Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start.

"There you are."
"Just where you left me since I couldn't join in any reindeer games."

I'd let Tara Cole join in my reindeer games, she's a badass.



Yes, Leverage.

Season two.

If you still haven't checked it out DO IT!

You're missing out on life.


Yes, I skipped yesterday.

Don't worry, I'll still make my 300 posts by the end of the year.

I think.

Yeah, I'll make it.

Maybe even hit 1000 total.

Madness.

But I guess it has been 3 years.


So, weekend.

Yesterday:

"Your bun is hanging out."

I'll take "Phrases that are only appropriate in a sandwich shop" for 100, Alex.

I was lazy food-wise, went out for lunch and then ordered pizza and breadsticks for supper.

Spinach and feta cheese breadsticks to be exact.

That's right. Be jealous.

Don't really remember much else. I worked. I came home. Was exhausted. Ordered pizza. Oh, I watched some of the new Whose Line is it Anyway on the CW.

Not bad.

Not as good as the Drew Carey version, but not bad.

I really like the addition of a new sketch called Sideways Scene, it's fantastic. Let me see if I can find a clip.

Or, a group of clips, that works too.



I love the Twilight reaction from the crowd and his martial arts jump movie over Wayne. Awesome.

So that was Saturday.


Today:

It snowed. All day.

But it was lazy snow, like super slow falling in big huge chunks.

Which somehow looked lazy so I'm calling it lazy.

Thankfully it was not the packy kind of snow so I was able to unbury my car by myself.

I'm sure my brother-in-law cheered when he didn't get my panic call asking him to come over and help me out of the parking lot.

Every time it snows Superwoman gives me crap cause they don't really plow my lot, they just push it up against the back of our cars so I get stuck and then I'm late so I call my brother-in-law to help me out.

This morning I was early.

Though it didn't really matter, we were the only ones in the building for the majority of the day, aside from the people on the computer.

A coworker and I made predictions for stats. I said I'd probably have 12, but I think I finished in the high twenties so it wasn't too bad.

And I made more progress on my booklist, which is good cause it's due in February.

Then came home, played some video games and watched some more Leverage.

And when I say video games I mean a classic.

Contra.



Dominated.

With the 30 lives cheat code that is. I used to be much better, gonna have to practice so I can get back to the not cheating version.

Tomorrow I'm off - huzzah - no big plans, but I should probably do some Christmas shopping at some point.

Maybe hang up my stocking and some Christmas lights.

I love Christmas lights, but there are some people that take it to the extreme.

And by extreme I mean inflatable stuff and lights galore.

I'm more of a simple girl, decoration-wise.

But I do have lights and places to hang them so that will be my task tomorrow.

Plus play more Contra.

Sounds like a plan.

See, this is what happens when I'm done with homework forever.

I find new distractions.

Alright, Carter and I are out. Gonna watch some more Leverage and konk out.

Music:

Tall Tall Trees - Alan Jackson


another song you know but forgot you knew it.

i should work on my 12 days of xmas music tomorrow too.

hmmm...

I love you, always forever, near or far, closer together.

Is anyone else watching David Blaine?

This is crazy.

And disgusting.


Alright, have you guys read about this already?

'Fifty Shades of Grey' book found to contain traces of herpes, cocaine

As librarians we deal with a lot of gross stuff.

People come in on their sick days to stock up on stuff to watch and read.

There's jam-handed kids running all around, smearing their germy germs all over the place.

We even have an oven bought specifically to kill creepy crawly critters.

All of these things make me use hand sanitizer every other customer, but THIS makes me want to wear gloves.

Basically this professor in Belgium tested 10 books and found bacteria on copies of 50 Shades of Grey and also another novel called Tango by Pieter Aspe.

First question? Why?

Second question? What the hell is Tango about?

My favorite part "and not by reading."

Gross.


Today was good. Another half and half day. 4 hours of work, and then 3 hours of practicum. Practicum Count-Up 83:30/90 - only 2 more days left, can't believe it's almost over. It'll be weird going back to 9-6 every day. Gonna have to go back and visit sometime.

After that was dinner with the Cool Aunt and the Library Goddess. Jalapeno margaritas and leftovers galore! Huzzah!

Was good to catch up. But they were giving me crap cause apparently my graduation party is imaginary until actual invitations are sent out.

Thursday.

They'll be sent out Thursday.

They also told me I'm too young to get married. At 25. Even though the Cool Aunt got married at 24.

Different times apparently.

It's okay, with inflation I've still got 'til 30 before I need to worry. Long story. Go here.

Alright, should probably crash. Back to work tomorrow then date night with the boyfriend.


Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis


yay 90's pop.

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

Maybe if I act like that, flippin' my blonde hair back...

Ah the weekend. It flew by too quickly as usual. But at least it was a good one.

Saturday was zen-fest. Slept in, did a bit of homework before heading out to the farmhouse to watch the Husker game.

Holy crap man.

If you don't know what happened you should watch this highlight reel. It pretty much sums it up.



Madness, the zen stopped there.

Which was good cause then it was off to my cousin's wedding reception. Total rustic approach it was awesome. I jammed out with Homey-G-Wigger and Obi-Wan plus the Mentor came and joined our table and then my brother, his wife and family made an appearance. We hid out in the corner and talked for a while. Didn't really dance but did take quite a few pictures to send to my chair-ridden mother.

It was fun. I liked the whole laid back approach when we get married - if he ever proposes - that's what I want. No pressure and open bar. We got drink tickets. Obi-Wan actually went and stole us extra ones when we ran out.

Don't worry I was driving so I only had 2.

Amaretto sours, they're good stuff.

After the reception I headed to the farmhouse where Mom and I watched SNL.

Well, I watched SNL, she bailed on me for sleep.

SNL was actually funny this weekend. Eminem - who I love - performed and then of course Kerry Washington - who I also love - hosted.

These were my favorites.

What Does My Girl Say - Ylvis parody


better than the original. mostly cause i hate the original but i would buy this on iTunes.


Ain't no lady baby.


Respect my ability to assess a bucket.

I want a sound machine to follow me around.


How's He Doing?


He does not.

I love Keenan trying to keep a straight face. I would have died.

My new tradition whilst at the farm is to fall asleep watching episodes of MXC on Hulu. Did you know they have all the episodes available? It's love it.

Please tell me you know what MXC is. If you don't you are severely culture deprived and should now go and watch it on Hulu.com

It's basically the original Wipeout. Americans took the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle and dubbed it in English. It's clearly not what they're actually saying which makes it even funnier.

Would have been nice to get that extra hour of sleep but instead I woke up to Mom yelling that I needed to ride with my brother in the semi to get the pickup and bring it home.

Hopped in the semi, drank my coffee and ate my cereal. Huzzah.

Then it was church, stopped by the VFW and got meals to go for lunch, I finished my paper, submitted it and then stopped by to see the boyfriend now that he's back from yet another motorcar adventure. 

Now I'm back and Carter and I are wiped. Gonna crash. 

Song of the Day: Driving my mom's car this week while my headlight gets fixed so it's back to XM radio and Songs You Know But Forgot You Knew Them

Stupid Girls - Pink


totally forgot about this one, back in the good ole days. jammed out to this one on the way back.

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

where oh where have the smart people gone?

"It was like chloroform but she did it wrong."

On the 11th my dad turned 70 so today myself and all my siblings went out to the cabin to help him celebrate.

Many pictures were taken.

Most against our will.

I'm sure it will be all over Facebook eventually. Mom races everyone to put her pictures up first.

It was a lot of fun. I worked all day - started off at the home branch with Joe Studley then got off early so I could go to the farm. Picked up the boyfriend on the way. We had steak and hamburgers, corn, potatoes, smores, cake and all that. It was awesome.

And since it was my particularly snarky and sarcastic family many memories were made.

I don't know why but every time Bubby and I are at the cabin we have a tendency to quote Finding Nemo.

Not the whole movie, just two lines. "You touched the butt." and "You guys made me ink."

Pretty sure I covered that here: I Speak Whale

So that was constant.

And then of course, the boyfriend likes to tease me.

And there's this freaking electronic horse that Dad has at the cabin that moves and like looks at you and stuff.

Here.



Anyway, I'm convinced that it's eyes just follow me around. Like literally, I'll walk in front of it and its head will follow me.

So I shared my creeped-out-ness with the boyfriend and then when I'm not looking he picks up the freakin' horse from hell, stands behind me and waits for me to turn around. I, not realizing this, turn around and come face to face with it and scream bloody murder.

It was not very ladylike.

But it was censored.

Which is rare in terms of my screaming.

So there was that.

Also, the boyfriend has decided that since I make more money than he does that he's going to quit his job and become a stay-at-home dad.

I'm fine with that. He can stay home and clean the house and change all the diapers.

Though when he starts using the phrase, "hey kid, bring me another beer and i'll give you a candy bar" that may change.

Oldest Sister says there aren't enough candy bars in the world because he would also be eating them.

One day I'll come home and he'll have gained 100 pounds.

Maybe I should reconsider that offer.

Also, Mom has decided we need to take new family pictures cause the last ones we had professionally done were when Bubby was 2.

He is now 13.

We are supposed to pick different colors for our sub families.

So like the boyfriend and I are supposed to wear a color and then Oldest Sister's family will wear a different color and then Second Sister's family will wear a different color, etc. etc.

So the debate is who gets what color.

The boyfriend wants pink.

Remember how much I hate pink?

And how he likes to tease me?

At least I hope he's teasing, otherwise I'd be worried.

Brother has black.

Mom has red.

Bubby says he wants his family to wear rainbow wigs.

I'm thinking blue.

Or green maybe.

I don't know, suggestions?

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Dad got some cool stuff. I gave him a Duck Dynasty book and some snacky food. He loves snacky foods.

And yesterday was Oldest Sister's birthday so I brought her present as well. Couple of books - "Why Mommy Drinks" is my favorite of the two cause it includes drink recipes along with parenting horror stories - and then Ripper Street on DVD.

Quotes of the Day:

Bubby: "It was like chloroform but she did it wrong."

Brother: "It's not made for this. Neither are my shoes."

Boyfriend: "Showing a lot of leg there."


and one overheard at work:

"See, doesn't that remind you of bondage?"

not even gonna try to explain that one.


Song of the Day: Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette


heard this one on the way back and jammed out.

and then one played at the cabin

Four Wheel Drive - CW McCall



don't hit that fella with the banjo.

Underwater Basket Weaving in Mesopotamia

So, Mr. Bossman Tom must be the cool kid on campus cause today not only did he have an entire tour of new employees come through, but also two of what seem like his "besties" stopped by after.

Checking out our piles heading to the other buildings.

I call them his "besties" because they seem to be the only people to keep reappearing throughout our process. They're cool guys, actually everyone there is really nice. I'm diggin' it.

We're still debating the best process of keeping stats over books we really have no control over. We expect them to disappear so we're not barcoding them, but we still need some way of keeping track of what gets checked out. One of his besties says one day we're only going to have one book left.

"Underwater Basket Weaving in Mesopotamia"

Cause who would want to steal that?

Although apparently people do weave baskets underwater.

There are pictures of it online so it must be true.

So says my brother-in-law, the King of Useless Knowledge.

Actually that's not the exact quote he uses, it's more like "I read it on the internet so it must be true."

Where was I? Oh right, practicum, yes more sorting and stamping. I don't know where these books keep coming from. I don't think he does either. But it was fun. And now the Practicum Count-Up is at 20/90. 

Yay!

But that was this afternoon.

The morning started with a staff meeting. Then it was off to the desk, some off desk time to work on TAB stuff - so not ready for our first meeting next week - and then upstairs to the lab to answer reference phone calls.

Reference Question of the Day: What is the average temperature of March in Dublin, Ireland. 

I actually found it online. Huzzah for Google!

After work was the practicum, after practicum the boyfriend came up and we went out to dinner.

Lazlo's for rainbow chicken, fries, apple sauce, and The Situation.

It's a fruity drink that tastes like orange juice. With a kick. Of, you know, liquor.

Half of the chicken and fries are in my fridge. Love leftovers from that place. They even gave me a special container to put my honey mustard sauce in so it wouldn't get all over everything.

After dinner we walked around the new arena.

Or as we call it "the spaceship".

Have you seen that thing?

We walked all the way around it, it's gigantor.

Though apparently from the inside it seems much smaller. And since it can't be bigger than the Quest Center it has exactly one seat less.

Congratulations Omaha.

You win.

Was nice to go out and do stuff. Dinner was good. Walk was fun.

Came back and did my homework while he went off to work.

But now it's done so after this post I can go directly to bed.

Much more relaxing than going "directly to jail."

That was a Monopoly reference for those of you culturally challenged.

On to the music:

Song You Knew But Forgot You Knew It

All Around the World - ATC


Remember this one? I think I was in grade school at this point but I still remember jamming out to it at the time.

Check out that choreography, or more specifically the dance sequence starting at 1:45.

I really like it when the guys sing but all you can hear is her voice.


Alright, off to bed.

Or to watch some Elementary.

Whichever happens first.

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

Good morning, Team Awesome! So good he had to catch it twice.

Ah, church league softball.

Today was the 2nd Annual WELS Area Softball Tournament, and we dominated.

Last year's was a lot of fun - Unhook the Plow - but this year was extra special because we beat the team that beat us twice a month ago.

Sort of.

I mean, we did beat them.

In the morning.

However, we tied them in the afternoon.

But that's more of a longer story. I'll get there.

So, morning game against Plymouth - a developing rivalry - as mentioned, they beat us twice last month but this was our turf, our field, our team, our... whatever, you get the point. So it was on. And you knew it was on when Pastor showed up and greeted us with, "Good morning, Team Awesome!"

Homey G and I had planned to go early to warm up so I was there half an hour early followed closely by Megz and Tyler.

We threw the ball around for a while until the rest of the team joined us then headed in for the big game. A few changes to the lineup, this time Scuba Steve-O was working so he couldn't make it but we were joined by Tash - one of my old play kids - and Jordan who's Pastor's brother-in-law.

Both were welcomed and both showed some serious skills throughout the day so we're keeping them.

Our first challenge of the day?

The lineup.

We didn't have paper, so what do I flail to when I don't have paper?

That's right, my phone.

Make fun all your want, real life big brother, it was the ONLY PAPER WE HAD!

Until Tyler went to his car, got an old bill and we wrote on the back of that.

We switched it up a bit. I realized that we were putting most of our power hitters in a row so we spaced them out and it turned out really well. We won the first game like 9-5 or something like that. I should have written it down on my electronic paper, sorry.

All I cared about was that we won, which sounds horrible, but when you're playing your rivals that's all you would care about too.

After that victory they played Kearney/Grand Island. Two churches who had formed into one team, cause they didn't have enough people interested. Plymouth won like 19-10 and then we took a lunch break.

Jim O makes a mean burger, especially when you top it with sauteed onions and surround it with chips, watermelon, potato salad and deviled eggs.

I ate far too much which I didn't realize until we were out on the field again.

We were worried because the K/GI team had 7 guys and only 4 girls, but it actually worked out okay cause we won our afternoon game against them as well. We're nice and didn't make them take an out every time two men batted in a row.

That's the rule for our slow pitch league, you have to alternate boy/girl when you bat, along with each man can only hit one home run per game, however a woman can hit as many as she wants.

This game had a bit of a bigger spread than the morning one. They were up 2-0 after their first bat but then we batted all the way around the order right after that. Becky being the first out then someone else being the second and then around to Becky again who claimed the third out.

We gave her crap about that for the rest of the day.

But it's okay cause she gave us crap right back.

After that it was Plymouth again for the re-match.

We were zonked from our previous game, but knew that this would be the game of the day so we put our game faces on.

We were ahead for most of the game but they made a comeback around the 5th inning. Then it was tied 9-9. Until around the 11th inning when it was tied 10-10, until around the 15th inning when we said, um, okay. Let's call it a draw.

We're only supposed to play 7 innings.

But we're competitive so we had to keep going until there was a winner.

However, 4:15 rolled around and Pastor had to leave at 4:30 and when the other team's pastor wouldn't agree to a footrace against our Pastor to determine the winner we decided to leave it as a tie.

Which means next year it's gonna be even more of a rivalry.

But I claimed us the champions since we had beat them that morning.

I had some good hits throughout the day. Getting on base more than getting out, which is always the goal. Actually, I think the entire day I only got out three times. Which is pretty good since we played three games and they had some wicked good fielders on each team.

But so did we. And I got to be in the outfield with Pastor, Tash and my brother. I switched off innings with Megz until I was sidelined for an injury, though I still batted.

An injury which I'm sure you all expected.

The obligatory "I slid and broke my leg open again" one.



Woops.

6 years and counting.

Or is it 7?

Same spot, same leg, 7 years and counting.

And usually the same base - stupid second.

The problem with this year's though was that when I broke it open it wasn't all that bad. Jim O cleaned it and I went back in the game.

But you know me, I slid again, breaking it back open and then it was just gross.

Instead of having him clean it again, cause it hurts, I went home to take a shower.

Which ended up hurting even worse.

But now it's clean and all wrapped up.

Though tomorrow I'll have to wake up early to re-do it I'm sure.

Ugh.

I know, I know, I bring it on myself. And I'll get yelled at tomorrow by not only Sketch - who I'm surprised hasn't "middle-named" me yet, but also Queen of the Known Universe and the Queen of Awesome.

Who's exact words when I told her I'd be playing softball this weekend were "try not to rip open you leg again."

Sorry.

My bad.

To be fair it is tradition.

You'd think I'd have enough scar tissue built up by now.

Anyway, it was a great day.

"Who's Steve" dominated. Go here for the team name explanation if you don't already know.

And we're having t-shirts made for our regular season which hopefully starts soon.



Quotes of the Day:

Pastor: "Good morning, Team Awesome!"

Me: "It's the only paper we had!"

Mike: "Anything that can move without feet freaks me out."

Pastor: "So good he caught it twice."

and then a completely unrelated one,

Me: "Your couch is unplugged?"

ask Mom about that one.


Song of the Day: Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette


heard this one on the way there this morning and have been singing it ever since.

classic Alanis.


Now I'm off to re-wrap my leg before crashing and hard. I'm exhausted. Half and half day tomorrow which means I'll be on my feet the whole afternoon. Gonna need all the sleep I can get.

Legitimate pre-midnight post. Holy crap tag in use.

he who jumps like three-legged cricket...will fall like cross-eyed water buffalo.

Ah, a day off.

And I have Friday off too so this is just weird.

But good weird.

Slept in - but only 'til like 9 so that doesn't really count - did some research on BISAC and then went out the library in Mayberry to interview their director because they use the BISAC method.

Because apparently I'm an adult and need to do adult things like interview important people.

And I thought it might help to talk to someone who's actually went through the transition process.

We're lucky though because there's nothing to transition because we're starting from scratch.

Anyway, the interview went well. Learned a lot about the process and examples of subject headings. After the interview she showed me around the building. They're doing a lot of construction and opening up the basement to the public so there were workmen everywhere.

After the interview came back and took a nap.

It was glorious.

Attempted to watch GI Joe #2 but chose instead to fall asleep around the halfway point.

I'll finish the rest later.

Then the boyfriend came over, we watched the rest of Mr. & Mrs. Smith before he headed back to go to work.

I hate that we work different shifts. And live an hour apart. Totally kills datenight having a deadline like that.

Classes start this week so after he left I posted to the discussion board. There are 23 of us but I was the first one to post. So that's a good sign for me, I think. Tomorrow is also my first day of practicum so I'll work in the morning and then head over there in the afternoon. A little nervous. But he's completely laid back so it's more about the environment than the boss.

After that is dinner with the Cool Aunt as we haven't done that in a while. Jalapeno margaritas - it's gonna be awesome.

Alright, all I got for today.

On to the music:

Karmin posted this to their Twitter.

Acapella - Karmin cover by Rachele Lynae & Heather Cole


This chick's voice is the epitome of country.

I don't know how I got here but it's wildly entertaining.

Christian Pickup Lines


"you put the cute in persecuted and i put the stud in bible study" "you've got me Philippian out"


Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

When I Think About Angels - Jamie O'Neal


remember jamming to this one in grade school.



I'm watching Wipeout, if you were wondering about the title. Henson has some good one-liners.

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


"when i think about angels i think about you."

I close my eyes and fly out of my mind, Into the fire

Felt like I was gonna pass out today at work.

I seriously thought it was appendicitis for a while cause I was burning up and every time I stood up I wanted to fall over.

Which killed the whole standing thing.

But of all the days to be in physical pain it happened to be the least busy of them all.

So that made it bearable I guess.

Think I had like 10 stats total, which is really bad since I was there all day.

Though technically the first hour I was guarding the music CD's - oh yeah, there's a guard desk now and it's only gonna get worse from there if the rumors are true - then I was at the front desk for a hour which is when I got all of my stats before leaving for lunch and then a meeting and then checking in 8 carts in the backroom in an hour leading into the final hour where we had like 10 people in the building total.

Ribfest, ugh.

I did get to see my adopted little sister though so the day wasn't a total waste.

And the meeting was good.

Our Youth Services crew is always amusing.

When talking about collection we told our commander in chief - aka Cabin Fever - to "buy the interesting ones and skip the boring stuff."

We're so specific.

And helpful like that.

But that's okay, she wouldn't be the commander in chief if she didn't know what she was doing.

So that was work.

After work I did some more laundry and attempted a Twin Peaks marathon.

I made it through one episode and went....that's messed up.

So no more of that.

Which is so WEIRD cause I'm usually all over those cult shows.

Cult show as in underrated, not as in, you know, like a show about cults.

Cause those are bad.

Cults, not shows about cults.

Though I'm guessing due to the subject matter those shows are also bad.

But possibly interesting.

If you followed that you're a genius.

I lost myself.

New topic.

Anyway, so to drown out all that weirdness I turned on some Wipeout - cause that doesn't have "weird" written all over it - and played some Lords of the Realm 2 - also doesn't scream "weird" even when played by a girl in 2013 sitting next to a cat shaved like a lion.

That's right, it's back!

Or it should be!

But I have a feeling if they tried to revamp it it'd turn out like the new You Don't Know Jack game.

Not as good as the original.

Yay 90's.

Don't like the new host.

Not the same.

Kills the whole game.

Anyway, I'm a nerd.

But you knew that, it's part of the reason you're here.

So nerdy in fact that the nights I don't spend with my boyfriend I spend with my cat playing video games, watching TV, editing or doing homework.

Cause other than that I really have no life.

Which is fine by me, actually I kind of prefer it that way.

Though this weekend has a lot going on. Golf tournament on Saturday followed by a softball tournament on Sunday.

That's right, 2G's at it again!! but this time we're on a new course. Hope their drink cart lady follows us around too.

Our drinking team has a golfing problem.

Cause we suck, but when there is liquor we don't notice we suck, we just get louder. And then everyone wants to join our team.

No, Pastor's pretty good, as is Homey G-Wigger now that she's got her Packer clubs.

But we really don't care about winning, our only goal is to beat Hillman and his team of ringers.

Although apparently Juwanna - aka the high school roommate - is playing this year so a new challenge.

It's on.

And that's all I got.

Must put laptop down so I can pack for massive weekend.

On to the music:

Throwback Thursday

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It 

Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin


yay 90's.

and I'm out.

You and me are through though, watch me hit it solo, I'mma do it acapella.

Ah the joys of a busy Saturday.

Actually the day flew by fairly quickly.

Had a super busy morning in the lab, lunch from Amigos, afternoon checking in in the backroom and even though our system was wonky I got through 6 carts and then headed back out to the desk.

After work was the real fun.

My original plans fell through for the night so that meant it was College World Series time!

Missed the opening game cause I had to work so I recorded it.

Mom has picked her team - Oregon State - who lost but they're still in it.

The Wordsmith has also picked his teams - he always goes with North Carolina so I didn't really have to ask, however with him he and I always pick backups.

Mine is Indiana, his is Louisville.

Meaning my backup just kicked his backup's ass.

2-0 final score.

Take that!

I figured, Big Ten, plus Omaha has officially adopted them - we always go for the underdog, Cal State, Stony Brook, etc. etc.

Tomorrow LSU plays - my main team - so we'll see how well they can dominate UCLA.

Who I also like but couldn't pick as my backup since they play each other in the first round.

Anyway, tonight was good.

Relaxing.

Love the College World Series.

And I did more work on camp stuff - so I don't feel guilty for taking a night off to watch baseball.

And my homework is done for the week.

Sent me a confirmation email in the middle of the night last night saying he got my paper.

Scared the crap out of me - you never want to get an email in the middle of the night from your instructor titled "Assignment #1" cause it makes you paranoid that something went wrong.

Apparently someone asked if he would send out confirmation emails so that explains it.

But I'm enjoying this weekend cause discussion boards don't resume until Monday and the next major assignment isn't due until the 24th.

Alright, I was supposed to be sleeping like 4 hours ago so I'm gonna crash and burn.

Here's some music for you.

My new favorite song.

Acapella - Karmin


All the harmony went fallin' out of key so now you gotta find another.

very cool lyric video...the real one comes out after the song is released - on the 25th! - so i'll post that one later.


and if you're not a fan of Karmin - though who isn't really, they're fantastic and from Nebraska so how can you beat that - go with this classic:


another Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers


that crowd has no enthusiasm whatsoever.

Library Golf, Popcorn Ceilings, Chuck, Churchill and Gin Blossoms...Fore!!

What's with popcorn ceilings?

Like, how did they originate?

Did someone one day decide that their plain flat ceiling was boring and then had a random hose full of popcorn lying around?

Wow, wouldn't this look great up there?

Yeah, let's spray it on the ceiling! My ceiling would look so much cooler if I covered it in tiny bumps...

And then it was all like keeping up with the Joneses.

Gotta have a bumpy ceiling cause smooth ones are out of style.

Or was it more like meant for eclectic people who couldn't tell the difference between the ceiling and the walls so they had to give them different textures just to clarify.

Sorry.

Insomniac question.

Library Golf went fantastic, in case you were wondering.

I know that's why you're all actually here, not to read my ceiling ramblings.



9 holes set up throughout the library.

Two up on fourth floors, ride the broken/get stuck inside elevator down to second floor for one in biographies, music, nonfiction, language and then it's down the back stairway to the bottom of the stairway and over to the adult nonfiction and ending in youth services.

Each of the TAB kids designing and leading their own holes.

Squirt's was Doctor Who themed.

Even made her boyfriend come in and golf, it was amusing.

Rock solid awesome man.

Except that multiple of my members had to leave early so we had some fun staff/volunteer coverage.

Anyway, pictures are being put up on the website, I may steal some of them tomorrow with permission from Info-man who took them. I was too busy running all over four floors to take really any of my own.

Plus he was officially assigned those hours to take pictures so he got plenty.

I know you're all jealous that you didn't get to host a library golf tournament.

For the whole like 20 people who took part.

Not that I was expecting more, with our location I was glad there were any.

Think if we do it again we're gonna open it up to all ages. The only teens that show up to stuff at my branch are the teens already in the advisory board.

But they made me proud today.

Showed up at one, finished their holes, helped out the kids that came through...

Then the new intern and I got to clean it all up.

I'm loving this new intern, today we talked Chuck.



"computer emergency..."

It's nice having someone there my age again.

We had fun, pushing around two flatbed trucks when our main elevator was busted.

The doors would get stuck and all that so instead of us riding in it with our flatbeds we stuck everything in it, sent it downstairs and then ran to meet it.

Highly entertaining.

Just not for the dude who came to fix it.

We were zonked by the end of the takedown you could tell, we were basically just chucking these magazine holders into a pile.

Calling it Queen of the Known Universe's land.

Filled with tiny little magazine people that worship her.

With their own newspaper.

The headlines include:

"Today on her break she read a book!"

Shocking.

Not really.

Those are our zonked out conversations.

So yes, I don't care that only 20 people participated, I would have called 5 a victory.

And even without those 5 my teens would have had fun.

And they did, designing their own holes, I know they were proud of them.

Alright, so that was the highlight of my day - aside from picking the clubs up this morning and dropping them off again.

And now doing homework.

Which is really more of a lowlight, I'm exhausted.

Music and I'm out!

a new one:

Change - Churchill

love it.

and an old one, here's another Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It:

Found Out About You - Gin Blossoms

classic.

Back to Chuck.

I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor

I love weekends off.

I get to go to church and jam with the family.

Get things done in the apartment - laundry, dishes, homework, etc.

Yesterday was nice cause I got to sleep in and do all that fun family stuff, today was similar.

Went to late service church where I was surprised to run into my college roommate Myers (even though she's married now and has a different last name and i was in the wedding she'll always be Myers) who was there because our high school friend's baby was being baptized.

We also went to high school together before rooming together in college.

Many memories were made that year.

Moving her massive futon and then dropping it because of the shock from hearing Avril Lavigne singing in a different language was one of them.

No, we had a lot of fun. Watched a lot of Gilmore Girls. Ate a lot of chips and cheese.

We weren't so social with our hall neighbors.

Mostly because our hallmates were very like, preppy?

Yeah, preppy, let's go with that.

And we clearly are not the preppy type.

Anyway, was not expecting to see her this morning so that was exciting. So she sat by us and I got to hold her cute baby.

And of course Squirt is sitting right next to me and he was making faces at her, it was super cute.

It was kind of like a high school reunion there we had Myers, Beej, Bryan, JoJo, Amos, Michael, Kelly, Ben, I'm sure there were more but I'm blanking.

After church went over to Oldest Sister's for burgers.

Which Squirt grilled.

And Bubby made the mac-n-cheese.

So proud.

He also had to show off his Soda Stream machine.

Mmmm cream soda.

Tempted to buy one, cheaper and healthier...cause I drink a lot of pop.

We watched Red and jammed out 'til about 3:30.

After which I had to head home and start on some homework for this week.

Along with putting all those books on the new shelves.

Which, may not take as much time for an average person as it took me.

But I'm a shelver at heart, so if I get a fiction book with the last name starting with an A I have to shift them all over so that it's shelved correctly.

These new ones are nice because the shelves are taller and there are more of them - I actually still have space so now I have an excuse to buy more books - but I was also able to put out my writing binders.

I took a lot of writing classes in college, so there are quite a few of them.

This is the final arrangement.

For now.



With holes for the Harry Potter that Oldest Sister stole, Revolution that Smo stole, and David Sedaris that Second Sister stole.

So now I have four bookshelves, and it's amusing because just like the library there's like a whole James Patterson section. I have 20+ of his books, though since he writes like 5 a year that's not even half of the amount published.

I can see my floor again!

Though that whole open space by the balcony thing has failed because now instead of a foosball table there's a giant empty box.

Ugh.

Will take it out tomorrow.

I was excited to find those writing binders though cause I was flipping through them and ran into this life timeline activity.

Here was mine:

Birth
Baptism
Kindergarten
Grade School
Confirmed
High School
Driving
Graduate
College
Graduate
Get a Job
Get Married
Adopt a Kid
Retire
Suffer Endlessly - there was a big space after that one
Choke on a Jawbreaker

Can't remember if that was a Juwanna or KJ reference but I found it entertaining.

So far I'm good on the list, next up is that whole marriage thing.

Though that would involve him proposing.

Which I'm starting to think really isn't going to happen for a very long time.

Mostly because his sister is getting married so he gets to hear all the wedding talk nonstop and that has frightened him off.

But we shall see.

Watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives again.

Gotta clear it out of the DVR so it can add more.

Dang those marathons, you cause overcrowding!!

Anyway, it was a good day - jamming with Myers, eating with the family, finishing my bookshelves and watching some DDD.

Hoping tomorrow will be good.

Squirt is coming in to work on her library golf hole in the morning, which reminds me that I need to email Superwoman.

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

Another Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Don't Bring Me Down - ELO

will be sad when my free trial xm is gone, but not enough to make me subscribe to it.

got my ipod i rarely listen to the radio anyway.

alright, i'm out.

i can be late for a date that's fine but you better be on time.

Ah, a day off.

But I was actually quite productive.

Slept in, awesomeness.

Okay, so that wasn't very productive, but I got better.

Went out to lunch with Mom. Stopped by to see Grams on our way to lunch, she was having a good day so we jammed for a while.

Got chicken fried steak plus hashbrowns and eggs - is chicken-fried steak just a hick thing or do other cultures deep fry anything just because they can too? And I got a slice of pie as well, gotta love small local businesses.

Took half of it home, thinking about pulling it out now.

After lunch we went shopping for a bookcase - a big one.

Cause librarians accumulate books.

Even though you can get them for free every day you will buy them anyway.

But I have piles of them everywhere and it keeps expanding.

This one is massive and I'm proud to say I put it all together myself.

It may have taken me like 3 hours to figure out that whole cam-lock system but it's complete.

Even with Carter attempting to sabotage me.

I had to keep going into the kitchen so he'd follow me - cause when I go in there he thinks he's getting food - and get off my shelves.

Then I'd come back and he'd sit on it again.

You laugh but it's true.

Hostile takeover.



Reading Directions



Almost caved in.



Before this whole sabotage thing I went to watch my niece play softball. She struck a girl out, threw out another and stole a bunch of bases so I was proud.

I remember playing on that field - and what's funny is that I recognized all of their cheers.

It was in that moment that it all made sense - I was on that team like 15 years ago.

I mean, we were the Slammers, not the Heat, and we had difference coaches but it's the same small town team in the same league and we did all those cheers so they must have been passed down through generations.

Which made me feel old, but that's true for all my nieces and nephews.

Speaking of which, my nephew is now officially taller than me.

And his sister.

Who's also very tall.

He's so excited.

And that was my day in a nutshell.

Well, that and a foosball table.

Remember how I mentioned earlier about maybe having the parentals store it?

Mom came up with the suburban and we had to carry it down - awkwardly - the stairs.

Though that wasn't as bad as the bookcase which was heavier and longer so corners were awkward.

There, THAT was my day.

Song of the night: more classic country, Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

for no reason whatsoever:

Any Man of Mine - Shania Twain

think this was in her top 5 for greatest hits, love it.

okay, I forgot to add that finished season one of Blood Ties.

Quote of the Day:
Chick: "What ever happened to beauty before age?" 
Vicki: "Age kicked beauty's ass." 

Now I have to re-order season two through ILL, huzzah!

"Do you want to plant a seed? Of course you do, they're awesome."

Kickoff party today.

Holy crap man.

171 kids in 2 hours packed into a single area.

Mass hysteria.

And most of the hysteria was coming from me and had been all day when my Mentor went home sick.

And you knew it was bad for her to go home because she's been in charge of this thing for years.

Since my supervisor that was gonna help out wasn't part of the planning process Superwoman turns and says, "well, you're coordinator."

Of a massive Summer Reading Event with screaming tiny children and all that.

No pressure.

Luckily I had a rockstar crew.

My TAB kids, of course, who picked out the activities, then there was one of my adult volunteers - who's fantastic - as well as Superwoman, my other supervisor, two interns, an aide and about 5 various Summer Reading volunteers.

It rocked.

After I had stopped, you know, panicking.

Some of the fun activities that the kids did was fishing for bookmarks with magnet fishing poles, getting tattoos, making carrot hats, digging for glow-in-the-dark insects, making personalized license plates, and planting seeds.

Yes, planting seeds.

In paper towels and water and put in a ziplock bag.

Modeled after our mock ones that are still hanging in the window and have started growing.

And carrot hats.

Which are basically dunce caps with green streamers.

That we of course had to wear.

Along with another coworker who's in the library program with me - I shall call her my Comrade.

Superwoman took a picture and sent it to the Library Goddess.

So, Kickoff Party: Completed.

Success.

Next up: Library Golf.

That's gonna be an even bigger ball of stress.

After work met up with the boyfriend's family to celebrate three birthdays - his dad's, his brother's and his future brother-in-law's.

Had pasta, took half of it home, will probably eat the rest later tonight.

Why are leftovers always the best after midnight?

And that was my day.

In a nutshell.

Songs of the day:

Yes, more Songs You Know But Forgot You Knew Them

Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence



This Ain't No Thinkin' Thing - Trace Adkins


what happened to good country music?

Not because I hang with Leonardo, Or that guy who played in "Fargo" I think his name is Steve

Just a quick post tonight to celebrate that I made it home through the storm.

Sad the weekend is over, had fun at the farmhouse.

Got my new phone, my tire fixed, watched some Body of Proof - which I guess got cancelled - then stopped at the boyfriend's on the way home.

We watched In Bruge.

It was...weird.

4/10 and that's all I'm saying.

Drove me nuts until I caved and looked it up, but Mad Eye Moody plays a main character along with Colin Farrell.

Okay, that's all I'm saying.

Now I'm back and gonna crash - but of course watch the Voice first.

Will probably fall asleep in the process but that's okay.


And, a weekend of listening to XM radio of course brings me back to these:

Songs You Know But Forgot You Knew Them

Hey Leonardo - Blessed Union of Souls

think this was a grade school song

Hearts Are Gonna Roll - Hal Ketchum

had to throw some country in there. forgot about this guy entirely, will have to see if i can find any of his CD's at the library.

You're So Real - Matchbox Twenty


awesome live.

half past a heartache, a quarter to four.

Ah Wednesdays.

The day of the dead.

I've noticed that Wednesdays and Thursdays especially the library staff just seems dead.

You would think that would happen on a Monday. Tuesdays are fine, Friday's we're antsy, but Wednesdays and Thursdays just bring a general deadness.

No idea why.

It didn't help that 2 of the public service staff called in sick today.

A lot of red in the schedule.

More sickness. Glad I had it and am over it. Usually I'm the last to catch things.

Blame that on my stubbornness. And the "it's all mental" attitude.

Did a lot of TAB info stuff, went to church after, sat in the balcony with Oldest Sister.

She is the organist.

More patient with the piano than I ever was. Though I can blame that on a few factors that I won't mention on here.

After church got to talk with Beej and JoJo then headed back here to watch NCIS. Loving the ex-wife showing up during their investigation. Hilarious.

Now I'm watching Mike and Molly but the deadness has carried on so I'll probably end up konking out before midnight.

Geez, is it really only 11 now?

This no homework thing is really screwing with my brain. Aw, crap. I gotta fill out those online evaluation forms.

Okay, new plan: fill out forms, check grades, then sleep.

Ready? Break!

I'm sorry, I'm boring.

Here, be entertained.

Clip of the night:

Guesstures with the Voice coaches

love the Diva impression.

These guys are just genuinely awesome. Too bad Cee-Lo isn't there.

Song of the night:

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

You're Easy on the Eyes - Terri Clark
Umm, okay?

90's country was the best.

pre-midnight post. holy crap tag in usage.

you never say if you're here to stay or only passing through

Not much to say for today.

Slept in, went to class, learned I hate that side of town. Took me like half an hour to get lunch and then coffee for the library goddess. Erg.

Yes, erg.

Class was good. Talked a lot of databases. Had a guest speaker come in and highlight a few we'll use in an assignment though I knew one pretty well already.

Went shopping after I got back to get pop. Cause ya'll know how I can't live without Diet Dr. Pepper and that was pretty much my day.

That and I got to talk to the boyfriend for like an hour tonight so I'm back to happy and less road rage-ish.

Or as Sketch refers to it Happy/Giddy Edit.

Who is anti-Bitter and Pissed Off Edit.

But seriously like every red light stuck behind like 8 cars and then on the way home all lights were green.

It was rather suck-ish.

Before class, not after class.

And really that's all I got.

A few Library Goddess-isms but at the moment I'm sprawled out on the couch and don't have the motivation to get up. Am falling asleep as we speak so getting up and attempting to locate them in my notebook would be an interesting task.

So I'll shutup now and crash with my big fat cat.

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Hello Mr. Heartache - Dixie Chicks

used to love their music but then they got all political and their style changed.

I know, I'm boring tonight. I'll be back tomorrow.

"like sea salt and cool ranch"

Today feels like two different days meshed together cause there was the leaving the apartment at 6:30 to get to class by 8 and staying there until 11:30 to learn about ILS systems.

And then there was the later day when I came home and did a bunch of homework and played Lords of the Realm 2 for like an hour.

Which I blame on my brother cause he's the one that gave me the game in the first place.

But I have to play it on Kate, cause Ziva is Vista and Vista hates all my games.

I figured I needed a break. You know the homework is madness when it makes me space out on a WMC day.

Not the official day, but the day it first came out.

Yes, I'm a nerd but you knew that already.

October 12th, 2007 it's on my door on a giant picture drawn for me by Sketch of Lindsay, Cindy, Jill and Claire. It's pretty sweet.

Or you could go with this version.

This is what happens when your best friend is an artist and you sit in the same position for a while.

It doesn't help if you have the blase personality that leads you to say, yeah go for it.

You should have seen the time she attacked my entire arm with a stack of highlighters it was ridiculous.

But I like it cause it's got all the symbols for Claire the ME and Lindsay's got the badge, Jill's got the scales and Thomas has the AP for journalism.

Dig it.



Anyway, so it's madness if I space something that big.

Cause I'm a nerd and am still crazy about a show that got cancelled in May 13th, 2008.

And it's what? October 13th, 2012.

So it's been a while.

And most of them have moved on, Lindsay Boxer has moved from San Francisco to Boston and has developed an accent, adopted a crazy family and befriended a new ME.

Jill Bernhardt defied gravity up in a space for a season, then donned Mata Hari's stockings on Warehouse.

Claire Washburn gave up the scalpel,  divorced Ed and got married to Leon Vance. She's also made appearances on Bones (again as a wife though her husband was murdered), then became a Doctor on Parenthood.

Cindy Thomas has stopped by Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, and Blue Bloods. She's  currently hitting it off with the Botwin family on Weeds.

Even Jacobi made an appearance last week on Castle. I saw him and went good god, don't make him the murderer please.

They attempted to do that with Myka Bering on Castle a couple seasons ago but I was having none of it.

Anyway, the one season is all we had and for some reason they're refusing to release it on DVD which is weird because Rizzoli and Isles is huge - or it was - so you'd think that would help DVD sales.

Oh well, it'll happen eventually.

I still have yet to watch the unaired pilot just because if I do then it's officially over and I've seen everything.

Like I said, nerd.

What else can I talk about that's not Women's Murder Club or Lords of the Realm related?

Oh right, class.

Left at 6:30, stopped and got some much-needed coffee - "that's not coffee that's diabetes on ice" yes I had to have at least one WMC reference in this post - and learned all about ILS systems aka Koha, Millenium, Evergreen, Apollo, etc.

Oh, ILS stands for Integrated Library System. I forgot I'm not supposed to use jargon, my bad.

It's basically the automated systems that libraries use to keep track of who has what checked out, when things are due, what's available in the catalog, etc.

So we learned about different options available and then had some interesting discussions.

And see, discussions in that class are especially fun because the teacher also works for the same library system that I do so whenever there's some sort of reference she looks at me and smiles. Like today we were talking about the difference between the libraries so die-hard on being first that they voluntarily become guinea pigs to test out programs and the libraries that hold on to their old programs until they die. But we agreed we were more like the former when we took on Koha. And then how after we got it and made them get like 20 million updates it was safe for everyone else to join in.

I believe my exact quote was, "yeah everyone's like this system is great! and we went, what the hell are you talking about? our transition was miserable!"

But it's all good now. We've all adjusted to the new system and have learned the shortcuts to teach the patrons.

And actually it's nice now with all the updates because when you do a search on the PAC computers it doesn't pick up results that are located in other libraries in the consortium.

Cause that sucked. People were coming up claiming we had stuff but it was actually in Beatrice, ugh they were not happy.

Anyway, enough library ramblings. You should watch this clip because it's fantastic.

Like immediately, I'm still dying.



"only a woman would call someone their friend and then bitch about them for ninety minutes"

Wildly inappropriate but highly entertaining. Had to go back and tape it. Nasim Pedrad is hysterical.

I haven't watched SNL in ages, I'm so behind but I saw Christina Applegate was hosting and I'm up so why not.

Though my favorite Christina Applegate SNL episode was of course the Matt Foley episode.

"I wanna live in a van down by the river" they totally lost it.

I don't think that table was supposed to break.

Alright, on to the music before I start rambling about something else.

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Cold Day In July - Dixie Chicks live

it's actually a hot day in October but it came up on shuffle tonight and is now stuck in my head.

"but if you've seen any lifetime movie you just know he's gonna kill you."

but i've got friends that love me and they know just where i stand

Website for class is done!!

It's due at 10:00 AM, and it is currently 3:30 AM on the dot.

Yes, this post will say it's 11:50 PM but it says that often and every time it does I'm full of crap.

Just throwing that out there.

Anyway, I'm super pumped cause I'm finished with this giant giant giant website assignment for Info Tech class and as soon as this is posted there will be much victory dancing before I literally fall over and sleep.

Or die.

Either is possible at this point. I'm barely sitting up as it is.

But I'll come up with the energy to victory dance.

There's always energy stored somewhere for a victory dance.

I've been doing a lot of dancing lately, at work especially.

Which I didn't notice until it was pointed out to me.

Like literally, BossLady was talking about this culture event thing that I was supposed to go help out at and we were set up in a corner and she was like, "but you're big on gestures and dancing so you'll draw them in."

I went, I have no idea what you're talking about.

I do not.

At least, not that often.

But yes, apparently I do.

I blame my family.

Isn't that what most people do when accused of being quirky?

They blame their family because they're the only people who can't run screaming in the other direction?

They're stuck with you for life.

Anyway, Everts women do a lot of broad hand gestures.

Broad hand gestures and shrieks for joy when we win a card game/drink an adult beverage/arrive at a destination without getting lost/embarrass the children present - we get kicked out of churches and pizza joints but we go out in style.

Oh, don't give me that look, it wasn't me that got kicked out of the church. Though I did laugh about it when I was informed.

I don't remember where I was or where I was going so I'll start over.

Well, not over but yeah, whatever. You get it.

Did I mention I'm half asleep at this point. It's like once I hit submit all the energy just floated away.

But like I said, victory dancing will bring it back and last for probably about 5 seconds before I pass out and wake up on the living room floor.

Remind me to set my alarm, can't be late for the dentist.

Blah, dentists.

I'm sure there will be more on that tomorrow after the appointment.

I don't remember where their office is located, I'll have to look it up.

Think I've repressed it that much that I don't even know how to get there.

Nah, he wasn't awful I'm just hoping they don't do that gum measuring thing every time I go in and that was only cause it was my first time there.

Cause that was suck-ish.

And I haven't cut down on the sugar or pop or started flossing which makes me an awful person, I'm sure.

But I can't live without Diet Dr. Pepper. Every year I want Santa to bring me a lifetime supply but he never does. Maybe that will change if I start flossing.

I had a bunch of stuff to say about today but for the life of me I can't remember what it was.

Other than the fact I had to text Queen of the Known Universe cause I left my Star Wars thermos somewhere in the building and I didn't want someone walking off with it. You hit a button and Han Solo talks. He predicts me day. Like I'll ask, "what's today look like for us, Han?" and he'll reply "I've got a bad feeling about this..."

and then I groan and take a sip of the coffee/tea/whatever hot liquid seems to be inside it at the time.

Not the reason she gave me her number, but the real reason is more of a long story that will remain unexplained cause I don't want either of us to get yelled at.

Ha.


3:45 AM

Holy crap I need sleep.


Maybe if I fall asleep in the dentist chair I won't notice all the horrible things taking place.

Alright, going to bed now.

I leave you with this.

Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Enjoy.


Who I Am - Jessica Andrews



it's all a part of me, and that's who i am.

psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est...

Oh Leadership/Management how I love thee.

Though I'm still blaming her for the months I tied everything to Shackleton.

And still do on occasion.

But you've made up for it because I've literally copy/pasted all of my own reference work - which is allowed because I wrote it and I researched it and I created the charts - basically took the demographics powerpoint and turned it into a community analysis paper that's 11 pages - and I was worried about 7, geez. Now all that's left is to input article quotations and specific library statistics that I'll ask one of my bosses for tomorrow. Actually I already emailed her, hopefully she'll know what I'm talking about.

So that was handy as I only really had to create like 2 more graphics and then used all the info from the presentation and turned the speech I was going to give into the actual paper including why it's important to keep these specific demographics in mind when considering the collection and library budget and programs, etc.

Anyway, as it is now 11:45 I am going to finish the rest tomorrow. Hopefully it won't take too long before I can submit it and then be done with it.

Then I'll be good until next week and won't have to freak about leaving the reception early to go home and do homework.

Cause that kind of kills the fun.

Called my dad today cause his birthday was yesterday - which I remembered yesterday but got swamped with homework so I called today instead - after that I called Oldest Sister as today was her birthday.

Invited me to some makeup party thing.

To which I clearly said no, cause that's really not my thing and I also have a huge assignment that I'm working on.

Then she came back with home makeup is healthy cause it blocks out the sun and as our immediate family is plagued with skin cancer apparently I should now start wearing makeup so that I will not get it on my face.

Interesting technique.

See what I meant about devious family?

Speaking of devious, I set up an appointment with the dentist. Yes, they finally called my cellphone instead of the work phone.

They want me to go there sometime in September. Does it make me a bad person that I scheduled it for the end of the month so that I have time to start flossing like I should have started 6 months ago?

It takes forever!

And it's awkward and weird and I just forget about it in the first place.

Whatever, I'll start eventually. I got time.

I need to stop drinking so much pop.

Today I went with diet coke, does that count?

Isn't there less sugar in that?

So yes, work, then homework, got to show a volunteer the IT department today. He volunteered for 4 hours  and helped answer computer questions. I felt bad cause it was super quiet when he was there. Oh well, he's done. As are all three of my GoPo volunteers to all I have left are the regulars and they know what they're doing. Woohoo!

Aside from that it was all homework.

And I should crash cause tomorrow will probably be yet another late night.


Songs You Know But Forgot You Knew Them


All That She Wants - Ace of Base
love this one. just something about the rhythm that turns me into a nerd, i'm aware yes.



Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
love the blonde chick in the background.


out!

There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin'

Wow, that was some really crappy posting for the past couple days.

Grammar-wise.

Well, content-wise as well.

But they're fixed.

For the most part.

Sadly this is the most coherent I've been at the keyboard all week.

Luckily it's only Wednesday and there's still time to fix that.

Today was pretty good. I didn't go in until 1PM - which was good since I was up 'til about 6. I attempted to work some more after I posted, but that was an epic disaster and then my cat kept waking me up. Think he was ticked cause I kept him up.

He sleeps on my stomach so he doesn't like it when I stay up late. Cause that means he has to stay up late.

It's not like I do it on purpose, and he could sleep anywhere else.

Sometimes he'll lay on the couch or the floor or the chair and just glare at me. Cause he knows that I know that he wants to sleep and I'm keeping him awake.

And since it's his apartment and I just stay here - his thoughts not mine - I should abide by his rules.

Okay, I'm doing the Garfield voice again, it needs to stop.

Anyway, so yes, 6AM. So that made work quite interested. Everyone thought I was depressed and kept asking if I was okay.

I'm fine, just exhausted and overloaded. Hoping to crash sometime within the next hour - it's 11:16 - so that I can be coherent in the morning.

If I go in.

I've been feeling crappy-ish lately. Like I keep waking up all burning up. But then I get up and I have no fever. It hits during the day as well. End of day I was seriously feeling it, even Mentor asked if I was okay cause I was all flushed and flustered. If any of you say anything about hot flashes I will kick your ass.

I just feel dead. I'm losing my voice but don't have a cough. I'm exhausted all the time, but I think that's just stress and lack of sleep. My head doesn't hurt and I'm not puking so I'll be fine. It's all mental after all.

Just need to keep myself distracted, like the awesomeness that was dinner tonight with the Cool Aunt. We went out for sushi at our normal place. We go there so often that we're literally making our way through their menu. Like items 1-4, then came 5-8, tonight was presumably going to be 9-12 but we instead went with 9,12-14 because she doesn't like the BBQ eel that would have been included in item numbers 10 and 11.

Which is fine with me, the ones we got rocked. And I literally have half of them in my fridge. They will probably be gone by the time this post is finished. Because you know now that I'm talking about them I'll want to go get them. For some reason sushi is better in the middle of the night. Why is that? There's a reference question for you.

We talked the usual family stuff, library stuff, school stuff, Library Goddess stuff. Apparently I'm doing something right with the grad assistantship as she said the Goddess is pleased. There really is no escaping cause the Library Goddess carpools and team teaches with the Cool Aunt, and she's like BFF's with Superwoman aka my boss. And now Superwoman and the Cool Aunt are acquainted so I'm super screwed.

Not that I was planning on leaving the profession anyway.

I finally found my place in the world and I like it here.

Aside from all the homework and stress and all that.

But dinner helped. And she paid. I swear, the women in this family fight over every bill. It's never like a, yeah okay, you can pay this one. I'll let you. We're devious. The only time I actually successfully paid the bill for a sushi night with the Cool Aunt was because I hid my debit card on under my phone on the table and when the bill came I grabbed it, shoved the card in and handed it back before she knew what hit her.

And the only time I've paid for Mexican at our favorite joint is because she was distracted by the fried icecream.

And mom was gone trying to find her missing wallet.

Otherwise she would have gotten it before me.

Like I said, serious business.

My favorite is when the Cool Aunt caves and lets Grams pay for dinner every once in a while, then she puts money into her Grams envelope she keeps in her purse.

Devious business.

That should have been my answer.

This dude - my newest stalker in the group that is ever-increasing and slightly disturbing, okay more than slightly - came in tonight asking how a broke grad student can afford a sushi night out.

When he comes in again I'll just say I have a devious aunt who steals the bill from the waitress's hand before I can.

Anyway, so after dinner came the inevitable homework.

Which I've been dreading all day.

I have however finished both Friday and Saturdays assignments aka the IT paper and online reference quiz. Now all I have left is the community analysis and since that's basically the demographics study I did in last year's Leadership/Management class I plan on completely pilfering all my charts and just updating all the new stats.

I'm allowed to do that, I created them.

It was amusing, I was feeling completely overwhelmed and then I found all my notes and research and went, oh. I knew that already. We're good. Geez, there's even a demographics tag on here, how long ago was that created?!

Now it's just about finding the new statistics and putting it all together. I'm not looking forward to the whole 7 pages that doesn't include a bibliography or any of the charts thing though. But I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that.

Alright, gonna see if the stats match up - if so there will be much rejoicing. But that's for tomorrow's post.


Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Lump - The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
yay for the 90s.


and oh yeah, yesterday's rec? Finally realized what song it reminds me of.

Compare and contrast:

She's So Mean - Matchbox 20 (2012)



Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann (1964)


anybody else make this connection or is this just a figment of my imagination?