I hope I go home with the right dwarfs.

Trivia Night 2012 - Hey, I got flax!
Trivia Night 2013 - Public Transportation is Sexy

So tonight was trivia night and we dominated.

Sort of.

Okay, not really.

Last year we went as That 70's Show.



This year we went as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.


Yes, that is the King of Useless Knowledge as Snow White.

The only problem...we weren't the only ones.



King of Useless Knowledge: "I hate it when I show up to a party and someone else is wearing the same dress."

I liked our costumes better, but theirs were good too. He did have boobs, brother-in-law said he was feeling a bit inadequate when it came to that.

Around the middle of the night they do this thing for a Spirit Award where they have the tables that are dressed up do a cheer thing. Since they did the Heigh Ho song and danced in a circle we each lifted up our adult beverage and just yelled out Heigh Ho! Got more applause.

We didn't win, but we weren't really aiming for that. Actually that went to a table dressed up as nuns and priests who sang the refrain of:



Yes, we voted for them. Though our second choice was the table with the guy dressed up as the Oldest Man from Carol Burnett. It was fantastic.

Next year's is still up for debate. Some options are: washed up child celebrities or famous couples where we dress up as the opposite gender.

Anyway, I think we ended up with like 73 out of 100 which is better than last year's score - barely - but the questions this year were just weird.

The categories were:
1. And the winner is... - I'm proud to say I dominated in this one cause it was all about award shows and you know how I feel about award shows
2. Westward Ho! - was all about geography, we did okay...
3. Follow the Leader - was about important people in history
4. Prophets, Priests and Kings - what's funny is that it's the same thing every year, the paper gets handed to me and Oldest Sister. we got hosed on this one though to be fair the questions were things pastors would get right but not your average patron.
5. The Good Life - was Nebraska trivia
6. Grocery Day - was like brand trivia which was ironic because I had just talked to the professor that made us read Branded in college and she was saying how much everyone hated that book. don't read it, it'll make you over-analyze any bit of product placement possible.
7. Behold the Wonder - was about landmarks
8. Horseplay - was about horses. and we were like, okay?
9. ...and Sons - was about famous father and sons
10. Anything Else - was a miscellaneous one that ranged from the Three Stooges to more history stuff

So we had fun, but the questions could have been better. It's like my brother said, we had the right answers, they just weren't asking the questions to match them.

Alright, song of the day and I'm out.

Better Things To Do - Terri Clark


classic and i totally jammed out on the way home.

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

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.

I could wash my car in the rain, change my new guitar strings...

In light of yesterday's shocking I-don't-hate-onions discovery I switched up my lunch today. Ordered a Turkey and Swiss with Cheetos as opposed to my usual Chicken Salad with Cheetos. And, gonna say...totally through off my entire lunch period. Not cool.

Yes, I order the same thing every day, but at least I vary the ice cream flavor. I set goals, thinking if I shelve all the carts in the morning I deserve ice cream or if I finish a list, answer a difficult question that I wouldn't have been able to when I first started, get thanked by a patron....really any excuse that seems worthy enough to deserve ice cream. Then I get it with my lunch. Today I finished the Young Adult Weed List so I got Cookie Dough and it was awesome. So awesome that I almost forgot how much the sandwich sucked.

Not like it sucked cause it was bad. It was good. I'm just apparently not a Turkey and Swiss kind of person. I'm gonna stick with my Chicken Salad for now. It's dependable and tasty. If I don't think about what's in it. I hate mayo. And miracle whip. So that just doesn't exist in this sandwich. Don't tell me otherwise or I will hate you for eternity. This sandwich is serious business man.

Except Obi-Wan made me order something else when we went out to eat during post-camp stuff even though Chicken Salad was on the menu. So I had some sort of something that had melted cheese on it and yeah, again, not the same. I'm not a fan of melted cheese. Pretty sure I gave you the "I like cheese but I don't like cheese" speech already. If you missed it go here: My Life in Closed Captions: New Shoes, the Cheese Speech, Warped Tour and MXPX...

We went out to eat at basically the only place to eat in G-Town. Well that and the Dairy Delite which is closed for the season. There's also a barbeque joint but I don't know the hours. But this is the place that my mother basically lived off of when dad was in the hospital and we lived amongst the white walls and sterile equipment. Where else are you gonna go when you can't go home? So, of course they have their usual orders as well. Second Sister included with her to-go cup.

It's not that I'm not a variety kind of person. I like...you know...sometimes theres... Okay so I'm not a variety kind of person. Except for when it comes to media. Movies, Music, TV - I'm into it all. There. Saved my sanity. I'm all about the variety. Ha. Just not when it involves food. Which sounds weird cause I'll try almost anything. Almost. I just like my usuals when I can get them.

Anyway, so I'm done with my first assignment. Queen of the Known Universe was very helpful in this matter with tips and all that. I love my coworkers. QofA brought me farm animal crazy bands this morning - I'm wearing a yellow duck one, it's awesome. But Mission Statement is written, revised, and submitted. Due tomorrow night. Done tonight. Now I gotta read some of the text and get ready for next week's assignment.

Despite the sandwich mishap it was a good day. Mom brought me cookies - na, na, na, na-na...we do a lot of na-na'ing in our family - gave some to smart people and got a point, huzzah! I'm at 136. Gaining on Space Cadet slowly but surely.

Also, got to jam with the security guard for a while. Seemed everyone was losing all sorts of things today, cellphone covers, backpacks, lanyards, stomach contents...

Oh yeah. Real deal. It was disgusting. I was at the front desk and all the sudden we heard this like heaving. Like serious serious heaving coming from the restrooms. I look up at the guard who's looking at me with her eyebrows raised. Then I hear "Hey, you work here. Go check it out," come from one of our usuals who sits in the same chair every day reading a book. I smile, look at the guard and and make a head nod in the direction of the bathroom. I was her backup. It was awesome. And gross at the same time. But the bathroom dude had it covered. He was sober - which is unusual for someone who's heaving in our bathrooms - but the heat was apparently in the 100s so it took him out. Way way out.

Aaannnd on that note, I'm gonna hit you with some music before I go way way out to the world of sleep. I'm exhausted. Maybe it's all the variety.


Sometimes when I have no idea what to recommend for music I put my ipod on shuffle saying, "Okay, whatever song plays is going on there." And then I hit it and the song sucks. Or the intro is too boring. Or the rare occasion where I've already posted it - did I mention variety? - And I end up hitting skip like 8 times before a decent song arises. This was one of those songs.

"Better Things to Do" Terri Clark

like dance in canyons and drive in circles around you...
did you ever have an ex that whenever they took the time to actually contact you you knew that they were at that time fighting with their current girlfriend? and you didn't even have to check facebook to see if that was actually the case? this is my theme song when it comes to those moments.

"I Gotta Go" Robert Earl Keen

if you hurry you can grab it for free off itunes. love it.


i'm sorry that this has turned into some sort of country week. first it was Patty Loveless and Mary Chapin Carpenter. then The Judds. then the Dixie Chicks. now this. to be fair i did throw in some Cake. it's all about the ipod man. blame the shuffle.


here. watch this. it fixes everything.
"Mahna Mahna" Cake


go for it uncle steve. you know you want to. it's just that awesome. star wars plus cake plus the muppets. and it matches up with the beat. diggin' it.


OUT!