Want a plane that loops the loop.

It's official. My boyfriend is an old man.

That's right, he turned 26 tonight at midnight.

Means I'm next.

2 months and a day.

Ugh, man. A lot to accomplish before that point.

Signing up for the rec center being one of them.

Planning on following through on resolutions this year so I went to sign up and apparently I use too much sanitizer cause my prints wouldn't work.

Geez, I attempt to make an effort and this is what I get.

Guess it's just not meant to be.

Could use that as an excuse to continue to be lazy, but really playing iPad air games for 2 hours every night really isn't healthy.

That's all I got for today. I'm zonked. Worked all day. Date night with the boyfriend after.

We watched Elysium.


It was messed up man. Scale of Awesome says 6/10.

Now all I can think of when I see Jodie Foster is her 20 minute speech about privacy at the Oscars.

But it was Lifetime Achievement so really she could say anything she wanted.

"cause i have a microphone and you don't, so you will listen to every **** word I have to say!"

Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck Day Four


Deck The Halls - Mike Tompkins and friends


don we now our game apparel. see if you can name all the youtubers featured. or you could cheat and watch all the way to the end to read their names.

2012 was Pomplamoose, 2011 was Mannheim



Oh Come All Ye Faithful - Pomplamoose and friends


too cool, love these guys.

2012 was JS, 2011 was Twisted Sister



Chipmunk Song - Glee Cast


who the hell is that? am i really that behind?

2012 was Straight No Chaser, 2011 was the Chipmunks



2011 Day Four - Joyful and Triumphant
2012 Day Four - Do people actually ask Santa for hula hoops?

Darth Vader follows me on Twitter. Take that world.

Okay, fair warning this post is going to be music-filled cause Voice finals were tonight along with The Sing Off which I put off watching though I don't know why cause after tonight holy crap.

Seriously, watch this and tell me you aren't a fan.



Yep, going back to watch the rest of the season.

Oh look, Pentatonix.

That explains why they're everywhere.


Anyway, before all this there wasn't a lot of music, minus when I was off desk cause I do listen to my headphones when I'm off desk.

Do some dancing and all that in the elevators.

Though you really have to watch out for which elevator you're in cause we have two and one has a bigass window and that would just be bad.

The other one is super slow and claustrophobic so to pass the time it works.

Where was I?

Oh right, work.

Work was super slow today - think it was the weather, everyone was outside instead.

It was a sweltering 40-some degrees today.

You scoffed at that, but 40-something is sweltering for December in Nebraska.

There's people outside in shorts.

It's madness.

And it's supposed to continue to swelter this week and hit 49 at some point. I'm hoping the trend is slowness doesn't continue as well.

But, I do actually get a lot done when it's slow so it wasn't all that bad.

We're working on getting plastic bags for the checkout which is super boring to you, I'm aware, but big for us, well me since I'm supplies and have to write a proposal for it and all that.

Thankfully I have Superwoman around to make it all shiny and stuff.

Speaking of shiny stuff, I got my final GPA. I finished with a 3.978 which out of 4.0 isn't all that bad.

Would have been a 4.0 if not for that lone A-

Mean.

*cough*Library Goddess*cough*


What else from today that's not music-related?

Oh, so I posted on Twitter something I found online that goes a little something like this:

Jingle bells, 
Twilight smells,
Edward ran away. 
Bella dies, 
Jacob cries, 
Star Wars all the way.

Half an hour later I get a notification that Darth Vader now follows me on Twitter.

So take that world.

It's sad, but I'm proud of that.

Brother will be super jealous, though not jealous enough to actually join Twitter. Or any social network at all for that matter.

He's a lot like my dad, they're both luddites.

Dad's only experience with technology are his smart tractors and his reality-filled DVR.

Or "reality" that is.

Duck Dynasty. Swamp People. American Pickers. Big Shrimpin'. Ax Men. Pawn Stars.

There's more should I go on?

Anyway, I'm pumped. Now I will have to find more Star Wars humor and post it to keep him on my side.

Okay, now on to the music.

So yes, tonight was the Voice finals. Tessanne rocked it. She's still my number one and I think she deserves to win, but I'm secretly cheering for Will cause he's the complete underdog.

He lost in the battles then got stolen by Xtina. He lost in the knockouts then got stolen back by Adam. He beat out James, Cole and Matthew which is madness and he did it all in style.

I know, I know, you don't care, but you should watch this cause it's excellent.

Tiny Dancer


I cheered when I heard "take on an Elton John classic" then attempted to guess what it would be. Not even close.

Love those guys.

Anyway, for the - well, second to - last time here's my Top 20:

Top 20

Red - Adam
Pink - Xtina
Green - Blake
Grey - CeeLo

Tessanne Chin
Matthew Schuler - Eliminated in lives
Holly Henry - Eliminated in knockouts
Kat Robichaud - Eliminated in lives
Grey - Eliminated in live rounds

Brandon Chase - Eliminated in knockouts
Michael Lynch - Eliminated in battles
Timyra Joi - Eliminated in battles
Briana Cuoco - Eliminated in battles
Jacquie Lee

Tamara Chauniece - Eliminate in lives
Ashley Dubose - Eliminated in battles
Monika Leigh - Eliminated in battles
Shelbie Z - Eliminated in lives
James Wolpert - Eliminated in lives

Josh Logan - Eliminated in live
Caroline Pennel - Eliminated in lives
Johnny Gray - Eliminated in lives
Olivia Henken - Eliminated in lives
Ray Boudreaux - Eliminated in lives


So go Tessanne, Jacquie and Will. Whoever wins you deserve it cause this year's was crazy competitive.

Alright, on to the actual music.

Day Three of Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck

Tonight's song choices are:

Christmas Wrapping - Save Ferris


oh my god, was not expecting the twist on the lyrics, love it.

2011 was The Waitresses, 2012 was The Donnas


Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Cimorelli


no, i don't expect you to know who they are, but you should check them out. they've done a ton of covers, my favorite of which is probably Call Me Maybe that they turn into an 80's workout video.

2011 was Glee, 2012 was Michael Buble


Let It Snow - Christina Perri


love her, she's great, but you know that already since i've posted like 8 things by her already on here.

2011 was Michael Buble, 2012 was Frank Sinatra

this was a close second for that last one:



shutup wesley!


2011 Day Three - You Better Not Pout, I'm Telling You Why
2012 Day Three - You Mean You Forgot Cranberries Too?


and speaking of 80's workout videos, check this out if you haven't already:


Library. Desk. Potatoes.


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

"I have to work to keep this figure." "You don't work very hard."

Sketch just called my new hair style "tame" and "classy". If you've seen my current hair style you may not characterize it as those things, but that just means you haven't seen my previous hair colors.

She labeled my old hair colors as "screw you society". I guess this is a bit more reserved than previously.

It's also way short, but I'm getting used to it.


So, as most of you know by now we didn't end up going to the graduation service as planned due to mad weather in Missouri.

However, it didn't stop us from celebrating here.

And it was kind of nice to have a lazy weekend to fall back on.

I got off of work at 3 on Friday so I came home and took a nap - it was glorious - did some laundry then the boyfriend came up and we watched White House Down.



Scale of Awesome 8/10. I liked it. I've actually wanted to see it for a while. I didn't realize Maggie Gyllenhaal was in it. She was great.

So that was Friday, Saturday the boyfriend took me out for lunch.

Well, brunch.

No, it was lunch.

But it was breakfast at lunch.

What constitutes brunch exactly?

Anyway, breakfast/lunch and then we went shopping.

Well, we wandered the aisles of Menards for a while looking for presents for him.

I am now officially done with all my Christmas shopping.

Minus my cat, that is.

Still have to get him toys to go in his stocking.

Though I won't put them in until last minute cause otherwise he'll try to knock it down like last year.

Cat nip.


After that we met up with my family - Cool Aunt and son included - for dinner.

What is ironic is that originally I was supposed to be spending the weekend with my parents, boyfriend, and Second Sister's family in Missouri.

What really happened is that I had supper with my brother's family yesterday then my Oldest Sister's family today, completely missing Second Sister's family all together.

Weirdness.

After dinner we went to his place, watched the VH1 countdown and some of Larry The Cable Guy's Christmas special - welcome to Nebraska - before I headed back.


Today was Bubby's Christmas program so went to that this morning, dinner with Oldest Sister's family as mentioned and then - because I had nothing else to do, huzzah for lazy weekends - I came back to my apartment watched more of Arrow season one - made it to disc 3 and loving it - and took a nap.

Oh and played Angry Birds on my new iPad Air. Graduation present from Mom to replace the one I had as a GA after I had to give it back when my job was done.

I now have far too much time on my hands, I think I played that and Hearts for like 2 hours.

See what I'm turning into?

It's okay, work tomorrow will fix that. Gotta get ready for Christmas - sorry, can't say Christmas - Holiday Party for my teens. The joys of working for the City.

Anyway, the Holiday Party is this upcoming weekend right before my graduation party so I'll be all celebrated out by midnight.


Quotes of the Weekend:

Brother: "That's an ugly seven."

Boyfriend: "I have to work to keep this figure."
Nephew: "You don't work very hard."

President: “We got some knives in the kitchen.”
Kale: “WHAT?” 
President: “They're big knives.” 
Kale: “Great, you can make me a sandwich.”


To be truthful I'm kind of glad I didn't go to the ceremony. It would have sucked to drive that far in that weather, plus you have to wait in line to be announced and since it was an online school I didn't know anyone anyway.

This way they'll mail me my diploma and I'll celebrate my way with my friends and family next weekend.

Should be fun.

Alright, on to Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Two

Today's songs are:

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer - Jesse Hite


2011 it was Elmo and Patsy, 2012 it was them 30 years later

even though the world seems to hate this song i'm posting it anyway cause i like it. and this kid is actually pretty good. he did this 365 days of music where he covers something new every day, it's pretty cool.

oh my god he covers what does the fox say? weirdness. Everybody Talks and Pretty Woman are probably my favorite of his covers.


Little Drummer Boy - Pentatonix


2011 it was Sean Kingston, 2012 it was Kevin McHale

i posted one by these guys last year so i can officially say i was a fan before they got big. they're all over the place now. yes they seem like big nerds but it works for them.


Santa Baby - Megan Nicole


2011 it was PCD, 2012 it was Eartha Kitt

elf selfie anyone? i enjoy that he proposes and she walks away. crazy cool voice for a kid.

you may know her from some of her covers: Lazy Song, Never Getting Back Together, and Payphone, all have view counts in the millions. my favorite is probably Just Give Me a Reason.


2011 Day Two - "That's just Joe's Finger and Pandemonium"
2012 Day Two - So hurry down the chimney tonight.

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

So this is Christmas

Total Stats after 8 hours of work = 4

Reason = I was on desk for a whole 2 hours the entire day.

The rest of my day was spent in the back room rearranging.

That's right, our entire back room at work is totally different.

And it only took us like...5-6 hours.

Well, I guess it's still not done, but it's mostly done.

We just need to move the phone to the other jack, and then move the safe to the other side. And then they have to hang shelves for supplies.

But the lockers are moved - that was a 3 man effort, literally we had to call in another man to help out cause they're massive and come in groups of three. Slim Shady and I were almost flattened by them once, but luckily Fearless Leader and my Work Big Brother were around to save us.

Anyway, lockers were moved, tables were replaced, computers were relocated on the new tables, desk was moved, stuff was cleaned...that hadn't been cleaned in years.

Nasty.

But it was worth it. And now there's much more space for carts and all that.

We'll see how long it stays clean.

So that was big, then after work I hit up Barnes and Noble to listen to Bubby sing and play recorder with his classmates. Then a portion of the proceeds from sales that day went to their school. Pretty neat, and a good excuse to do some more Christmas shopping.

Now I'm almost done, just Oldest Sister left. Still have plenty of time before our Christmas on the first.

And speaking of Christmas the 14th - aka my graduation - is supposed to be the first day of my Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck 12 days of music thing. Since I will not be around to post that day, or tomorrow for that matter, I'm starting it tonight.

Same songs, different artists.

So. Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck: Day One

Pat-a-Pan - SPASH Wind Ensemble


last year it was David Archuleta, before that it was Mannheim.

not bad for high schoolers.


Auld Lang Syne - Martin Tallstrom


last year it was Lea Michele, before that it was a banjo cover.

this guy is great on guitar. check out his cover of Foggy Mountain Breakdown here - it's madness.


Happy Christmas (War is Over) - Charice


last year was Christina Perri, before that it was Maroon 5.

this chick is crazy talented. you should youtube her other stuff, she's fantastic. and yes she was on glee at one point.

Here's Day One from 2011, and 2012.

Alright, have a good weekend. I'll attempt to not trip in front of hundreds of people.

Wish me luck.

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

But I fumbled it when it came down to the wire.

So it's official. I can graduate. I passed all my classes. Even got an A in practicum.

That was really the only one I was worried about. Feel like I learned more in that class than any previous class which makes sense cause it's hands on experience.

At first I was flustered because I had to work somewhere else, but after I got started I really enjoyed it.

Anyway, so that makes this weekend official. Got my cap and gown, booked the rooms, ready for the ceremony and pre-ceremony thing.

There's a lot of ceremonies.

There's even an online one which I'm supposed to RSVP for.

Woops, do that tomorrow.

The problem though is that I'm really not a girly girl so I don't know what to wear to these things.

What's the dress code for a Master's graduation?


I don't know what it was about today but I was just in a funk.

Which is weird, cause I learned I passed this morning, but it didn't seem to change anything.

Probably because even though I attempted to go to bed early last night I didn't sleep very well. So I was all zombie-mode this morning. And basically the rest of the work day. And then I had a TAB meeting this afternoon which normally are fine, but today was just bad.

It was bad and I'm glad it's over. That's all I'm gonna say about that.

So, I was glad that after work things picked up. Met with my parents, went out for supper, then hung out with the boyfriend. We watched Home Alone 2 - the second half, we watched the first half earlier this week - and then Sister Act 2.

Both of which are excellent sequels and have excellent soundtracks.

I'm hoping tomorrow is like the latter half of today and not the former.

The Wire - HAIM


aww, poor guys. good video, catchy song, i dig it.

Turtledove - Is it a turtle that can fly or a bird that has a shell?

No.

I don't have the flu.

This headache, exhaustion, and feel of utter despair are only allowed to be temporary.

I have graduation this weekend, I'm not allowed to be sick.

It's all mental, right?

Either way it's 10:30 and I'm going to bed.

It's not that I don't love you all, and want to amuse you with my ramblings, but I literally feel like crap and it's hazing my memory from today.

I remember....work.

I was there.

And then I wasn't.

And then I was on the phone with Sketch for a while.

And then I wasn't.

Then I watched The Voice.

My top pick made it to the final, huzzah Tessanne. First time since season three when my top pick won it all - go Cassadee. She made a guest appearance tonight and rocked it.

That's all I remember, aside from cheering that Will joined her. And Jacquie, Jacquie's good too. But I was stoked for Will, but sad for James.

That's all I remember.

No, there was drunken dancing Marcia Gay-Harden.

Which means I watched Trophy Wife after the Voice.

I don't remember. It's all a blur. I fell asleep. But then I was awake. I don't know, I took cough medicine. Now I'm going to bed. Will see how I'm feeling tomorrow.

Song of the Day:



what's a partridge?

maybe another one for my "12 days of xmas music that doesn't suck" list.

hm.

out.

Hit me with your pet shark, fire away.

Yay for a day off.

Slept in, it was marvelous.

But was productive too, did a bunch of laundry, went grocery shopping and did some xmas shopping as well.

Plus my stockings are now hung and all that.

Carter spent the day staring at Yoda.

Either he is thinking: what the crap is with the tiny green man hanging from the bookshelf - or - he remembers what Yoda held last year and he's waiting for me to look away so he can pull it down and search for toys.

He's spoiled.

Just a little.

Anyway, after the cleaning and shopping I headed out to see the boyfriend. We went to see 12 Years a Slave.



Scale of Awesome says 6/10. It was good, nothing I'd want to see again, but pretty good. I was interested in the story - horrified at moments - but there were other moments when it dragged on - it would stay on a character after a big scene and they would be just standing there for like 2 minutes extra for dramatic effect.

Anyway, after that we watched a couple of episodes of Best Funeral Ever.

Yes, that's a real show and it's ridiculous.



The ones we saw where a Hollywood themed one where they took the casket to the movie theater and a game show themed one where they spun the casket on top of a giant wheel.

On to the clips, going with them instead of music tonight, though technically they are made up of music so they count.

Misheard lyrics:



and then the 90's version.



ain't nothin' but a meat steak.

love it.

alright, i'm out. have a good one.

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

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

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



Yes, Leverage.

Season two.

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

You're missing out on life.


Yes, I skipped yesterday.

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

I think.

Yeah, I'll make it.

Maybe even hit 1000 total.

Madness.

But I guess it has been 3 years.


So, weekend.

Yesterday:

"Your bun is hanging out."

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

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

Spinach and feta cheese breadsticks to be exact.

That's right. Be jealous.

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

Not bad.

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

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

Or, a group of clips, that works too.



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

So that was Saturday.


Today:

It snowed. All day.

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

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

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

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

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

This morning I was early.

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

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

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

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

And when I say video games I mean a classic.

Contra.



Dominated.

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

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

Maybe hang up my stocking and some Christmas lights.

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

And by extreme I mean inflatable stuff and lights galore.

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

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

Plus play more Contra.

Sounds like a plan.

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

I find new distractions.

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

Music:

Tall Tall Trees - Alan Jackson


another song you know but forgot you knew it.

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

hmmm...

Sorry your dodgeball coach got killed by two tons of irony

Chair #1 = Dentist 10:00 AM

I treat this as pass/fail cause either you have cavities or you don't.

Today I passed.

Score.

Remember when I never had cavities ever so this was never a question?

And then I go in and have like 4?

Yes, that sucked.

Thankfully this morning was the opposite. Though apparently I need to floss more.

Woops.

Chair #2 = Hair Dresser 1:00 PM

Hair is now red and blonde.

And chopped short.

Ish.

Rebellious nature intact until graduation.

Dark enough that my boyfriend didn't say anything, but red enough that my Mom did.

But of course she's used to it by now.

Her theory is that she's thankful because it's temporary not like tattoos or piercings.

Not that that will ever be a problem cause as anyone who knows me at all can tell you, I hate needles.

After the hair thing stopped by the farm and watched some NCIS: LA. Forgot how much I like that show, should get caught up.

Then supper with the boyfriend and his parents.

They went shopping and we watched Falling Down.



Yes, that's the actual title. Circa 1993.

Scale of Awesome is 4/10, I fell asleep. Has anyone else heard of this movie? Was it big way back when?

And when I say "way back when" I mean 20 years ago.

God he looks young.

Anyway, we followed that up with Dodgeball.



Scale of Awesome 9/10, I love this one, but I've also seen it like a thousand times.

It amuses me that they're married and playing enemies, in the bloopers he messes up all the time when she's around, it's hysterical.

Music:

Pour Me - Trick Pony


used to be my favorite song, haven't heard it in forever so i'm bringing it back.

out.

Why aren't you seizing the boy?

You know you're a nerd when you cheer cause it's Thursday.

You know, Thursday?

The day when the place across the street has their specials?

Yes I go there every day and yes they know me by name.

Today was hamburgers.

I ate mine on the way to a TAM meeting.

TAM = Thursday Afternoon Meeting

Redundant since we call it a TAM Meeting, but a meeting nonetheless.

With all the Youth Services staff.

We picked our favorites for upcoming Caldecott.

Yep. Libraries full of nerds, get used to it.

That was the highlight of today.

Tomorrow I get to spend my day in chairs.

Dentist and Hair Dresser.

You can track my life by the color of my hair, I've lost count of how many colors I've gone through.

There was red, blonde, purple, orange, blue streaks, black and brown. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

It was amusing because right after I started dating the boyfriend - this time - I told him I was going to get my hair dyed and he goes, "not red, right?"

As in fire engine red which I had for both high school and college.

Can you tell we've dated before?

No, not red.

Nor will it be tomorrow. Though it would be awesome. Superwoman said she'd give me points for that, but I'm guessing now with the Master's it would be frowned upon.

I'm supposed to be all professional and all that.

Tie my shoes.

Match my socks.

Now I do neither, guess that'll have to change next week when I get the diploma.

Or maybe I'll be a rebel and continue to do neither.

Sounds like a plan.

Music:



Yes I'm back on Leverage.

Season Two.

You're missing out on life if you've skipped this show, for serious.

Go to your library. Check out season one. Watch it. Then tell me I'm wrong.

I'm gonna crash. I hate dentists, need actual sleep so I don't freak out in the chair.

I have a history.

Luckily, I have Sketch and Edit to reenact those things for me.

Sketch and Edit Sit in a Waiting Room



And just cause I can.



On repeat.

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

Just one of those things that gets sweeter with time.

For once I was nothing but productive on a day off.

Usually when I clean my apartment it's because I'm avoiding homework.

Now I have no homework to avoid so I had to force myself into it.

But I was up.

Since 8AM.

On a day off.

I know.

Sucked.

But I guess it was worth it.

Met up with my sisters for lunch, shopped a bit in the afternoon, then cleaned the rest of the day.

Literally, the rest of the day.

Mopped, dusted, vacuumed, scrubbed, all that.

I think I've mopped like 3 times since I've moved in.

Don't give me that look, it's not like there's a lot to mop.

And I keep it clean.

But today was extreme, even changed out my shower curtain.

Think I'm good for a while.

Tomorrow it's back to work so I should crash.

Exhausted.

I know, I'm boring. I'm sorry. But it was a very big day for me.

Here, have some more Useless Information.

-The original pack of Skittles doesn't contain the color blue so you CAN'T taste the rainbow.

-The letters on M&M candies stand for Mars and Murrie, the developers of the candy in 1941.

-The designer of the Statue of Liberty - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi - used his wife as the model for the body and his mother as the model for the face.

-The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles stands for the varieties of pickle the company once made.

-A group of whales is called a Pod.

-Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

-The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo"

Gonna look into that one tomorrow at work.

On to the music. Song you know but forgot you knew it.

Dust on the Bottle - David Lee Murphy


classic country.

Watching Leverage's Nebraska episode. Nice attempt at our accent. It's amusing. Sophie hates chicken fried steak. Parker wears a Nebraska hat and eats corndogs. Hardison gets mobbed.

"Ladies, for the last time I am not the tailback for the Cornhuskers. I don't even know what a Cornhusker is."

"I can't hack a hick."

Even if he were a High Tech Redneck?



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

How many library science students does it take to swallow some fruit?

I don't know what it was about today but work felt eternal.

Think it might have had something to do with the fact that my normal Tuesday has been 9-1 and then the internship. Today was my first 9-6 since August.

BUT I made a lot of progress with my booklist, which is good cause I need it to be done and polished by February for the booktalk.

So nervous, I hate public speaking.

Maybe I can talk Sensei or my sister into going and sitting in the back and making faces at me. That might help.

After work was Library Goddess's party for graduates. First time the Boyfriend met the Library Goddess and it actually went okay.

No, he fit right in with our quirky gang.

And when I say quirky I mean it, we went around the table discussing what we collect. On the list was DVD's, motorcars, dolls, scarves, records, and skulls.

Yeah skulls.

Actual skulls.

But who said what is Vegas so you'll just have to guess.

The fruit thing was the drinks - there was punch with fruit in it and it kept getting stuck in the bottom of the glasses so it became an adventure attempting to swallow said fruit.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one going over there for graduation. It's quite the drive, but I earned the damn diploma so I should walk the stage to get it.

Anyway, it was great to get together with the gang again. Looking forward to the ceremony and the pre-ceremony next weekend.

The countdown continues.

On to the music.

Song of the day:

Secrets - Will Champlin


from a few weeks ago, but awesome nonetheless.

Voice Eliminations were tonight. Lost Matthew. Down to just 3. Which, out of 5, isn't all that bad.

Top 20

Red - Adam
Pink - Xtina
Green - Blake
Grey - CeeLo

Tessanne Chin
Matthew Schuler - Eliminated in lives
Holly Henry - Eliminated in knockouts
Kat Robichaud - Eliminated in lives
Grey - Eliminated in live rounds

Brandon Chase - Eliminated in knockouts
Michael Lynch - Eliminated in battles
Timyra Joi - Eliminated in battles
Briana Cuoco - Eliminated in battles
Jacquie Lee

Tamara Chauniece - Eliminate in lives
Ashley Dubose - Eliminated in battles
Monika Leigh - Eliminated in battles
Shelbie Z - Eliminated in lives
James Wolpert

Josh Logan - Eliminated in live
Caroline Pennel - Eliminated in lives
Johnny Gray - Eliminated in lives
Olivia Henken - Eliminated in lives
Ray Boudreaux - Eliminated in lives

Team Adam:
Tessanne Chin
James Wolpert
Will Champlin

Team Xtina:
Jacquie Lee

Team Blake:
Cole Vosbury

CeeLo is out.

The ironic part is that now I'm actually rooting mostly for Will and he's not even in my top 20. But Tessanne is still my number one. And I also really love James - Jacquie has been a huge surprise - was not expecting her to be that epic. Crazy talented.

that's all i got. off tomorrow - huzzah - gonna clean the apartment. i know, now that there's no homework to distract me i have no excuses. ugh.

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

Done.

Yes, I'm posting this again. It's tradition. And probably the most-posted video on this blog.



Celebratory paper throw.

I can now officially do it.

Holy crap, I'm done with grad school.

Well, the homework portion at least.

Hence the celebratory paper throw.

All that's left are the grades - which is on their end - and then the graduation ceremony itself. Got my cap and gown hung up and all that.

And of course the party. I'm almost done sending out invitations. I still need to mail a few and stop by the home branch to drop off theirs. But other than that I'm good.

I just can't believe it's over.

Grad school is only mentioned in 256 out of 971 - wait, seriously, 971? - posts but it was a huge part of my life for like 3 years. Now I'm done with homework and stress about classes...feels good.

Today was good too. Extremely busy. Because of the holiday last week we were closed for two days and it all caught up with us today. Like 80 tubs in delivery, 2 full carts of holds, plus tons of stats. Made the day go by fairly quickly.

Plus Mr. BossMan Tom stopped by. It'll be weird not leaving tomorrow to go to the internship. While I'm glad to be done with that I'll definitely miss it.

And that's all I got for today. Came home, watched The Voice, The Blacklist, and then wrote up the paper.

The Blacklist was epic - fall finale, can't wait until January for new episodes. I wasn't as impressed with The Voice. Except for Jacquie, she was awesome.

Cry Baby - Jacquie Lee


alright, i'm out.

Stick it in your pointy ear.

Okay first up, watch this:



If you haven't already.

Craziness.

Today was good. Slept in, went to church then out to eat with Oldest Sister and family. Watched Bubby play some basketball, did a ton of Xmas shopping - almost done, not really - then headed out to see the boyfriend for dinner and a movie.

Star Wars 6. Classic.

The boyfriend thinks it's weird I get my groceries at Target. But it's one-stop shopping! Where do you get yours? Don't say. HyVee. I have yet to run into any helpful smiles in those aisle. Or at least the one in my neighborhood. And I can never find anything. In Target I know exactly where everything is.

Actually proud of myself for being productive with the shopping. Finished with Mom, Squirt, and most of Second Sister and brother's families. Others I have no clue where to start. But I'll keep looking.

In honor of Star Wars tonight's music selections are some of my favorite parodies.

Yes 2 of which are Weird Al, but who does parodies better than Weird Al?

The Saga Begins


awesome.


Yoda


amusing.


Call Me Maybe


EPIC.

Obi-Wan's "maybe" gets me every time.

I guess technically a parody but I'm going with it.