I should have known, when I started the day off sweeping up broken glass in the back room, that today was going to be crazy.
First off, I thought it was actually Saturday, until I showed up at work and was like, well crap. It's Friday. Not that Friday is bad.
"Hello Cleveland."
"It's Burbank."
It's just I was expecting it to be Saturday. Where I get off at noon. And go to my little sister's wedding. Instead I spent the day in public service - which I love - except for when you have to call the cops and someone ends up in handcuffs.
But I did get to see my friends. And tomorrow I will see even more. When I'm off at 12. And go to my little sister's wedding. Did I mention that it makes me feel really old that my little sister is getting married? Not to be confused with my baby sister. Or my adopted little sister. Yes, there are three of them. And yes, none of them are blood relatives.
I went to a dorm school. Boarding school. Whatever you wanna call it. And no, I'm not "one of those", you know the ones that get shipped off, it was voluntary. And I liked it. Most of it. Freshman year was hard. I was homesick for about a month straight. Okay, that's a lie. Two months. And that part sucked. But everything else was great. I got to live with my friends, got to go to a great school, I had a blast. And I met some great people. One of them was my big sister.
You see, as a Freshman. Well, as a female freshman - pretty sure the guys didn't do this - you get adopted by a senior. They become your big sister. And they watch out for you. I was lucky enough to get two. A real and an adopted big sister. Which is funny, because technically I ended up with 2 reals and an adopted. Who just happened to be my boyfriend at the time's actual younger sister. But that's another story.
Moving on.
They watch out for you. And I was crazy homesick and they were great.
It was a small school. By the time I graduated there were only 25 in our class. And we were the biggest in the school. The class above us was short on kids and short on girls. So, when a new group of freshman girls came up, they were short on big sisters. I was Junior and the dorm mom's approached me about being a big sister. And I jumped at the chance. When I met her, she was one of the shyest girls. And she was homesick. Which is why I was asked to step in. So I did. And I think I did okay.
For Christmas one year she did this 12 days of christmas from a secret admirer thing. I got like a necklace and...sunchips - which didn't last long between me and my roommate - and some pictures and all that. She was fantastic. And I love her. And tomorrow, she gets married.
Which is why I'm feeling super old. Plus my adopted little sister has a big girl job and is moving here. Huzzah for that!
As for the baby sister. She's good. Cute as ever. Promises she'll invite me to her wedding. Totally freaked me out, couple months back she changed her last name on Facebook and I probed her until she explained. Some sort of status thing.
Kids these days.
Geez.
Old.
"Everyday is a Winding Road" Sheryl Crow
So. Tomorrow. Big day. It's gonna be fun. Out.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
All I wanna do is have some fun. I got a feeling I'm not the only one.
Today's Highlights:
-Staff meeting in the morning. Had my juice and cereal so it rocked.
-Put up my display - totally proud, doing a Remember 9/11 one since it's been ten years.
-Finished yet another list. Deserved ice cream but went to see a movie instead.
-Took the Squirt out for sushi and to see "Crazy Stupid Love" (Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone) and it was fantastic. 9/10 on the Scale of Awesome.
"He doesn't know I'm in love with him!" "Ohhhh...."
Carell is married to Moore who wants a divorce and cheated on him so he drinks away his troubles in a bar where he meets Gosling who takes it upon himself to make Carell a man again. Basically extreme makeover's him and all that. But it's hysterical. Like a fairy godfather or something.
Plus there's a bunch of other love plots surrounding all the characters.
With special appearances by Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Josh Groban, Analeigh Tipton, Agent Lee... okay Liza Lapira but I call her Agent Lee no matter what movie/tv show she's in. It's NCIS. Long story.
"When I told you I had to work late I really went to go see the new Twilight movie by myself....and it was so bad!"
-Then while driving home....well, okay. Here's a story. Originally I wanted to be a teacher. I was in the Ed program and all that but I dropped it because I realized that my teaching methods were not something that you would want your child to learn from. I'm more of a learn-from-my-mistakes kind of a person. Because, that's how I was taught. By my brother anyway.
Here was my first driving lesson. I'm sitting passenger while he's driving down the highway and he says, "I just did three illegal things. What were they?" Yeah. That was my brother teaching me how to drive.
So, this is how I teach the Squirt.
Lesson number 1. When drunk frat guys pull up next to you while driving and they're screaming and sticking their heads out the window, DO NOT wink and give them The Nod, or they will continue to drive next to you for miles, stop next to you at the stoplight even though there is 40 feet between them and the car in front of them, and continue to yell things out the window. It's better just to not acknowledge those kind of things.
So, don't do it. See, that's how I teach. You don't like it, don't send your kids to me.
But it was amusing. And she kept freaking out cause it lasted for miles.
So. Keep your eyes on the road while driving. Don't acknowledge the crazy. The crazy will only get worse.
Songs of the night:
"Just One Look" Doris Troy
soundtrack fun. and she didn't know it so i was sad.
"All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow
cause it was sheryl crow kinda day. love her music, makes me feel like i'm chillin on a beach.
"Seriously, it's like you're photoshopped!"
-Staff meeting in the morning. Had my juice and cereal so it rocked.
-Put up my display - totally proud, doing a Remember 9/11 one since it's been ten years.
-Finished yet another list. Deserved ice cream but went to see a movie instead.
-Took the Squirt out for sushi and to see "Crazy Stupid Love" (Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone) and it was fantastic. 9/10 on the Scale of Awesome.
"He doesn't know I'm in love with him!" "Ohhhh...."
Carell is married to Moore who wants a divorce and cheated on him so he drinks away his troubles in a bar where he meets Gosling who takes it upon himself to make Carell a man again. Basically extreme makeover's him and all that. But it's hysterical. Like a fairy godfather or something.
Plus there's a bunch of other love plots surrounding all the characters.
With special appearances by Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Josh Groban, Analeigh Tipton, Agent Lee... okay Liza Lapira but I call her Agent Lee no matter what movie/tv show she's in. It's NCIS. Long story.
"When I told you I had to work late I really went to go see the new Twilight movie by myself....and it was so bad!"
-Then while driving home....well, okay. Here's a story. Originally I wanted to be a teacher. I was in the Ed program and all that but I dropped it because I realized that my teaching methods were not something that you would want your child to learn from. I'm more of a learn-from-my-mistakes kind of a person. Because, that's how I was taught. By my brother anyway.
Here was my first driving lesson. I'm sitting passenger while he's driving down the highway and he says, "I just did three illegal things. What were they?" Yeah. That was my brother teaching me how to drive.
So, this is how I teach the Squirt.
Lesson number 1. When drunk frat guys pull up next to you while driving and they're screaming and sticking their heads out the window, DO NOT wink and give them The Nod, or they will continue to drive next to you for miles, stop next to you at the stoplight even though there is 40 feet between them and the car in front of them, and continue to yell things out the window. It's better just to not acknowledge those kind of things.
So, don't do it. See, that's how I teach. You don't like it, don't send your kids to me.
But it was amusing. And she kept freaking out cause it lasted for miles.
So. Keep your eyes on the road while driving. Don't acknowledge the crazy. The crazy will only get worse.
Songs of the night:
"Just One Look" Doris Troy
soundtrack fun. and she didn't know it so i was sad.
"All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow
cause it was sheryl crow kinda day. love her music, makes me feel like i'm chillin on a beach.
"Seriously, it's like you're photoshopped!"
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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!
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!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
And it turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all.
I learned something new today.
Ready?
I actually don't hate onions.
I know.
Huge.
Okay, to you that may not be a big deal, but to me it's like a revelation of sorts.
I used to despise them. I thought they were disgusting. I used to fork them off of my salad and onto my mother's. Cause she loves them.
Now they're actually quite good on burgers, on nachos with salsa, tacos, not to mention onion rings. Duuuude.
Don't worry I'm not going to start eating them like apples...like some peoples' fathers. Not my father. He hates them as well. That's where I got my despization from.
Is that a word?
I'm making it one.
Despization, yes he has a despization for all things onions. He calls Pizza Hut "Heartburn Hut". But we still eat there.
Okay, moving on.
So as glad as I am to be in grad school I forgot how much I'm really not a fan of homework. Granted this is actually useful and relevant to my daily life - it's not like take the factor in this equation and times it by 2 then add a million, divide that in half, throw in a few numbers after some sort of a decimal point and then add three.
This is actually useful for working in a library. Thankfully. I don't know if any of that equation makes sense at all, I was never a math person. Fortunately all I have to be able to do is count to 10, 25, 150, and 14.99. Plus you know the Dewey Decimal System which I have down anyway with the Shelver's Curse mentioned here: My Life in Closed Captions: Rockin' the Reference with the Shelver's Curse
But I have homework already! Where did my summer vacation go?! Oh....that's right...I had camp! So, what summer vacation?
This time it's taking our Mission Statement and comparing it to that of three other libraries then revising it. Not that big of a deal. But I like our mission statement! It's simple and to the point. It doesn't use giant big tremendous voluminous substantially huge words that no one can understand. It's one sentence that anyone can understand and repeat.
So how do I revise that?
If you're more thorough you'll live in a constant state of revisement. If you're not thorough enough you get people who ask "and what do you mean by that?" If you're too wordy they'll skip past it to something else.
Plus there's argument over wordage. Which sounds dumb but it happens.
Sorry. Rambling. Will work on it tomorrow night. Perhaps coworkers will have suggestions, they're always good for those. It's not due 'til Thursday night anyway.
"Tortured Tangled Hearts" Dixie Chicks live
sheer awesomeness.
"Goodbye Earl" Dixie Chicks live
"well uh, I don't think we'll ever get tired of killing this guy."
i love it cause they're all cracking it.
this was definitely one of my favorite songs growing up, and probably one of my favorite bands ever. used to jam out and dance like an idiot. still do. actually just did.
Alright, me and my big fat cat are gonna watch some more Chuck. I'm mid-second season and still loving it.
"Why didn't you stay in the car?"
"It's never safe in the car!!"
Ready?
I actually don't hate onions.
I know.
Huge.
Okay, to you that may not be a big deal, but to me it's like a revelation of sorts.
I used to despise them. I thought they were disgusting. I used to fork them off of my salad and onto my mother's. Cause she loves them.
Now they're actually quite good on burgers, on nachos with salsa, tacos, not to mention onion rings. Duuuude.
Don't worry I'm not going to start eating them like apples...like some peoples' fathers. Not my father. He hates them as well. That's where I got my despization from.
Is that a word?
I'm making it one.
Despization, yes he has a despization for all things onions. He calls Pizza Hut "Heartburn Hut". But we still eat there.
Okay, moving on.
So as glad as I am to be in grad school I forgot how much I'm really not a fan of homework. Granted this is actually useful and relevant to my daily life - it's not like take the factor in this equation and times it by 2 then add a million, divide that in half, throw in a few numbers after some sort of a decimal point and then add three.
This is actually useful for working in a library. Thankfully. I don't know if any of that equation makes sense at all, I was never a math person. Fortunately all I have to be able to do is count to 10, 25, 150, and 14.99. Plus you know the Dewey Decimal System which I have down anyway with the Shelver's Curse mentioned here: My Life in Closed Captions: Rockin' the Reference with the Shelver's Curse
But I have homework already! Where did my summer vacation go?! Oh....that's right...I had camp! So, what summer vacation?
This time it's taking our Mission Statement and comparing it to that of three other libraries then revising it. Not that big of a deal. But I like our mission statement! It's simple and to the point. It doesn't use giant big tremendous voluminous substantially huge words that no one can understand. It's one sentence that anyone can understand and repeat.
So how do I revise that?
If you're more thorough you'll live in a constant state of revisement. If you're not thorough enough you get people who ask "and what do you mean by that?" If you're too wordy they'll skip past it to something else.
Plus there's argument over wordage. Which sounds dumb but it happens.
Sorry. Rambling. Will work on it tomorrow night. Perhaps coworkers will have suggestions, they're always good for those. It's not due 'til Thursday night anyway.
"Tortured Tangled Hearts" Dixie Chicks live
sheer awesomeness.
"Goodbye Earl" Dixie Chicks live
"well uh, I don't think we'll ever get tired of killing this guy."
i love it cause they're all cracking it.
this was definitely one of my favorite songs growing up, and probably one of my favorite bands ever. used to jam out and dance like an idiot. still do. actually just did.
Alright, me and my big fat cat are gonna watch some more Chuck. I'm mid-second season and still loving it.
"Why didn't you stay in the car?"
"It's never safe in the car!!"
Monday, August 29, 2011
and a long jacket.
"Hey, don't encourage him. This isn't happy hour at Chili's."
Off at 3:00, didn't know what to do with myself! Seriously! I did lists all morning pulling stuff to be boxed up although it took a while since it's sorted by author instead of series. But I've got it covered.
So I spent the afternoon at Best Buy, got some seasons of Chuck and the 4th of Charlie's Angels. Huzzah! All on sale, btw. Loving it.
But I chose getting those instead of going to Target and getting food. Will do that tomorrow between shifts. Ordered a hamburger and some fries. It was fantastic.
As I have no much else to say I'm keeping it short.
"Short Skirt and a Long Jacket" Cake
Have a good one. I'm headed back to this before I crash.
wonder what song they used for that....
OUT!
Off at 3:00, didn't know what to do with myself! Seriously! I did lists all morning pulling stuff to be boxed up although it took a while since it's sorted by author instead of series. But I've got it covered.
So I spent the afternoon at Best Buy, got some seasons of Chuck and the 4th of Charlie's Angels. Huzzah! All on sale, btw. Loving it.
But I chose getting those instead of going to Target and getting food. Will do that tomorrow between shifts. Ordered a hamburger and some fries. It was fantastic.
As I have no much else to say I'm keeping it short.
"Short Skirt and a Long Jacket" Cake
Have a good one. I'm headed back to this before I crash.
wonder what song they used for that....
OUT!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you...
Family softball game was a total success - despite the rain and massive amount of flies.
We ate around 2, hung out for a while, game started around 4 and we actually played for a couple of hours. 4 innings, I was impressed, usually we're out and done by 3 but the weather was perfect after the rain.
Dinner was excellent - BBQ style - and brother at one point said that me and my sisters aren't being thorough. Or something like that. Said we'd figure it out soon. No idea what he was talking about. Neither did Second Sister. Tried to pry it out of Sister in law but got nowhere. I'm still waiting for that epiphany moment.
The game was super fun. I jammed out in left field cause I'm good with pop flies although this time it was chasing everything down to a not so safe outfied filled with holes, divots, tall grass and puddles. Booge jammed with me out there, every time I got the ball I would give it to him and have him throw it in. The kiddos are getting pretty good, I'm impressed. Starting them early.
I got on base each time although my brother tagged me out twice at third. "Was that a Ke$ha ringtone coming from your pocket?" Not my pocket. His pocket.
Then after we posed for pictures - which was new.
"I'm gonna send it to the New York Times?"
"Think they'll print it?"
"How about the York News Times?" that was me.
Aannnd after checking out Mom's carpet samples I took off.
Now I'm watching Chuck and will soon konk out in an attempt to get myself through tomorrow - full day of work after having the whole weekend off. Well, for class anyway.
"Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" The Judds
"These Boots are Made For Walkin'"
Out!
We ate around 2, hung out for a while, game started around 4 and we actually played for a couple of hours. 4 innings, I was impressed, usually we're out and done by 3 but the weather was perfect after the rain.
Dinner was excellent - BBQ style - and brother at one point said that me and my sisters aren't being thorough. Or something like that. Said we'd figure it out soon. No idea what he was talking about. Neither did Second Sister. Tried to pry it out of Sister in law but got nowhere. I'm still waiting for that epiphany moment.
The game was super fun. I jammed out in left field cause I'm good with pop flies although this time it was chasing everything down to a not so safe outfied filled with holes, divots, tall grass and puddles. Booge jammed with me out there, every time I got the ball I would give it to him and have him throw it in. The kiddos are getting pretty good, I'm impressed. Starting them early.
I got on base each time although my brother tagged me out twice at third. "Was that a Ke$ha ringtone coming from your pocket?" Not my pocket. His pocket.
Then after we posed for pictures - which was new.
"I'm gonna send it to the New York Times?"
"Think they'll print it?"
"How about the York News Times?" that was me.
Aannnd after checking out Mom's carpet samples I took off.
Now I'm watching Chuck and will soon konk out in an attempt to get myself through tomorrow - full day of work after having the whole weekend off. Well, for class anyway.
"Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" The Judds
"These Boots are Made For Walkin'"
Out!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
I'd bought the house a double and the waitress a new car.
First class this morning. Dude, 7AM bites. Especially when you have to wake up earlier than that just so you can leave by 7. I grabbed some green tea on the way out, stopped for coffee when I got there and ate my cinnamon roll in the parking lot.
We're in the new building this year - it's all fancy cause it's got windows. Yeah. That's how unfancy the other building was. But no, this is more than just windows, it's like state of the art stuff with primo technology plus these really awesome green chairs. They're like straight in the air and you sit on them and they form a chair. I'm not describing them very well. Perhaps next class I will take a picture and upload it.
The actual class was good. I sat in the back corner by a past classmate. He was in my group when we interviewed Boss's Boss's Boss. Which actually went well. So we jammed out today, he's cool. The whole class is actually pretty good, everyone participated.
Our ice breaker was your name, where you work and what your superpower would be. Apparently they use that in job interviews because it throws the person off guard and makes them think on their feet. I said that although freezing time would be cool - yay Piper! yes I'm a nerd so that was a Charmed reference - I would be a SuperHuman Locator. Because I lose everything. Plus it would be helpful in the library. Even more helpful than the Shelver's Curse mentioned in the previous post.
Class discussion basically revolved around the leadership vs. management question. What's the difference? Are they the same? Crossover? Qualities? What makes them good or bad? Etc. Got some homework and we were out of there 3 hours later.
Stopped by to see the Library Goddess after class - as did the teacher. She told Library Goddess that I'm the trouble maker. Then looked at me and smiled. Thanks? I think. No, she's cool. It's gonna be a good class.
After all that I watched some more Chuck - now I officially need to put holds on the rest of the season since I know I'm all in. It's fantastic. PS - Love that Matt Bomer played Bryce the rogue spy in the first episode and he gets flashbacks. He plays Neal Caffrey in White Collar. Another excellent crime comedy.
Then hit up some sushi with the Cool Aunt.
Okay, after years of waiting I've finally learned the trick of how to pay the bill before an Everts woman can grab for the ticket.
Here's the trick. You put your card on the table - but under your phone so that it's there but it's not visible. Then, when the waitress comes you grab the binder thing, pick up your card, put it in the binder thing, give it back to the waitress and say, "Take this and run."
Easy access. It totally worked. I told her she could pay next time. She always pays. That's why she's the Cool Aunt. Actually I think that's more of an Everts quality thing. When I lived with Grams it was a full out battle every time we went out to eat just because they would fight about who would get to pay. Plus you throw in my mother and it's like war. I just stayed out. But now I have strategy.
Alright, church plus family softball game are tomorrow so I'm out of here.
Here are some tunes to jam to in the meantime.
"I Feel Lucky" Mary Chapin Carpenter
live at the CMA's. year unknown. I'm guessing mid-90's. Love the guest appearances.
"Timber" Patty Loveless and Vince Gill
not a big fan of his but she rocks. as does the song. totally jammin' at the opry.
We're in the new building this year - it's all fancy cause it's got windows. Yeah. That's how unfancy the other building was. But no, this is more than just windows, it's like state of the art stuff with primo technology plus these really awesome green chairs. They're like straight in the air and you sit on them and they form a chair. I'm not describing them very well. Perhaps next class I will take a picture and upload it.
The actual class was good. I sat in the back corner by a past classmate. He was in my group when we interviewed Boss's Boss's Boss. Which actually went well. So we jammed out today, he's cool. The whole class is actually pretty good, everyone participated.
Our ice breaker was your name, where you work and what your superpower would be. Apparently they use that in job interviews because it throws the person off guard and makes them think on their feet. I said that although freezing time would be cool - yay Piper! yes I'm a nerd so that was a Charmed reference - I would be a SuperHuman Locator. Because I lose everything. Plus it would be helpful in the library. Even more helpful than the Shelver's Curse mentioned in the previous post.
Class discussion basically revolved around the leadership vs. management question. What's the difference? Are they the same? Crossover? Qualities? What makes them good or bad? Etc. Got some homework and we were out of there 3 hours later.
Stopped by to see the Library Goddess after class - as did the teacher. She told Library Goddess that I'm the trouble maker. Then looked at me and smiled. Thanks? I think. No, she's cool. It's gonna be a good class.
After all that I watched some more Chuck - now I officially need to put holds on the rest of the season since I know I'm all in. It's fantastic. PS - Love that Matt Bomer played Bryce the rogue spy in the first episode and he gets flashbacks. He plays Neal Caffrey in White Collar. Another excellent crime comedy.
Then hit up some sushi with the Cool Aunt.
Okay, after years of waiting I've finally learned the trick of how to pay the bill before an Everts woman can grab for the ticket.
Here's the trick. You put your card on the table - but under your phone so that it's there but it's not visible. Then, when the waitress comes you grab the binder thing, pick up your card, put it in the binder thing, give it back to the waitress and say, "Take this and run."
Easy access. It totally worked. I told her she could pay next time. She always pays. That's why she's the Cool Aunt. Actually I think that's more of an Everts quality thing. When I lived with Grams it was a full out battle every time we went out to eat just because they would fight about who would get to pay. Plus you throw in my mother and it's like war. I just stayed out. But now I have strategy.
Alright, church plus family softball game are tomorrow so I'm out of here.
Here are some tunes to jam to in the meantime.
"I Feel Lucky" Mary Chapin Carpenter
live at the CMA's. year unknown. I'm guessing mid-90's. Love the guest appearances.
"Timber" Patty Loveless and Vince Gill
not a big fan of his but she rocks. as does the song. totally jammin' at the opry.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Rockin' Reference with the Shelver's Curse
System went down and Superwoman gave me a point for damage control. Huzzah for a 135! I'm catching up with Mom. And Space Cadet. Long story. Stupid email attachments.
Anyway, system went down and everyone panicked, took about an hour for it to come back on - like the whole internet so everything was down including all the other libraries in our system. And it just so happened that it was my turn in the lab with the New Girl. Yes, there's a new girl - who's nickname is The New Girl, not to be confused with the New Guy. They are both awesome. And hilarious. Today she totally made my day - someone I knew came in,
I said: She's dating my cousin.
She heard: She's dating my husband.
Yes, we have a very open relationship. Totally made my day.
So, anyway, we're in the lab with no internet and we get all these reference phone calls and people upset cause they can't get online and then there's people that need to find stuff in the library with no working catalog and yeah...umm...I'm weird. Cause I find it exciting when the system goes down. I mean, that's bad cause it's down and all that and frantic and people are upset but it's cool going retro and coming up with stuff on the fly without the technology.
But, I have an advantage.
Cause I have the curse.
I call it the Shelver's Curse. Um, you get it after about a month of shelving. Cause that's really all you do. And um, yeah, it's not like a contagious thing so don't worry.
Anyway, the Shelver's Curse is that you know the call numbers for about every freaking subject in the library because you need to know where to put things. So, if someone asks,
Computers are 005's,
Encyclopedia's are 031's,
Bibles are 220's,
Finance are 330's,
True Crime 364.152-154,
Foreign languages are 400's,
Math and Science crap is 500's,
Health and exercise is about 612-620,
Car manuals 629's,
Gardens are 635,
Animals are 636,
Cookbooks start at 640 and go through about 649 which is when you'll hit the
resume books at 650.14,
after that it's knitting and sewing in the early 700's,
Comics and how to draw stuff is in the 741's-745's,
Decorating is 747's,
780's are music,
790's are sport stuff,
800's are mostly classic literature stuff and
some comedy around 817,
all the travel stuff is in the 900's,
US travel is like 917s,
917.82 or 917.822 is Nebraska central.
For some reason you get baby names at 929. No idea why.
Then you've got the US history after that in the late 900s.
And then it's all biographies from there.
No I didn't look any of that up. Yes I'm laying on my couch visualizing the shelves. It's all part of the curse. Plus I'm a nerd. Remember that.
Anyway, people came in and wanted nonfiction stuff and since the catalog was down it was pretty much us. So we rocked it with the Shelver's Curse.
And used an actual phonebook for reference calls about phone numbers. Twice. It was awesome. And when that failed I googled a number on my phone. Damage control on the fly. I'm diggin' it.
So I'm still stuck on Chuck. Stoked it's actually still on, usually when I get into a series like this it's already over. Or has like 8 seasons so it takes forever to catch up. I think this one is more recent, only like 4 seasons are so. Will get them after I finish this one.
Anyway, it's fantastic. The man they call Jayne (Firefly) plus the girl who reminds me of Penny if she were a deadly assassin (Big Bang Theory) and then this nerdy guy with a computer-tainted brain. Plus comedy. It's awesome. 9/10.
Songs of the night:
Cause I love the acapella intros. It's all about the intros. At least give them that.
"Anytime" Journey
"Dust" Augustana
Officially mellowed out, time for bed.
It actually is time for bed. Yes, I know it's super early but I have to wake up super early cause some crazy person decided it was a good idea to start a class at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. And I have to drive there. So 7AM for me. And you know how much of a morning person I am. Totally stopping for coffee like twice. Once when I leave and once when I get there.
Not sure what I should expect. Dunno if I will see the Library Goddess. Or Cool Aunt. But have class in their building yet again. They are apparently stoked for the new building cause they have windows and all that. Huzzah! I'll miss the windowless classrooms. Not. But I'm confused cause it's supposed to be in two rooms with one teacher. Or maybe there's two. I just know I have the textbook and the mission statement printed out.
Not that I don't already have it memorized anyway.
And our selection policy.
And the selection policy of a peer library.
Freaking Library Goddess with her actually relevant and helpful-in-your-job homework assignments. Although I'm still waiting to give my Zombies vs. Unicorns booktalk to some unsuspecting young adult. It it Zombiefest weekend. Yes that's a real thing. Google it. I love this town.
OUT!
Anyway, system went down and everyone panicked, took about an hour for it to come back on - like the whole internet so everything was down including all the other libraries in our system. And it just so happened that it was my turn in the lab with the New Girl. Yes, there's a new girl - who's nickname is The New Girl, not to be confused with the New Guy. They are both awesome. And hilarious. Today she totally made my day - someone I knew came in,
I said: She's dating my cousin.
She heard: She's dating my husband.
Yes, we have a very open relationship. Totally made my day.
So, anyway, we're in the lab with no internet and we get all these reference phone calls and people upset cause they can't get online and then there's people that need to find stuff in the library with no working catalog and yeah...umm...I'm weird. Cause I find it exciting when the system goes down. I mean, that's bad cause it's down and all that and frantic and people are upset but it's cool going retro and coming up with stuff on the fly without the technology.
But, I have an advantage.
Cause I have the curse.
I call it the Shelver's Curse. Um, you get it after about a month of shelving. Cause that's really all you do. And um, yeah, it's not like a contagious thing so don't worry.
Anyway, the Shelver's Curse is that you know the call numbers for about every freaking subject in the library because you need to know where to put things. So, if someone asks,
Computers are 005's,
Encyclopedia's are 031's,
Bibles are 220's,
Finance are 330's,
True Crime 364.152-154,
Foreign languages are 400's,
Math and Science crap is 500's,
Health and exercise is about 612-620,
Car manuals 629's,
Gardens are 635,
Animals are 636,
Cookbooks start at 640 and go through about 649 which is when you'll hit the
resume books at 650.14,
after that it's knitting and sewing in the early 700's,
Comics and how to draw stuff is in the 741's-745's,
Decorating is 747's,
780's are music,
790's are sport stuff,
800's are mostly classic literature stuff and
some comedy around 817,
all the travel stuff is in the 900's,
US travel is like 917s,
917.82 or 917.822 is Nebraska central.
For some reason you get baby names at 929. No idea why.
Then you've got the US history after that in the late 900s.
And then it's all biographies from there.
No I didn't look any of that up. Yes I'm laying on my couch visualizing the shelves. It's all part of the curse. Plus I'm a nerd. Remember that.
Anyway, people came in and wanted nonfiction stuff and since the catalog was down it was pretty much us. So we rocked it with the Shelver's Curse.
And used an actual phonebook for reference calls about phone numbers. Twice. It was awesome. And when that failed I googled a number on my phone. Damage control on the fly. I'm diggin' it.
So I'm still stuck on Chuck. Stoked it's actually still on, usually when I get into a series like this it's already over. Or has like 8 seasons so it takes forever to catch up. I think this one is more recent, only like 4 seasons are so. Will get them after I finish this one.
Anyway, it's fantastic. The man they call Jayne (Firefly) plus the girl who reminds me of Penny if she were a deadly assassin (Big Bang Theory) and then this nerdy guy with a computer-tainted brain. Plus comedy. It's awesome. 9/10.
Songs of the night:
Cause I love the acapella intros. It's all about the intros. At least give them that.
"Anytime" Journey
"Dust" Augustana
Officially mellowed out, time for bed.
It actually is time for bed. Yes, I know it's super early but I have to wake up super early cause some crazy person decided it was a good idea to start a class at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. And I have to drive there. So 7AM for me. And you know how much of a morning person I am. Totally stopping for coffee like twice. Once when I leave and once when I get there.
Not sure what I should expect. Dunno if I will see the Library Goddess. Or Cool Aunt. But have class in their building yet again. They are apparently stoked for the new building cause they have windows and all that. Huzzah! I'll miss the windowless classrooms. Not. But I'm confused cause it's supposed to be in two rooms with one teacher. Or maybe there's two. I just know I have the textbook and the mission statement printed out.
Not that I don't already have it memorized anyway.
And our selection policy.
And the selection policy of a peer library.
Freaking Library Goddess with her actually relevant and helpful-in-your-job homework assignments. Although I'm still waiting to give my Zombies vs. Unicorns booktalk to some unsuspecting young adult. It it Zombiefest weekend. Yes that's a real thing. Google it. I love this town.
OUT!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation
Queen of the Known Universe said bad things happen in threes. She lied.
Quote of the day: "And did he take your library card?"
Today was one of those days. Got glared at three times and yelled at once. By the third glare I just asked if they wanted to speak with my supervisor right away, instead of waiting for them to ramble and rant at me. After the first I was like hyper aware of all the patrons - there was no autopilot answers. I was waiting for something else to happen. And then it did. Thankfully all my supervisors are wonderful so it was okay. At least I spread the love around and didn't get the same supervisor the whole day. The Koha Queen and I joked about getting walkie talkies between the front desk and her desk downstairs. I would totally use it all the time, she's probably sick of me flailing downstairs yelling, "Do you have a second?" But she is also the queen of patience - which is why she is in charge of the transition. Then Superwoman who is always helpful and Girlscout who remains professional the whole time and adds in humor as well. And the fourth and final transaction was just me. Maybe that's why there was yelling and not glaring.
I'm remaining positive.
I love my job. And I love public libraries because of the variety of people and material. So, the yelling and the glaring I'm okay with. Sort of. It's never boring. I'll give you that.
But I've learned to keep my head down and not do anything stupid. Really my only rebellions nowadays are my mis-matched socks and this blog. Even Oldest Sister doesn't believe I can skateboard. I probably can't anymore. I'm all like different and stuff. Will have to grab it next time I go to the farmhouse and bring it back with me. I'll have actual pavement to ride on this time - the beauty about the farmhouse is that it's in the middle of nowhere so you've got the stars and the peace and all that - the one thing missing is concrete. Or cement, sorry Bones. You get like one slab which is fun to ride your bike/skateboard around on but after about an hour you get tired of riding in circles and try to branch out to the gravel. Not as smart.
Started season one of Chuck over at Oldest Sister's house. It's not all that bad - I'm actually thinking about putting a hold on the second season already and I'm mid-NCIS so that's kind of a big deal. It's basically this geek - sorry, nerd - nerd sees stuff he's not supposed to see so the government is all over him and they have to stop this bomb from going off and all that. I'm only one episode in so that's basically all of the storyline I have so far. But he lives with his sister and captain Awesome who says everything is Awesome and then he has this nerdy best friend who clearly has a thing for his sister - Chuck's sister, not like his his sister - and so he has to keep this whole stuff secret from them and all that - plus there's the female CIA agent who's watching out for him and then another dude who was battling for custody. It's a long story. But it's seriously a 9/10 on the Scale of Awesome so you should check it out. Perhaps I will review it properly tomorrow when I'm not as scatter-brained.
"My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels
check out that syncronized snapping and clapping - very impressive 1:40-1:41 I just crack up.
"It's My Party" Lesley Gore
she seems to be doing more dancing than crying
or check out Amy Winehouse's version of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrXhsuR-tk
Think I'm gonna crash and burn. Maybe watch some more of the first disc on the way there.
Quote of the day: "And did he take your library card?"
Today was one of those days. Got glared at three times and yelled at once. By the third glare I just asked if they wanted to speak with my supervisor right away, instead of waiting for them to ramble and rant at me. After the first I was like hyper aware of all the patrons - there was no autopilot answers. I was waiting for something else to happen. And then it did. Thankfully all my supervisors are wonderful so it was okay. At least I spread the love around and didn't get the same supervisor the whole day. The Koha Queen and I joked about getting walkie talkies between the front desk and her desk downstairs. I would totally use it all the time, she's probably sick of me flailing downstairs yelling, "Do you have a second?" But she is also the queen of patience - which is why she is in charge of the transition. Then Superwoman who is always helpful and Girlscout who remains professional the whole time and adds in humor as well. And the fourth and final transaction was just me. Maybe that's why there was yelling and not glaring.
I'm remaining positive.
I love my job. And I love public libraries because of the variety of people and material. So, the yelling and the glaring I'm okay with. Sort of. It's never boring. I'll give you that.
But I've learned to keep my head down and not do anything stupid. Really my only rebellions nowadays are my mis-matched socks and this blog. Even Oldest Sister doesn't believe I can skateboard. I probably can't anymore. I'm all like different and stuff. Will have to grab it next time I go to the farmhouse and bring it back with me. I'll have actual pavement to ride on this time - the beauty about the farmhouse is that it's in the middle of nowhere so you've got the stars and the peace and all that - the one thing missing is concrete. Or cement, sorry Bones. You get like one slab which is fun to ride your bike/skateboard around on but after about an hour you get tired of riding in circles and try to branch out to the gravel. Not as smart.
Started season one of Chuck over at Oldest Sister's house. It's not all that bad - I'm actually thinking about putting a hold on the second season already and I'm mid-NCIS so that's kind of a big deal. It's basically this geek - sorry, nerd - nerd sees stuff he's not supposed to see so the government is all over him and they have to stop this bomb from going off and all that. I'm only one episode in so that's basically all of the storyline I have so far. But he lives with his sister and captain Awesome who says everything is Awesome and then he has this nerdy best friend who clearly has a thing for his sister - Chuck's sister, not like his his sister - and so he has to keep this whole stuff secret from them and all that - plus there's the female CIA agent who's watching out for him and then another dude who was battling for custody. It's a long story. But it's seriously a 9/10 on the Scale of Awesome so you should check it out. Perhaps I will review it properly tomorrow when I'm not as scatter-brained.
"My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels
check out that syncronized snapping and clapping - very impressive 1:40-1:41 I just crack up.
"It's My Party" Lesley Gore
she seems to be doing more dancing than crying
or check out Amy Winehouse's version of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrXhsuR-tk
Think I'm gonna crash and burn. Maybe watch some more of the first disc on the way there.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Stuck in the Middle With You
Why would anyone put a needle in a stack of hay anyway?
NCIS Season 8 - fantastic! Scale of Awesome says 10/10 and I'm only one disc in - of course I've already seen the whole thing but that's not the point. It's got great storylines - cases that haven't already been used by other crime shows - fantastic characters - Gibbs, Ziva, Kate, Tony, McGee, Abby, Ducky even Palmer everyone of them is unique with their own quirks - even excellent sets - this show is pure awesomeness on air. I highly suggest you check it out Tuesday nights on CBS, or pick up one of the seasons on DVD at the library.
Speaking of the library - had a big day at ours today. There was this big ribbon-cutting ceremony thing with speeches and all that - even a giant pair of scissors. That was sweet.
Today felt super busy even though it was only 9-5. Yes, only. But shelved and boxed up books all morning then had some lunch, huzzah for mint chip ice cream, then got all registered for the NLA conference - aka Nebraska Library Association not the National Limousine Association or the Lawyers Association, Lipid Association,...what other ones did I get when I Googled the page I was trying to find....oh! how about the Nine Lives Association? Real deal.
But I'm going because they're having this session on life during and after the MLS and since that's what I'm getting I thought it would be cool to go and listen to what they have to say. But that's not until like October, so got a while to plan.
Or, how about the National Lime Association?
Another tip I learned today - try going shopping when you really have to go to the bathroom. It'll save you time and money cause all you want to do is grab the essentials and get the heck out of there. I always buy a bunch of junk that I really don't need. Might use that strategy in the future.
Newspaper Licensing Agency. I hate that word licensing. I always spell it wrong. I feel like I'm spelling it wrong now. Maybe I should google that too.
"Stuck in the Middle With You" Stealer's Wheel
Am I the only person my age who knows who Stealer's Wheel is? As fantastic as Michael Buble is, no he did not write this song.
In true 70's fashion you've got the clothes, you've got the booze, you've got the suspicious characters...wait, was that Jesus at 2:06? ... and again at like 2:48? He's the drummer. Hmm....
Next Level Athletics.
"Bad Example" Pistol Annies
It's kind of a "Wreckers" situation when Michelle Branch teams up with backup singer Jessica Harp and they make their own band as a duo, this is Miranda Lambert plus Ashley Monroe who's been kind of a backup singer for profession plus a newbie Angaleen Presley. they're pretty good.
you may have heard of their hit "Hell on Heels" seen here for it's live debut:
carrie underwood, blake shelton, reba mcentire all jamming in the audience
I like "Bad Example" best just cause it's like throwback country mixed with sort of a doo-woop sound from the 50's. I'm diggin' it.
Should probably crash soon although I have a feeling I'm just going to make popcorn and watch more NCIS.
No Longer Available.
NCIS Season 8 - fantastic! Scale of Awesome says 10/10 and I'm only one disc in - of course I've already seen the whole thing but that's not the point. It's got great storylines - cases that haven't already been used by other crime shows - fantastic characters - Gibbs, Ziva, Kate, Tony, McGee, Abby, Ducky even Palmer everyone of them is unique with their own quirks - even excellent sets - this show is pure awesomeness on air. I highly suggest you check it out Tuesday nights on CBS, or pick up one of the seasons on DVD at the library.
Speaking of the library - had a big day at ours today. There was this big ribbon-cutting ceremony thing with speeches and all that - even a giant pair of scissors. That was sweet.
Today felt super busy even though it was only 9-5. Yes, only. But shelved and boxed up books all morning then had some lunch, huzzah for mint chip ice cream, then got all registered for the NLA conference - aka Nebraska Library Association not the National Limousine Association or the Lawyers Association, Lipid Association,...what other ones did I get when I Googled the page I was trying to find....oh! how about the Nine Lives Association? Real deal.
But I'm going because they're having this session on life during and after the MLS and since that's what I'm getting I thought it would be cool to go and listen to what they have to say. But that's not until like October, so got a while to plan.
Or, how about the National Lime Association?
Another tip I learned today - try going shopping when you really have to go to the bathroom. It'll save you time and money cause all you want to do is grab the essentials and get the heck out of there. I always buy a bunch of junk that I really don't need. Might use that strategy in the future.
Newspaper Licensing Agency. I hate that word licensing. I always spell it wrong. I feel like I'm spelling it wrong now. Maybe I should google that too.
"Stuck in the Middle With You" Stealer's Wheel
Am I the only person my age who knows who Stealer's Wheel is? As fantastic as Michael Buble is, no he did not write this song.
In true 70's fashion you've got the clothes, you've got the booze, you've got the suspicious characters...wait, was that Jesus at 2:06? ... and again at like 2:48? He's the drummer. Hmm....
Next Level Athletics.
"Bad Example" Pistol Annies
It's kind of a "Wreckers" situation when Michelle Branch teams up with backup singer Jessica Harp and they make their own band as a duo, this is Miranda Lambert plus Ashley Monroe who's been kind of a backup singer for profession plus a newbie Angaleen Presley. they're pretty good.
you may have heard of their hit "Hell on Heels" seen here for it's live debut:
carrie underwood, blake shelton, reba mcentire all jamming in the audience
I like "Bad Example" best just cause it's like throwback country mixed with sort of a doo-woop sound from the 50's. I'm diggin' it.
Should probably crash soon although I have a feeling I'm just going to make popcorn and watch more NCIS.
No Longer Available.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Cause Lord Knows I'm a Rolling Stone
"Wedding cake freezes, this we know."
"Runaway Bride" I love it. 7/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Maggie - Runaway Bride - Carpenter leaves grooms at the alter, so far there's been 3 with another wedding about to happen. Ike the New York reporter finds this story to hard to pass up so he completely bashes her and loses his job. In search of vindication he goes to meet her and prove that he was right, meanwhile finding out all about the true her and why she left all those men.
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack
I forgot that Christopher Meloni is one of the grooms.
I think I like them better together in this one than I do in Pretty Woman. It's like a reunited cast, seriously.
Plus Joan Cusack is hilarious. Sketch is a big fan of that family - mostly because of Gross Pointe Blank. "I'm taking down the office now!" Maybe that'll be next on my list tomorrow night.
"Cheer. Normal."
I love split shift. I can take naps, I can watch movies, I can run errands - this time I cleaned my apartment. I even spot-cleaned the place. Not that it needed it, although I'm clumsy and Carter is Carter. Carter hates the vacuum. Scares the crap out of him. Runs and hides.
Then watched some Scooby doo. They have this Mystery Incoporated series, it's actually pretty funny. Although it has Shaggy and Velma as a couple plus Daphne fawning all over Fred - which I guess is normal. Just weird to actually see them as teenagers and you know, people with lives other than purely focusing on mystery solving. Did it used to be that way and I was just too young to notice? I thought it was purely mystery stuff without all that relationship drama. Will have to look for the original series through interlibrary loan or something.
"I think I am profoundly and irreversibly screwed up."
Songs of the night: It's jam out time.
"Runaway Baby" - Bruno Mars
wasn't really a fan before but after listening to his whole album i'm loving it.
"Only You" - Josh Kelley
yes that's Katherine Heigl and yes they're married now. I think I posted that a while ago but just in case you didn't already know.
Tomorrow is coming faster than I thought it would which means I should sleep. Gonna pick up NCIS season 8 after work, huzzah!
"Runaway Bride" I love it. 7/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Maggie - Runaway Bride - Carpenter leaves grooms at the alter, so far there's been 3 with another wedding about to happen. Ike the New York reporter finds this story to hard to pass up so he completely bashes her and loses his job. In search of vindication he goes to meet her and prove that he was right, meanwhile finding out all about the true her and why she left all those men.
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack
I forgot that Christopher Meloni is one of the grooms.
I think I like them better together in this one than I do in Pretty Woman. It's like a reunited cast, seriously.
Plus Joan Cusack is hilarious. Sketch is a big fan of that family - mostly because of Gross Pointe Blank. "I'm taking down the office now!" Maybe that'll be next on my list tomorrow night.
"Cheer. Normal."
I love split shift. I can take naps, I can watch movies, I can run errands - this time I cleaned my apartment. I even spot-cleaned the place. Not that it needed it, although I'm clumsy and Carter is Carter. Carter hates the vacuum. Scares the crap out of him. Runs and hides.
Then watched some Scooby doo. They have this Mystery Incoporated series, it's actually pretty funny. Although it has Shaggy and Velma as a couple plus Daphne fawning all over Fred - which I guess is normal. Just weird to actually see them as teenagers and you know, people with lives other than purely focusing on mystery solving. Did it used to be that way and I was just too young to notice? I thought it was purely mystery stuff without all that relationship drama. Will have to look for the original series through interlibrary loan or something.
"I think I am profoundly and irreversibly screwed up."
Songs of the night: It's jam out time.
"Runaway Baby" - Bruno Mars
wasn't really a fan before but after listening to his whole album i'm loving it.
"Only You" - Josh Kelley
yes that's Katherine Heigl and yes they're married now. I think I posted that a while ago but just in case you didn't already know.
Tomorrow is coming faster than I thought it would which means I should sleep. Gonna pick up NCIS season 8 after work, huzzah!
Monday, August 22, 2011
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?"
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?"
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Um, those lyrics are crappy. -LM
I love that upstairs in the lab we have three chairs for the two people to choose from. And some of us have our designated chairs. But it's nice because if you screw with the settings on one and can't fix it then you have a backup. Unfortunately, my preference of the chairs hates me. Although today was not my fault. Someone, I ain't saying who, put the chair super short and apparently I'm not smart enough or the chair hates me enough that I can mess with it for half an hour and it will won't go back up to its regular position - yet the second, and I mean the second, that Slim Shady sits in it, she can do it and it's fine. What the crap? Seriously. I was helping patrons so I was distracted but seriously like half an hour. And of course in that half an hour when you're helping the patrons you sit down in the chair every once in a while, and forget that it's that low so you look like an idiot when you like flail all the way down. Then they laugh so it's a good conversation starter, but whatever. So maybe it's not my fault I'm social! I can blame it on someone else. Don't call me social. That's just mean. I'm not social. Am I? Really? When did that change over? I think that's part of the whole actress/librarian theory.
This section may bring out what Sketch enjoys referring to as "B-Poc" aka Bitter and Pissed Off CK. I'm not really B or PO but the rambling may turn ranting so if you're a fan of either Katy Perry or The Band Perry I'd skip this section.
So, I'm jamming on my way to the farmhouse today like jamming to good music and I hit this lull with "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry. They're a good band, you know as a group of siblings and all that and I like their music, and the beginning to this song is awesome and I could listen to that by itself but really? You end it with "they're worth so much more after i'm a goner." "funny when you're dead how people start listening?" It's more like a teenager's cry for help. Which is okay, I guess. But she's like 28.
Plus it doesn't make sense. You started with "If I die young" then you end with "funny when you're dead how people start listening." But you're not dead. How do you know they're listening? Did you die somewhere between this point and the first verse? I think I got distracted by all the "Sharp knife of a short life"s you're throwing at us.
I got this one for free off iTunes back when they were still "who?"
"Who would have thought forever would be severed by the sharp knife of a short life". Um, you? You're the one putting forth this hypothetical situation.
They do redeem themselves with this one:
You Lie
this one is a jam out one, and shows off her vocal skills so it's much better.
I give them a 8/10, I think it's just the one song that gets to me. It just happens to be the number one hit that plays every other song.
Like I said, B-Poc. So, moving on.
Listening to the first one just reminded me of the fireworks show after the game last night. There's mandatory music that's usually something patriotic or pop-ish or whatever, this time they hit up with Britney Spears and Katy Perry. You know, America's poster girls? I like Katy Perry, I think she's great and really branched out and all that,
But no Katy, I never feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again.
Is it just me that cringes at that line? (I do that at both sections of TBP mentioned above as well) I mean, the refrain is great and dance-worthy, but really? Does that have to be your first line? Doesn't that make people change stations?
But like I said, I like her and she's got some great music. It amuses me even more that her parents are ministers. They always said that PK's were the most rebellious. Almost as bad as us TK's.
Firework
While the rest of the lyrics aren't all that grand either it's catchy so it's toxic.
So, Oldest Sister thinks the phrase "introduce you to" one of my characters is funny since they're fake so you really can't meet them, except that you can. And I figured it out. She's more the pro at nonfiction with all the computer manual stuff and the comedic life moments and stuff whereas I just suck at all things nonfiction. This blog should be proof of that. Fiction is my forte so my characters are important to me.
I laugh when they laugh, I'm sad when they're sad, I help them get ready in the mornings and put them to bed at night. I'm there with them when something terrific or tragic happens. So yes, they're real to me. And I enjoy introducing people to them. Unless they suck, then no.
Alright, today was a long day and tomorrow's gonna be more post-camp stuff so B-Poc is signing out. LM
This section may bring out what Sketch enjoys referring to as "B-Poc" aka Bitter and Pissed Off CK. I'm not really B or PO but the rambling may turn ranting so if you're a fan of either Katy Perry or The Band Perry I'd skip this section.
So, I'm jamming on my way to the farmhouse today like jamming to good music and I hit this lull with "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry. They're a good band, you know as a group of siblings and all that and I like their music, and the beginning to this song is awesome and I could listen to that by itself but really? You end it with "they're worth so much more after i'm a goner." "funny when you're dead how people start listening?" It's more like a teenager's cry for help. Which is okay, I guess. But she's like 28.
Plus it doesn't make sense. You started with "If I die young" then you end with "funny when you're dead how people start listening." But you're not dead. How do you know they're listening? Did you die somewhere between this point and the first verse? I think I got distracted by all the "Sharp knife of a short life"s you're throwing at us.
I got this one for free off iTunes back when they were still "who?"
"Who would have thought forever would be severed by the sharp knife of a short life". Um, you? You're the one putting forth this hypothetical situation.
They do redeem themselves with this one:
You Lie
this one is a jam out one, and shows off her vocal skills so it's much better.
I give them a 8/10, I think it's just the one song that gets to me. It just happens to be the number one hit that plays every other song.
Like I said, B-Poc. So, moving on.
Listening to the first one just reminded me of the fireworks show after the game last night. There's mandatory music that's usually something patriotic or pop-ish or whatever, this time they hit up with Britney Spears and Katy Perry. You know, America's poster girls? I like Katy Perry, I think she's great and really branched out and all that,
But no Katy, I never feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again.
Is it just me that cringes at that line? (I do that at both sections of TBP mentioned above as well) I mean, the refrain is great and dance-worthy, but really? Does that have to be your first line? Doesn't that make people change stations?
But like I said, I like her and she's got some great music. It amuses me even more that her parents are ministers. They always said that PK's were the most rebellious. Almost as bad as us TK's.
Firework
While the rest of the lyrics aren't all that grand either it's catchy so it's toxic.
So, Oldest Sister thinks the phrase "introduce you to" one of my characters is funny since they're fake so you really can't meet them, except that you can. And I figured it out. She's more the pro at nonfiction with all the computer manual stuff and the comedic life moments and stuff whereas I just suck at all things nonfiction. This blog should be proof of that. Fiction is my forte so my characters are important to me.
I laugh when they laugh, I'm sad when they're sad, I help them get ready in the mornings and put them to bed at night. I'm there with them when something terrific or tragic happens. So yes, they're real to me. And I enjoy introducing people to them. Unless they suck, then no.
Alright, today was a long day and tomorrow's gonna be more post-camp stuff so B-Poc is signing out. LM
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Extra Innings Victory!
Every time I cook bacon I kill another plate. What the crap? Seriously, and I only have like 5 of them. Stupid bacon. Throws off my groove. Not that I have much in the kitchen. I do however with puzzles, check it out!
I finished one! Yes, it's sideways. Blogger is weird.
Granted it was only like 211 pieces, but still, I finished one without Carter declaring war and complete annihilation. That's a victory. And came home from the game and it was still intact!
Speaking of the game. OMG. Seriously. There are no words. Other than I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Not my words, just repeating them. There are quite a few that I will not be repeating but it was a great night. Who knew I had a life? Love my family. Every year we as siblings all go to a Saltdogs game to celebrate the birthdays in August - there are three. We go, we drink, we banter, we dance, we cheer, we eat, a lot, and drink some more. And tonight was awesome cause we won it in overtime - I'm sorry, extra innings, apparently it's not overtime even though I'm still going to call it overtime. Although Second Sister was saying there has to be another up and down - or was it top and bottom instead of extra inning. 3-2 We beat the Canadians. Their national anthem was sang before the game as well.
Things I learned tonight:
-Mints make things spell good.
-It's amusing to text things back and forth when you're sitting right next to each other
-Cool Sister-in-law: "How do you spell Eminem?"
King of Useless Knowledge: "M and M. It's on the candies."
-There's a difference between heckling with the window rolled up and heckling with the window rolled down
-Brother:"Did you just use your turn signal?"
KOUK: "These are real cops!" (as opposed to the traffic guards on the way out) "They have guns and ticket books!" ps - that "secret" exit thing is a load of crap. took longer than the regular exits.
"We like to party" THE VENGABOYS!
who sings this? THE VENGABOYS!.......who sings this? THE VENGABOYS!......who sings this? Oh for the love.
This song plays every time we score. Every time. And it's awesome. Cause we dance like idiots - you can't disrespect the dance, that's just dumb cause then we'll lose.
and yes i know the video is super weird with the cross and the village people and the elvis impersonator but i like the dancing and i find it amusing.
But the game and the food and the fireworks and the family was just awesome, totally made my week.
working tomorrow so gonna crash now. have a good one. LM
I finished one! Yes, it's sideways. Blogger is weird.
Granted it was only like 211 pieces, but still, I finished one without Carter declaring war and complete annihilation. That's a victory. And came home from the game and it was still intact!
Speaking of the game. OMG. Seriously. There are no words. Other than I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Not my words, just repeating them. There are quite a few that I will not be repeating but it was a great night. Who knew I had a life? Love my family. Every year we as siblings all go to a Saltdogs game to celebrate the birthdays in August - there are three. We go, we drink, we banter, we dance, we cheer, we eat, a lot, and drink some more. And tonight was awesome cause we won it in overtime - I'm sorry, extra innings, apparently it's not overtime even though I'm still going to call it overtime. Although Second Sister was saying there has to be another up and down - or was it top and bottom instead of extra inning. 3-2 We beat the Canadians. Their national anthem was sang before the game as well.
Things I learned tonight:
-Mints make things spell good.
-It's amusing to text things back and forth when you're sitting right next to each other
-Cool Sister-in-law: "How do you spell Eminem?"
King of Useless Knowledge: "M and M. It's on the candies."
-There's a difference between heckling with the window rolled up and heckling with the window rolled down
-Brother:"Did you just use your turn signal?"
KOUK: "These are real cops!" (as opposed to the traffic guards on the way out) "They have guns and ticket books!" ps - that "secret" exit thing is a load of crap. took longer than the regular exits.
"We like to party" THE VENGABOYS!
who sings this? THE VENGABOYS!.......who sings this? THE VENGABOYS!......who sings this? Oh for the love.
This song plays every time we score. Every time. And it's awesome. Cause we dance like idiots - you can't disrespect the dance, that's just dumb cause then we'll lose.
and yes i know the video is super weird with the cross and the village people and the elvis impersonator but i like the dancing and i find it amusing.
But the game and the food and the fireworks and the family was just awesome, totally made my week.
working tomorrow so gonna crash now. have a good one. LM
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