A Collective Sigh Of Relief

...And nearly one year after the fact, I made up with my family.

Finally.

I'm too stubborn sometimes.

Two To Go

(Note: I wrote the majority of this post last night, but due to a thunderstorm had to finish it up today. Ignore any inconsistencies)

Things have been going downhill for a while with the current job and I finally had the nerve (yesterday) to start doing something about it. YB, just like 98% of the people who are attracted to me (in a person-to-person, non-romantical sense), is a crazy jerk. He broke up with his long-term, live-in lady friend a few weeks ago and he's been taking it out on me like it's my fault. Unprofessional to the max. He has also been doing his hardest to squash any happy I might have in me, and while it's hard to crush 1,000 gallons of amore' into a fine wine, he has managed a decent-sized dent in my attitude. He has also started coming into work half-blitzed. Lame.

I took a half-day (more like a quarter-day) at work today so I could go interview for a different job. This job would be more like what I did at the gift shoppe I was running at this exact moment one year ago. Hard work for sure, I'd be crafting and creating and finally dusting off that part of my brain I let glaze over and partially die. I would be working not alone or with a dump truck of testosterone, but with a small group of six ladies with similar interests. So, moving along to another level of the plan to re-technicolor my world, I accepted. That's four down, and two very large, very complicated steps to go. And I cannot wait until I take the next plunge.

(side note: Have any of you guys noticed that when something good happens it's always hard to track down your friends? I should know better by now, but alas, earwax)

Oil changes, waxes, tank fill ups, and lots of shopping are currently in the forecast for today so if you'll excuse me, I'll be going to spread a little sunshine my way.

Photo Saturday

Is anyone as excited about VH-1s Metal Month as I am? Where else could I see all those Alice Cooper/Bon Jovi(Their "Slippery When Wet" days)/Zeppelin/DEF LEPPARD (!!)/AC/DC/GNR moments I was too unborn, small, and/or uncool to see when they were new. Also, now I know what happened to Matt Pinfield.

Now on to Photo Saturday!

I'd like to draw your attention to the middle-left portion. Critter Removal!?



And because I'm feeling generous, random puppy cuteness (from Wednesday night)

Cause Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad...

From ContactMusic:

DAN AYKROYD has penned the script for a third GHOSTBUSTERSmovie and will reprise his lead role alongside original co-star RICK MORANIS. GHOSTBUSTERS IN HELL will see BEN STILLER fill in for BILL MURRAY, who starred as Dr PETER VENKMAN in the 1984 original and 1989 sequel. The spooky comedy was one of the biggest movie hits of the 1980s and featured a hit song of the same name"

Ghostbusters 3? YIPPIE!!

Musical Monday (On Tuesday)

The boss(es) have been pretty absent the last few days at work, giving me to opportunity to be bored out of my skull, watch every episode of the Golden Girls on during the workday (6 total!), AND play lots of music I would oterwise be criticized for. So in the spirit of all three of these things occuring simulatenously, I give you my playlist, which should keep you (and I) occupied for at least 15 seconds.

-"I'm Burning For You" Blue Oyster Cult
-"Where'd You Go" Fort Minor
-"My Love Is Bold" Danko Jones
-"Silly Love Songs" Paul McCartney
-"Crazy" Gnarls Barkley
-"Chasing Cars" Snow Patrol
-"Shut Your Eyes" Snow Patrol
-"Elevator Love Letter" Stars
-"My Cherie Amour"Stevie Wonder
-"Rock You Like a Hurricane" Scorpions

and the list goes on and on. However, it gets more embarrassing, even moreso than the Paul McCartney tune and you're just not ready to know that much about me yet.Anyone sense a theme in there?

Now it's back to the races...er..work.

Ignore the Glitches

Temporary template. I think.
Carry on.

Spam Mail!

It's time for another edition of....

SPAM MAIL (mail mail mail)

Let's get to it!

-My Shady Past
-DedNOW Support
-American phartmacy! FDA approved driugs!
-This is most modern and safe way not to cover with shame
- Re: Hei!!!!! (Maybe it's the exclamation marks)
-Srtonger, more powerful erections/Increased stamina
-My friend, you are in trouble!
-Hey! Tell your friends to hit me up
-Shame of sex? We can change it
-Sexy baby and bad erection?

Also, since turning 23 I've noticed that I'm getting an abundance of "Trick mother nature!!" spams. I wonder if they know something I don't...or maybe someone is complaining about my weak,powerless erections. After all, when I CAN get one, it only lasts like, thirty seconds.
hehe

Never Let Me Go

I was a triple-threat today, much (okay, all) of my brainpower bouncing back and forth between three problems, three separate people, none which directly affect me, all which directly affect me. I was overwhelmed with bad news.

Then I got a text message from my favorite person that simply said, “Thanks for being you” It was all uphill from there.

Sometimes good days can sneak up on you, all covert-ops in their little black suits.

It's All Just A Memory Now

I'm ready for Monday.

My three-day weekend is almost over and I can't tell you how elated I am that it is. First, a suprise visit from out of town relatives led me to frantically clean house and do the ritual 'putting out' of items they've bought us, causing me to miss some things I'd specially taken the day off to do. Then they decided, not to come over because the whole family was getting together today. Then, in a span of 48 hours, I went from being the guest-book keeper/flower girl instructer at TLB's wedding to Bridesmaid and Bachlorette party planner, back down to guest-book keeper/flower girl instructer/bacholorette part planner. This is a relief actually. Not quite as much work, plus being a bridesmaid at this wedding would propel me to the "always a bridesmaid...." saying zone. Thankfully this has been avoided. I think.

THEN, I fell asleep on HB (Sorry AGAIN) and woke up much later than I should have today, only to rush out and have one of my windshield wipers come off (the rubber part). Luckily I was on the way to pick one up at the time. Unluckily, it was raining. Luckily (again) my uncle knows how to put them on and did for me.

And just so I don't sound like a gloomy gus, here are some good things about the weekend:

-I had some 'me time' which I haven't had for a long while
-I wrote that letter to J&M I'd been putting off because I finally had something to say.
-Found out I'm no longer 'ill' which is such a relief.
-Discovered clothes in the back of my closet (tags on!) from last summer, bought before the rampant unemployment and the physician-mandated crappy gaining mcdiet and they fit! All that going to the gym finally paid off.

Finally, at the family gathering earlier today, I think I captured a ghost:

My aunt had spotted something wicked going on with the television as my awesome Uncle Dave (windshield wiper man) and I snapped photos. Then I noticed this on my digicam after I was home. Oddest part? There were no lights on and I didn't use the flash. Freaky!

Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)

What's better than a little Stephen Colbert to get you through Hump Day? Not ferocious bears, that's for sure. And for those who don't know the Stephen/Charlene backstory (the deprived/underprivileged) see below. Enjoy!!



From Wikipedia:
Charlene is a fictional woman whom Colbert dated at some point in the 80s. After they split, Charlene got married, with Colbert making an uninvited appearance at the wedding, giving the new couple an obscene gesture. She now has a restraining order against Colbert. Colbert will sometimes plead for her to forgive him and let him back into her life. Charlene has at times been humorously referred to in the bullet points on The Wørd without Colbert making any overt reference. Colbert also showed an old videoclip of a song he performed during the 1980s when he was part of the pop-rock group Stephen and the Colberts. The lyrics are thinly-veiled implications of Colbert stalking Charlene. The name of the song is "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)".

(HB, when I told you about this I told you about 'Jenny' instead...whoops! Wrong girl)