristi

On the dock, checking their bait

Line is tight

Liz takes aim

CRAB!

Aw, throw him back

Oh, down the canal another line is down

Bubbles

Could outweigh Kristi by 600 pounds

No traction, gonna pull Kristi in!

Commercial break

Liz takes aim

Kristi struggles

Liz needs to act fast

Pop him!

Kristi’s like a foot from water

Got him!

800 pound beast, how fat do you think Kristi is?

Hahahahahaha, he’s too big to pull out.

Kristi gets the horse, ties the rope around the gator, and pulls him out

Dragging him to the truck, that’s nice

Yeehaw

Joe and tommy shrimping for the first day this season

Whoa 100 pounds of shrimp

Joe does the “shrimp shuffle”

“Important to work hard at it right away”

Oh god, Willie and Randy are catching frogs in the dark

Bigass headlights on their hats

In Louisiana frogs are a delicacy

Three bucks a pop

Wow

Beautiful frog?

Ewww, my mouth is not watering I don’t know what you’re talking about

Froggin’

Junior’s brain “don’t ever stop”

Dip-netting for catfish

Another headlamp

That’s nice

Even more sentimental family crap

aaannd that's it. 

Now I shall sleep. 

It's not like you're bringing home a Subway.

Got to semi-sleep in this morning, then headed out to the awesomeness that is Donna's to get my hair chopped and dyed. For some reason I run into other people there as well, this morning it was Beth one of my camp lifeguards who I just happened to go to grade school with once upon a time. We talked camp stuff it was amusing. Then Donna regaled me with stories of animals, family and camping. The usual topics, she's always fun to jam with.

I think she secretly looks forward to me coming out just because of the wild hair colors I've had in the past.

It was probably around 6-7 inches that got whacked off. Feels a lot better and camp will be a lot cooler. And it's red. But not like red red like I used to, just dark red with blonde like last time.

I have to remain a professional. Well, paraprofessional. And people probably couldn't take me seriously with the fire engine red hair.

That and I don't think the boyfriend would approve. He immediately flashed back to high school when I told him I was getting it dyed. Nope, not that extreme.

Though Superwoman did give me points for it once upon a time when I was a temp.

I think I'm currently at 146 or maybe it's 146.5 I'll check the email tomorrow. Still behind both my mother and Space Cadet. And I'm sure once I get close they'll both do something good and will go up another 50.

But then what would I have to aim for really if I passed them.

Anyway, so yes it's dyed. My favorite I think of the dyeing it when I was a temp is that Boss's Boss's Boss went to introduce herself to me then realized she already knew me so like stopped mid-motion. Made my day.

After all that was done had to catch up on my Swamp People with dad as he had a bunch saved up for me. Watched the last two of the season so I'm good for a while. Then watched some Closer on Mom's DVR and took a nap. Mom was off in Iowa with the Cool Aunt. Going to movies and buying me shoes.

She sent me a picture before she bought them, they are pretty wicked sweet Nebraska-esque ones.

Which is good cause mine are falling apart. Not surprising as I drag my feet and they get pretty scuffed up. I go through them fairly quickly.

Shoes and headphones.

Which I broke today as well.

But I have spares so I'll pull those out when I leave tomorrow morning.

Songs of the night:

So if you're on Facebook you probably noticed these from yesterday but I figured I'd post them on here anyway.

The Brown Derbies. Acapella group from Brown University started like 30 years ago and gets new members every year.

These guys are fantastic you gotta watch these ones.

Rediscovery of the week so you'll probably see more of their videos throughout the week.

Though my favorite of their songs is the Friends theme remake these ones are right up there.

"Faith" - George Michael

love the second verse harmony

"Not Over You" - Gavin DeGraw

awesome

out for the night!

now you're just somebody that i used to know.

Ah, living the dream.

The vacation was great, short-lived, but great.

So I'm back to life fulltime tomorrow, which is fine, I have a lot to do. Juiceboxes, finish campfires, etc.

Visited the cemetery today with mom and great aunt, it reminded me of a story my uncle told me a few years back. Apparently, one of our relatives was quite the drinker and the doctor told him it was unhealthy so he should quit. The dude looks at the doctor and says, "I know a lot more old drunks than old doctors."

Was cool to see the headstones and hear the stories. Learn family history and all that. Though a little creepy considering you never know where to step.

After that I watched some more Swamp People with dad, got caught up, and yes HeeHaw clips as well. Had them all lined up for certain sketches. Then watched some Leverage, mom liked it so that was cool. I got her hooked on Chuck before, looking forward to the season premiere for this one. Gotta have something to watch, my favorites are dropping like flies either being cancelled or the storylines suck.

I've given up on Greys, Private Practice, Glee, Body of Proof, and Criminal Minds - I really like that last one but if Paget is gone gone then I'm officially done. Will have to watch the finale and see what happened. They better not kill her off for real this time.

Then they cancelled Chuck, possibly GCB, plus the Closer will soon be over, which leaves me with Castle, NCIS, the Voice, and....crap, what else is on my DVR? Leverage, Warehouse 13, Hot in Cleveland, that might be it. And I don't watch those live. Oh Bones, but I'm behind on that. As well as Big Bang Theory. 2 Broke Girls, I love that one. Watched a bit of it tonight as well, Max throwing Caroline a birthday party and them ending up the prison to see Caroline's dad but instead Max met an old ex who had her tattooed on his stomach. Awkward.

Wipeout is gonna come back for the summer, love that one. We watched highlights of it at Stop Class.

Made the day go by pretty quickly.

I'm sure there's something I'm missing, I could just check the DVR but I'm too tired and lazy.

Maybe the cancellations are good as camp is coming up. I don't really have time to watch anything anyway.

So, tomorrow. Big day. And the word of the day will be: "Agliff: a verb only found in the past participle as aglifft, meaning frightened. It is related to the equally obsolete gliff, meaning to alarm."

Would you add an -ed after that? "Like I agliffed myself when I saw the creepy stalker?" or would it just be "I was agliff after he approached me." ??

My favorite covers of Gotye:


Somebody That I Used to Know

Tim Whybrow's Acoustic Cover

super cool video. except for the egg with the face. that was weird.

Lindsey Pavao on The Voice

love it, she was one of my favorites.
though the dancers were a little...much?

alright, i'm out.

help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda.

Interesting day at the farmhouse.

This morning was church, Second Sister and family came down so we all went together.

After that we hit up a local restaurant for lunch buffet. Super small town but famous for its Wing Wednesdays and all that. Basically on those night there are no plates, just plastic tablecloths. But this morning it was buffet so had some salad, potatoes, corn and all that.

Older brother and his family met up with us there so following lunch we came back to the house where the men proceeded to take naps while the women sat on the couch and watched a Royals game.

Amusing, I know.

All the while talking about my wedding, no he didn't propose but they were giving me crap cause there are these giant wedding pictures of my siblings on the wall behind us. So since we're going to Vegas we joked about having Elvis marry us. My brother was having none of that and everytime he'd drift off to sleep they'd ask something about wedding colors or number of bridesmaids and he'd wake right back up to yell "don't be talking about that!"

But I'm used to the crap being thrown in my direction, I am the youngest afterall.

Actually we jokingly said that we should act like we got married and take a picture with Elvis at a church then text it to my parents saying, "Congratulations we got married" just to see what the reaction would be.

Speaking of the boyfriend, he stopped by tonight on his way back from riding his motorcar in Kansas. Dad showed him all the buildings and a bunch of old cars and train layouts and that stuff.

You have to remember that he knew my dad before he knew me so it wasn't a foreign concept, but they talked cars and trains for about an hour and a half, re-bonded you could say. It was amusing.

And I know nothing about cars so everything they said about engines went straight over my head.

So they planned future stuff with trains, think he's gonna buy some sort of trailer thing from me dad. That's all I need, more bonding. Now they'll probably start investing in motorcars together or something and I'll never escape.

Not that I want to, I'm a fan of both of them.

So tomorrow is Memorial Day, going out to lunch with the great aunt and Mom and then over to the cemetery. Clean up the stones and all that. After that who knows.

I'm out for the night, throw in a disc of Leverage and konk out.

Music Rec:

"Help Me, Rhonda" Beach Boys


Oh yeah, and how could I forget about the Swamp People marathon this afternoon, we watched 5 and saved some for tomorrow.

I added "Duck Dynasty" to his DVR list, assuming it's something he would enjoy. Now watch, next time I come home there will be a bunch of episodes of that he'll have saved for me too.

But it's good, I enjoy watching those shows with him. Gotta get my Reality TV fix. Aside from Swamp People all I really watch that's "real life" is The Voice.

And they're bringing it back in the fall but it'll probably have different celebrity coaches, then the regular ones will pick it up in the spring. But it's not The Voice without Adam and Xtina bickering, Blake's southern charm and Cee-Lo hitting on all the women.

We'll see where that goes.

I'm out!

you better change it back or we will both be sorry

VACATION!!

I'm free!!

For two whole days!

The library is closed for Memorial Day so I'm heading out to stay with the parentals for a couple days.

I see reruns of HeeHaw and Swamp People in my future.

Oh well, it could be worse.

At least this way I can kill two birds with one stone - watch HeeHaw and come up with camp skit lyrics at the same time.

Since the parents wanted a repeat of last year when I made the 7th and 8th graders since Where Oh Where, but I gotta give them new verses.

Though Dad already has a bunch written out for me.

So, now I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow is church and some family stuff, after that is more relaxation and I'm guessing a whole lineup of DVR'd stuff I'm supposed to watch while I'm here, so here's your music rec and then I'm out for the night.

And consider yourselves on vacation from Word of the Day.

I'll pick it up Tuesday.

Or Monday night for Tuesday.


"Don't You Want Me Baby" Glee


so if you haven't watched him in the harry potter musical online you're missing out online. youtube it people. it's fantastic. and draco is played by a girl.


that's all i got.

'til Johnny's dancing with me I've got no reason to smile...

Big day in G-Town man, big day.

First up was driving a pickup to the tire shop as it had a flat, and I followed mom who was also driving a pickup to the tire shop cause it had a flat...and this was after my dad had dropped off my car at the tire shop cause it had a flat...they loved us today.

Then it was the big easter egg hunt at the courthouse which apparently I used to go to but have absolutely no memory of it. I guess my brother took me around, he was the popular one in school so everyone just knew me as Mark's baby sister.

Yeah, that's one of my favorite stories about my brother, he could have been valedictorian but he chose not to because he wanted to have a social life.

All my siblings are super smart and then there's me.

Not that I'm completely incompetent I am a librarian. And got a couple 4.0's in college so I manage.

Anyway, this morning it was all about candy at the courthouse. They divide the age groups up and we had one in each cause Abbers was in the youngest which is like toddler to 3, then you got Booge's group which was 4-6, and then Claire was the oldest in the 7-to I'm guessing like 10, anybody older than that would dominate.

I went with Booge and actually he did dominate, he had excellent strategy though I don't know if he realized it. Basically he's super fast so he ran out in front of all the kids and got there first and then grabbed and ran, like it was the run and scoop method, genius. He dominated. And the girls did pretty well themselves. Plus they got these prize ticket things for businesses around G-Town, they cleaned up man.

I'd call it a victory.

After that Mom and I came back to the house to help the "easter bunny" with candy stuff.

While we attempted to watch "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" but failed as we were too distracted.

It was alright.

Not fantastic.

I feel like I should go back and watch it more closely because it was SOOO HARD to follow, too many characters I think. I should probably read the book then maybe I'd get it.

Anyway, so I should go back and watch it again but I really have no motivation to. Even though I do love Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, I think they're fantastic, and maybe it is a fantastic movie but I was too distracted to pay attention.

Scale of Awesome at the moment says 4/10 but that's only because I missed half of it cause I was stuffing eggs.

Plus I had to show Mark the Darth Maul commercials posted a few posts below this one and we were watching it on the TV with no remote for the DVD player - which is obnoxious but it's been that way for years now. And the sad part is that we have a universal remote so we could program it, but that'd be too easy you know?

Anyway, yes there are going to be a lot of "anyway"s in this post I think this is my third, get used to it.

Anyway, four, he thought they were funny, which they are, plus I gave him his shirt. I found this Darth Vader shirt at Target that has a picture of Vader and then the phrase "Who's Your Daddy", super funny.

After that candy craze, which mom hid cause she knew that Mark would steal it - he did unsuccessfully try this afternoon but failed epically, I had to throw him some and it was funny cause he was trying to be subtle about it. HA!

Anyway, five, after the candy craze I watched some Swamp People with dad, cause apparently a weekend at the farmhouse isn't complete without watching an episode of Swamp People at least once a day. Which is good, I find it highly enjoyable. Looking forward to next week's and see I'd tape them on my own, but then what would I watch when I came out to the farmhouse?

Really, Swamp People is just saving me from marathon's of HeeHaw. Which I'm sure I'll get tomorrow night before I leave. He usually has ones cued up for me to see.

ANNND after all that I cleaned out my closet.

One of them.

Sort of.

I mean, I went through everything but it's all memorabilia stuff so it's not trash-able. So it'll stay in boxes for now and eventually get moved to my apartment.

So I guess you could say it was more like taking stock rather than cleaning out.

I took stock of all my crap.

And I only got through one of the two closets in my room.

I mean, technically it's one big one they're connected but it's two doors, whatever, anyway six, I found stuff from high school and college and all that and in it was one seriously seriously depressing poem that I don't remember writing at all, and it like threw me off. Cause I was so excited to find all this stuff, especially the stuff I forgot about and then I pull this out and it was like, dude, WTF?

Here.

Read.

And then forget it cause it's highly depressing and like I said I totally forgot about writing it, no idea when I did, but it's in my hand-writing so I guess it was me.


When you smile at me my heart skips a beat.

When you talk to me it starts to pound.

When you're close to me I can hear it in my head.

When you kiss me it leaps into my throat.

When you told me you loved me my knees buckled.

When you're not around I drag my feet.

When we bicker and fight I cannot breathe.

When you told me you're leaving I ended my life.

When you came back for me I was already gone.

When you cried for me I couldn't hear it.

When you threw things for me I couldn't see it.

When you ended your life I saw you again briefly, but just for a second before they took you away.

Why oh why do you do this to me?


and there's that. like i said highly depressing and morbid and just blah.

so forget about it.

cause i'm still reeling and just weirded out that i don't even remember writing it. or who i was writing about. which is weird. cause i'm a writer and it's semi-memorable i would say.

or maybe because it's highly depressing i blocked it out, whatever moving on!


I finally watched the elimination rounds on the Voice and if you don't want to be spoiled - though it was from Tuesday - then don't read.

Stoked that Jordis got saved, though was shocked when she was initially not picked as they said she topped the rock charts and was the first artist to do so on The Voice.

Seriously just excited, and kind of shocked by a lot of the choices, but stoked as they were all my favorites and the ones I downloaded off itunes.

Alright, songs of the day:

"It's My Party" Lesley Gore

i just love her voice, it's so unique. and that's the only way i can describe it.

and its sequel

"Judy's Turn To Cry" Lesley Gore

and you took him back? after that? really?

While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

Another day, another marathon of Swamp People.

Plus some HeeHaw.

But that's what happens when you don't visit the farmhouse for two months, your father has shows lined up for you to watch.

And then hits his head and winds up in the emergency room.

Quote of the night:
Mom: "Guess where I am?"
Me: "Where?"
Mom: "The hospital."
Me: "Seriously? I leave for five minutes..."

He needed stitches and apparently the doc started stitching him before the numbing took effect. I asked if he socked him in the face. After all the crap this past year with the white walls and sterylized equipment I would have been tempted to.

But he's always been a great doc to me so...

He's probably used to the after hours calls from us by now. As a kid I went over there multiple nights to get my arm put back into socket. Apparently that happened a lot, it got pulled out or something. Then he taught my brother how to do it. Sounds painful, must have blocked it out. I'm not good with that stuff, makes me cringe.

Anyway, aside from watching Liz kick some major gator butt, I took my car for an oil change at my favorite mechanic's aka the boyfriend's house. He's handy like that. It was highly entertaining.

Mom has invited him for Easter. We'll see if he is brave enough to face the crazy. Church, dinner then a massive egg hunt. I told him there would probably be a lot of card playing after, as has become tradition at family gatherings. Or maybe we'll switch it up for some Apples to Apples but that's highly doubtful.

Will have to teach him how to play, as seems to be the tradition when siblings bring in significant others. It's like a rite of passage or something.

Moving on.

What kind of hats do they wear at the North Pole?

Ice caps.

Or that's what my popsicle stick says.

Popsicle sticks, I hate popsicles sticks.

SuperHumann used to use them in high school when no one would raise their hand. They'd be numbered so whoever got pulled had to answer.

Though I remember it backfired one time during government class. She also used them to assign partners, this time she partnered me with my boyfried of the time. The look on her face was priceless. So we were loud and obnoxious and lived it up. She was not amused.

Pretty sure that came around the same class as:
SH: "What's unique about the word equal."
no one answers...raise hand
Me: "It has a q in it?"
red marker flies passed my head.

We had a lot of fun in that class. Speaking of, Jessica and I used to drive around York when dropping Smo off for PT and we came across Iowa Avenue with lots of hills and a sign that says "Dip". We told SuperHumann about the "dip"s and she replied,
"Well, there's two of them in the car."

Ouch.

So tonight when I drove passed the Iowa Avenue roadsign I had to laugh.

The joys of small town Nebraska and class with SuperHumann.

Alright, I'm out for the night. Class tomorrow means I should get some sleep, that way I can actually understand all the numbers and data entries they'll be explaining tomorrow.

"Whiskey Lullaby" Brad Paisley

well that was depressing.

"She Said Yes" Chad Brock

the boyfriend and i had a debate about the lyrics on this one. he says it "he said why" while i say "he said wow" cause it makes more sense and rhymes better.

thoughts?

She's been living in her white bread world...

The library may be a dangerzone at the moment, but at least we're still us.

I enjoy us.

We're quite humorous.

Especially when we jump in on the big money lottery together.

And we're too nice to pull a cut-throat Jersey construction worker move...or at least I think we are.

Administration actually has their own pool going too, which makes me laugh that there's two of us.

Public service is gonna dominate.

Just saying.

Even if by chance we did win - you know that 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.... chance - I'd probably still stick around.

Library has become my life.

Not sure what else I would do.

Before I was lazy. Not like super lazy, but I would have been content to do nothing, lay around watch TV and all that.

Now on my day off I go crazy. Force myself to take a nap or something. I know, my life is so rough whatever.

I got the weekend off for the first time this month so I headed out to the farmhouse. Granted I have class on Sunday so it's not completely stress-free.

Speaking of, should probably have finished my homework tonight but got caught up in Swamp People.

Yes, that Swamp People.

Dad keeps calling and leaving me messages about Swamp People and all these episodes he's taping.

So, when I get the chance for a weekend off and decide to come home for the first time in months I'm bombarded with the awesomeness that is cajun accents and humor.

I enjoy that now Liz has her own boat and a female partner, that's fantastic. They make me laugh. She's my favorite, loved her with Troy. "Choot 'em, Lizbet!"

Mom bought me a shirt with her on it.

And got Dad one with Willy on it.

Cause apparently that's his favorite.

Which makes me laugh.

If you've seen the show you'll know what I'm talking about.

Though he is good with a treble hook.

Pics of the day:


we have little magnets that label the sections of the nonfiction. this one's a little questionable. actually led to a humorous debate this morning. i said it's a verb but not a noun. one of the awesome aides argued that it could be different groups of fish so that would make them fishes. hmm.
it's always amusing when you get a bunch of english majors together and debate about something completely pointless in the AM.
the plural of deer is deer.
the plural of moose is moose.
the plural of goose is geese.
the plural of mouse is mice.
the plural of fish is....
love it.


that is one bigass bag of popcorn. compare it to the size of the chair or the fridge in the background. sometimes there are random snacks in the staffroom. i'm guessing this one made an appearance because of the destruction area that we call the second floor. and sections of the first.

this whole painting thing plus the shift is crazy and never ending. but at least we get to work on our limbo skills whilest maneuvering crime scene tape.


and the dish ran away with the spoon....or the cat ran away with the string...same thing.


Song of the day:

"Uptown Girl" Billy Joel

gonna say, the dancing right away at 2:35 kinda freaked me out, though i did immensely enjoy the leg kicks at 2:45

or you could go with this version:


I'm all for Billy Joel. We remixed We Didn't Start the Fire to match up with our Camp J highlights.

though the original version is much better. will have to find it and upload it.

"I added some garlic for pizazz!"

Okay, have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up to someone pounding on your door, look at the clock and freak out, check your phone and see missed calls, and think oh crap I'm late for work and Superwoman sent the landlord to make sure I'm not dead?

Anyone?

Anyone?

I think I watch too many crime shows.

Fortunately, when I frantically ran to the door to assure the landlord that I'm not dead I opened the door and found my mother and Oldest Sister who had come to measure my curtains.

Then realized I didn't set an alarm cause I didn't have to go in until 4.

So I'm allowed to sleep until 12:30!! No judgments!! I was up until 4:30 the night before!!

Anyway, people are starting to think I'm dead on here as well. I'm not dead, but Sketch was here so here are some highlights from that past three? four? days:

-Ralph Nader is coming to Nebraska on Monday. I find this highly amusing, but not for political reasons. Basically in high school we took a government course and it was an election year. While everyone was making George Bush campaign posters and slogans we chose Ralph Nader and would shout "Go Green Party!" up and down the halls.

We were nerds.

Not much has changed.

But no I won't be going and shouting that up and down the halls there. I'm working cause I work and then I work some more. And some more.

-Fairly Legal Season One on DVD. I'm intrigued. It's not what I'm used to actually. She was a lawyer at her father's firm then he died and she rethought her life and became a mediator instead. Good cast of characters (including cousin Bobby from Sweet Home Alabama but I still see him as Preston from Can't Hardly Wait "Prestooooon! Yeah I like that guy!") that are semi-3 dimensional so it could turn out okay. I'll give it a 7/10 on the Scale of Awesome for now.

-Sketch coming means rest and relaxation. We're semi-lame. or I am at least. So we watch lots of movies and jam out and all that. Though it probably wasn't the best timing as I had to work all week. Totally forgot to give her the copies of the new Sketch and Edit's and if I post them on here first she will kill me.

-TAB kids fix all. I was freaked out about stuff all day, then we had our repurposing project where we took withdrawn books and turn them into crafts and I was completely relaxed. We talked about many things. One of the crafts was to make an apple out of a book like cut the edges so when you stood it up it would be an 3D apple. So I said we could make some other fruit and turn it into a hat like the Chiquita Banana Lady. And we don't joked about the Chiquita Banana Lady, she means serious business.

So then we said we should put together a vegetable one, but it would smell. I said I'd throw in some "garlic for pizazz!" to add some flair. Maybe scare some creepers off.

-When Oldest Sister is determined to take you dress shopping she will take you dress shopping. No excuses allowed. I got more than one. She did some victory dancing and cheering. Said she'd text mom.

Speaking of, dresses weren't the only thing I got tonight. Opened my mail and got a Choot 'em Lizbet!! Swamp People shirt from Mom I'm stoked!! I'd wear it tomorrow but I can't, wearing my District 12 shirt instead Hunger Games!!

-Going to Hunger Games tomorrow night. Hopefully it won't be totally packed, though I might be disappointed if it isn't. I hope it does well. And I really hope it doesn't suck.

Remember how we're nerds?

Yeah, we're all totally stoked.

-Finished my Booklist and got it published, check this: If You Like the Hunger Games

-Apparently, the requirements for becoming a Tennessee Titans Cheerleader are you must be over 18 and a high school graduate, dance experience is recommended, must be available during all games and my personal favorite you must be available to travel to Florida for annual swimsuit calendar shoot in May, June or July 2012. I love reference.

-They've started the shift at work. Basically they shelved the oversize books from the regular ones because they wouldn't fit on the shelf, so now they're changing the shelves and integrating them in with the regular size books. Which is fantastic because we don't have to lead people to two different places.

and that's that. completely random i'm aware. there are more but at the moment i'm totally blanking.

tune in tomorrow for some hunger games thoughts.

And no one's getting fat except mama cass.

Which is more pathetic? 1. Realizing that you've already seen all the episodes of Swamp People that Dad has DVR'd throughout the week or 2. Watching them again anyway when he's not even around to make you watch them?
It's fantastic.

So, I had this hat. It was awesome. Titans hat - dark blue with titans in light blue and the red logo around it. Simple and comfortable and awesome and I wore it almost everyday for years before it mysteriously disappeared - conspiracy theory says mom was tired of it and hid it, i'm still convinvced it's somewhere in the house - but it was my hat. I loved it. My brother gave it to me for Christmas the same year he gave me my long sleeved Yankees shirt - which he said brought him physical pain, he's not a fan - and I seriously did wear it almost every day. Anyway, so I've been trying to not replace the hat but find one like it for years, doesn't necessarily have to be a Titans one but it has to be similar and I've had all kinds of hats. They're all great in some way, but they're not the same. The irony is, that without even trying I found one just like it. Same style and fit - yes I'm a nerd. And yeah, it was a fluke. I bought the shirt/hat combo for the shirt, put on the hat and went whooooaaa.... Yes, I'm a nerd. It's even dark blue, huzzah! This time it's a baseball one but I like it, and I'm diggin' it, and I'm gonna wear it. And this time Mom can't hide it when she gets sick of it, yay!

Okay, so I totally need a lowjack on all my stuff. I lose everything - no I didn't lose the hat - It drives me nuts. This weekend it was my license, my debit card and my ring - all were found, but in the meantime I was going bananas. Someone needs to invent like a lowjack for all things valuable that when you press a button the object will either show itself or if it's somewhere else it will be transported through space to where you are. That would be awesome.

Today was great, got to sleep in then met up and finished our post-camp stuff. I'm done for 6 months! Totally stoked! Now I can get back to the whole work and school all the time thing. Huzzah! But got to see the gang again - well most of them - and this time school was in session so we saw them out at recess. They were playing capture the flag and one of my favorites comes up and says "every time I tag one of the little ones they act like I killed them" cause he's an 8th grader and they're not. You know, small children and all that. It was amusing. Even more amusing was G-Wigger's team's come from behind victory all because of a well-timed bathroom break.

"Creeque Alley"

another song played often at camp

There are rare moments when my father - the music genius for anything from the 1940's to the early 80's - talks to me about music and I actually remember something about it the next day - this one is one of them. (Not that it's not interesting, it just happens that often and they all kind of look alike). This group has totally intrigued me with the drama and the sound and the story - if you get a chance you should look up some of their history, it's a great story. This kind of tells the basics, if you know enough of the references to be able to interpret it.


Tomorrow's split shift, think I'm gonna turn on Warehouse and crash.

"She goes for the money, boo-goosh! Sues him for it!"
"What kind of women do you date?"

good times never seemed so good

The time has come. Swamp People is officially over for the season. Sad day. But they tagged out so it's okay.
I love Troy and Elizabeth. Plus Jacob. They're my favorite team. Troy's the comic relief while Liz and Jacob are more sane.

"Lochness must have had a twin brother. Cause we just caught him." Good god, their boat is gonna sink. Tons of pounds of gator filling a boat in a storm. There's like 4 inches of boat over the water. Stupid.

"It's the only bad habit I got and I'm going with it." Junior's wife about smoking. Someone on the boat is always smoking. Doesn't matter which boat.

Today was a full day and actually pretty busy. Plus media central now that Amy Winehouse died. Total sad day that she joins the Forever 27 Club. True thing too. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, all died at 27. So apparently there's some sort of club. I don't know. Google it. Sounds like a curse to me.

Also, Lady Gaga shot a music video in a bean field here in the awesomeness that is Nebraska. We're assuming it's for her new song written about her Nebraska-born boyfriend.

So I was all excited because I get tomorrow off and I could do camp stuff. But my partner in crime is gone, and Nic is gone so it's just gonna be me. And I was like yay! I get to sleep in! I can stay around the house and work at my own pace, I'll get stuff done...but I walk in the door and Mom's like "we're doing corn tomorrow."
Crap.
The phrase "doing corn" means picking 80 million ears of corn, shucking them all, cleaning them all, then cutting them up and putting the pieces of corn in ziplock bags that are measured out. The process sucks. And it's disgusting cause you get all wet and sticky.
Man.
They better let me sleep in. I moved out for a reason.
Should'a stayed at my apartment.
Man.


Okay, why would someone who was put in a hospital because of a snakebite, be out during a full moon voluntarily catching snakes with his barehands for extra cash? Seriously?
With a long sleeve shirt and some gloves. Crazy.
But I like Willie. He's the one with one of his front teeth missing. Not the most school-smart hunter, but he's got some strength and swamp-smarts. yeah, swamp-smarts. I'm going with it. He usually hunts gators with his Dad.


Songs for tonight = Puck's greatest hits

Fat-Bottomed Girls - Glee version

love it.

Sweet Caroline - Glee version



Alright, out for the night. Have a good one.

Choot 'em LizBet!

Wow. A day off. So this is what that feels like.
It was an awesome one, hung around the apartment, ate breakfast for lunch/dinner, watched a Harry Potter marathon. Carter and I jammed out and napped on the couch. Plus I did some writing. I've started on a new story and am thinking about linking it to one of my old ones that I'm stuck on.

Basically, the idea is to write a group of short stories or one long story about an apartment building. Not like the physical building but the people who live in it. Like one story will be about one apartment and the next will be about their neighbors and just move on and then somehow bring them together in the end. Maybe it'll be crap but it's just an idea. And I'm blaming it on Superwoman since the idea originated from all the "Exotic Dancers next door" jokes from when we went to see our friend's band play at a bar.
Go here for my favorite of their songs: My Life in Closed Captions: Can I Keep You - Some Assembly Required plus a list of a bunch of library goddess quotes. Ha!

Anyway, there were exotic dancers in the bar next door so we made jokes and it just makes me wonder about my neighbors. Maybe I do have exotic dancers next door. Cause really, what do you really know about your neighbors? I've talked to maybe one of them. And I've been here over a year.

I'm still debating if I want to link it to my old story. I mean, I could, cause they live in an apartment and it's a story all about them. So I could start on one about their neighbors. Maybe. I don't know. But it's kind of cool mapping out an apartment and deciding who lives in the building and what might be going on in their lives. Or maybe it'll be dumb. I'll keep you posted. I still have no idea how I'll bring them all together in the end. Maybe I'll burn the place down. No, that'd just be mean.



I'm watching Swamp People with Dad. It's sad, I'm hooked. What's more sad?...I've seen all the episodes on the DVR. Now I'm re-watching them. It's just so like just whoa. You know? Like, I could never do that. Ever. And I know that the show is ridiculous, but I still can't help but stare.


Music of the day:

when all else fails do the time warp again.

Glee does the Time Warp from Rocky Horror



and Damnit Janet

quits halfway thru but is still hysterical.
love the three in the background, almost as good as the original. janet....janet....janet....awesome.


Alright, gonna hit the sack soon since tomorrow's gonna be camp central. Forms, assignments, t-shirts and possibly cleaning out the trailer.

well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease as i listen through the cemetary trees...

OMG patrons. This weekend was just weird. Which strangely is actually becoming quite normal.

One of the regulars went off on me about stuff and because I love my job, I just sat there and took it. I had to walk it off later but I sat there and didn't say anything. I actually had a whole reply in my head about libraries being there for people to better themselves. We're here for entertainment, we're here for research and we're also here for when you can't afford anything else. Which is true for a lot of people in that neighborhood. But, since I love my job, I smiled and walked it off.
Whatever, day's done. I'm passed it.

Now I'm watching Swamp People with Dad. Think I'm hooked. "Shoot him Lizbett!" Maybe I'll get Dad a Swamp People shirt for his birthday. I'm sure Mom would love that. Or maybe a coffee mug. He'd use that. Before this was Ice Road Truckers. Or IRT. Does it seriously need an acronym? Really? The chick trucker was pretty cool. But I still can't even think about the show without hearing Victoria's voice in my head.
go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-mYkJIcn8c

Me: "Who has that many spice bottles?"
Dad: "Mom."
Swivel Store Organizer is only 19.99. Huzzah!

Alright, commercial break is over. Joe's mad cause his stepson Tommy slept in yesterday and they're playing catchup. Troy is letting Liz (he calls her Lizbett when he's yelling at her to shoot a gator) call the shots on where they go this time. Junior and Willy are stuck in a bunch of weeds since the water level went way down. That's basically the highlights so far. and OMG! Swamp People has a blog. gotta post it. That's fantastic. http://swamp-people.blogspot.com/


"He Wasn't There" Lily Allen

one of my favorite singers and I like the album version of this song but I love this live one! fantastic. seriously. the guitar and piano are awesome.
"and everyone said you have to give him some time...and i'm glad that i gave it to him cause now everything's fine..."

"One Headlight" The Wallflowers

wrote a story based on this song but never finished. maybe i'll post that later as well. actually i think i've already posted a portion of it earlier. maybe during favorites week. i'll find it. My Life in Closed Captions: This is a week of my favorite things Day Five: Hob... there.


tomorrow is all camp all the time. so much for a day off. i'll keep you posted.

ps- yes i know i was supposed to finish the rest of the reviews on those books 9-12tonight but i dont have them with me here. will do it tomorrow night.

On this lovely bella notte....

I couldn't post last night since our internet was done but I'll try not to ramble on too long tonight.

Anybody do anything special for Memorial Day? I remember, a few years ago, we went to a cemetary with one of my uncles and he was telling this story - apparently, one of our relatives was quite the drinker and the doctor told him it was unhealthy so he should stop. The dude looks at the doctor and says, "I know a lot more old drunks than old doctors." Awesome.

I was actually pretty productive this weekend. I cleaned out a section of my closet, had a camp meeting - led the thing even though i'm the youngest - sent out a bunch of application letters - after stuffing envelopes and writing addresses for a couple hours. Feels good. But the letters are out so I should get more forms this week. Then it'll just be camp central.

I also am on disc #3 out of 14 for Book #7. We have to listen to the audio version and I'll listen to more of that tomorrow between shifts while I clean my apartment....I say in a semi-dream state, it's highly probably that I'll nap instead.

Tonight I went over to oldest sister's house to have dinner and watched I Am Number Four - which I talked about on here earlier. It was the one we went to and didn't know anything about it so we said if it sucked we'd just make commentary. It was surpringly entertaining. Just like Swamp People. "Shoot it Jacob!"

"Work Hard, Play Harder" Gretchen Wilson

love it, and the videos cool with the images projected on the barn.

"Bella Notte" Glee version

been in my head all weekend. love the 1:18 switchover to acapella. although it's not much of a beautiful night tonight. storm central!


alright, i'm out. work tomorrow.

Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.

Gotta love Dad's TV. It's huge. But it's also filled with the most random DVR'd stuff ever. Ranges from "Body of Proof" - mom's choice since she's already taping 2 things in her room at that time - to "Hee Haw". And oh my god, don't get him started on Hee Haw. Seriously.

But I'm in here tonight since Aunt and Uncle are staying over in my room. Not a problem, I like this couch and this TV is seriously nice.

Let me scroll through my DVR options here, I already caught up on my "Body of Proof", next up:

American Pickers. Hilarious. Now if only they could come to the farm and look in Dad's old buildings. It's a good show, every once in a while I watch it. I can do without his endless metaphors though.

Then Swamp People. Oh my god. I'm still laughing.
Aunt D: "What do you think of him?"
Me: "I think he looks like my ex boyfriend."
But mine had better teeth. Same sense of humor. Can you believe people do that for a living? This episode is the "Gator Gauntlet" and there's some dude catching them alive with his bare hands.

Gonna skip past "O'Reilly Factor" ...think I'd rather watch "Swamp People". Then there's "American Restoration" "Pawn Stars" "Market to Market" ...was that "Fringe"?!?! It is! Must be one of Mom's. What's "Imus in the Morning" ? Says business/financial...SKIP! Hmmm... "Classic Tractor Fever".... hmmm... interesting title, but no. GLEE! Yay for another one of Mom's. New York episode sounds good. I'll probably konk out about halfway through anyway.

Just one tonight:

"500 Miles" The Proclaimers

aww, yay for young johnny! love 1:38. fantastic.


Alright, out for the night.