Oops

Alan Thicke is working for the Animal Planet now. That's like if Mario Lopez hosted his own......

oh, wait.

It's Official

There's nothing scarier...

than being in Wal-Mart, at night, when the power goes off and THEN when it comes back on, going outside to find your car in the powerless parking lot, with only the creepy-orange glow of city lights below.

There's nothing sadder...

than being in Wal-Mart at 11pm buying nothing but plastic storage totes , and single-serve frozen dinners, both for work.

My life is so exciting.

Just to Prove That I Knew How, Yeah

There is no sheet of paper big enough in this world to write this week's to-do list on.

I've got the homemade equivalent of an atomic fireball in my mouth at this very moment-a futile attempt at clearing this dry-heat sinus headache I have going. My teeth keep sticking together, but so far, so good. Sometimes, Valentine's day gifts (thanks again Wendy!) can serve more than one purpose.

Today was spent sleeping, reading the Sunday paper, and taking a drive in the snow to acquire some much-needed caffeine.

Work has become a chore, and I've never in my life been good at those. Somedays, playing mediator is not one bit easy. "All we can do, is our best" comes out of my mouth more than I mean it to. It seems that I'm tethered to my cell phone due to work even when I'm off or work knows that I'm supposed to be unavailable at a certain time. During those (albeit rare) times, it rings nonstop. And these 5am calls HAVE to stop. I don't go to sleep until 3 most days, and for Pete's sake, it's retail. Get a grip.

This past week, for non-work related reasons has been particularly stressful. But we needn't talk about that.

I think I need to go to my happy place. If you need me, I'll be listening to "Ice Ice Baby" and doing my nails.

I Swear, I Swear I Will Do My Part

In honor of Random Acts of Kindness week, and due to the fact that I just found out and can't imagine I'll be doing anything other than allowing someone to go home early from work as my act this week, I give you:

Awesome Links I've Been Hiding From You v. 2.0 (in retro vision!)

Library Thing Librarything lets you catalog your books online in public or private format. You can also link your list to your cell phone (if you're fancy) so you can cross reference when you're out shopping.

Music-Map Just type in an artist and you'll get similar artists, in order of, erm, similarity in a neat "floating" map format. English majors and high schoolers will particularly dig this.

Written World She knows books.

Wordie Make lists, find obscure words, comment on words, etc, words, etc.

Favorite Poem Project People reading their favorite poems.

Grazr No, it's not a new phone from Verizon. Grazr puts all the fun back into RSS feeds by letting you utilize them without a subscription. Just look at it, they do a much better job explaining than I ever could.

Ma.gnolia Sort of like Stumble...only you know, not.

Defective Yeti Funny guy and his blog

Neatorama The name says it all, but I would like to point out this.

Charm School Simply lovely writing

MadeWithLoveByHannah Home of quite possibly the cutest skirt evah.

V-Day

Today while perusing Amazon for Valentines day gift ideas I came across their list of what NOT to buy your loved one this holiday, and I must say, it kind of killed the mood for me. Not only was I hoping to Give my honey a Gallon of Wolf Urine this year, I was also ready to pop on a pair of cleavage cupcakes tonight and read from "Fart Proudly...." in my best sexy voice.

Thanks a lot Amazon, another Holiday ruined!

Word of the Day

Sad Pancakes: v. When you get out in 15 degree ice-capped weather to go to McDonald's and get pancakes you've wanted since Tuesday and when you get them home you look down in your bag to see that alas, they have failed to give you syrup.

"You Poor Thing"

I had to put my mom in the hospital today. It's a long story that I doubt anyone wants to hear so I'll just say she'll be fine. Her nurse's assistant looks just like TLB. It's seriously uncanny.

This is the first night I've been alone in 363 days. Not that I'm counting. It's weird and I can't figure out what to do with myself other than clean, and obviously, waste time on the internet.

If anyone wants me, you should probably give my cell phone a ring for the next few days rather than my home number.

The End Of The Innocence

It's no secret that the Golden Girls is my absolute favorite show. So when in late 2005ish/early 2006ish they began showing the never-before-seen-with-my-eyes spin-off, "Golden Palace" I tuned in. Even though it wasn't all that fantastic, I watched as I was loyal to my girls...even watching several repeats in a short period of time.

(warning: This may ruin your perception too)


Then one night Miles came to visit Rose. Blanche had mistakenly convinced Rose that he was cheating on her....but it turned out to not be a mistake. Miles basically had been seeing a waitress on the side for a year or so and had decided to go with her. Rose was crushed, and frankly, so was I.

Miles was the kind of man the (tv) ladies dream about....until that moment. After that, he was like all those other (tv) men. Scandalous.

I can't watch the 'Miles' episodes anymore. Breaks my heart. It's weird how a character can effect you so much.