Why is it so hard to name a blog?

2009-05-21T19:55:00.001-04:00

Did I mention I'm excited to go camping? I totally am.

Camping!

2009-05-17T22:54:00.002-04:00

We're going camping next weekend for Porter's bachelor party. I was really looking forward to shooting but it looks like the range is going to be closed. I am bummed. It will still be fun, just not as much fun. My gear arrived yesterday so now I have my self inflating pad and sleeping bag! The sleeping bag is a bit scratchy so I'm going to wash it and see if that helps.

Star Trek is awesome. That is all.

Okey

2009-05-05T22:12:00.003-04:00

I have a new obsession. It's a Turkish game called Okey. It's like Gin Rummy only with tiles and weird rules about wild cards.

Yeah.

The only problem is the site is completely in Turkish. I had Adrian set up an account for me and I can navigate to the game, but I don't know what people are saying in the chat window. I tried using a translator but the MFers don't spell things correctly. GAH! I said I was American once and they laughed and said some things I didn't understand. My mission now is to learn Turkish so I know what they're saying.

I know that's crazy.

I'm excited to go camping/shooting on Memorial weekend for Porter's bachelor party. Should be a good time. I spent entirely too much time this afternoon looking at self inflating camp pads and sleeping bags. :D I hope the June bugs aren't too prevalent. I also hope I get to see another flying squirrel. I know no one believes me, but man that thing was cool. It looked like this:

Facebook

2009-04-05T21:04:00.002-04:00

I've become even more of a Facebook addict these last two weeks. I've been playing Mafia Wars, which is ridiculous, really, but quite fun. My Scrabble addiction has slowed somewhat as no one will play against me more than a few times. :( This makes me a sad Panda.

Jo, Kristen and I went and painted pottery today. I broke the cycle after three banks and painted a plate today. It's a plate for deviled eggs, right? The creepy/cute thing is each hollowed out egg spot has a chick painted in it. HA! It's too morbid for me not to love it.

I can't seem to stop eating string cheese. I miss the smoked stuff I used to find up in MN. I bet there's a way to order some on the internets. Hmm. I've been jonsing for a trip up North lately in general. I'd love to see everybody! Well, not everybody, but most people. :)

The above paragraphs are freakishly even.

That is all.

WOOO!

2009-03-12T14:44:00.004-04:00

I wrote this long post about how good Sam is doing, what movies I need to watch and how excited I am about Jeremy coming for a visit from Japan but fscking firefox ate it. I can't be arsed to write it all again.

2009-03-03T21:44:00.002-05:00

It's been a long few weeks. There's too much to say so I'll sum it up by saying that Sam scared the hell out of us but now he's doing wonderful.

Work has been work. Busy and busy.

We had a fun party for Paul's b-day. He managed to not wet himself. :D

I'm looking forward to the weekend even though it's only Tuesday. It's going to be along week, methinks.

Get well

2009-02-10T21:28:00.001-05:00

Sam you better get better and out of the hospital. Like now.

This is going to feel like firm mashed potatoes...

2009-02-06T12:54:00.003-05:00

only not warm. Or buttery.

WTF? That's what the dentist assistant person said to me this morning before she shoved a tray full of goo into my mouth. As bad as I've been gagging lately I am surprised I didn't yak all over the place. I managed to keep my composure. That was a completely unpleasant experience.

I should have my guard within a few days, though. That's good.

How funny is The Office? Very, that's how. Ah. Good times.

Today is Friday. That holiest of days when I get to stay up late and sleep in. Weee! I don't know what I'm doing tonight, but it's gotta be better than what I've been doing today. :D

Sleepwear

2009-02-05T12:54:00.005-05:00

Evidently I clench my teeth in my sleep. I don't grind, but I clench. This is why my jaw pops and I sometimes can't open my mouth more than 3 centimeters in the morning. Good times! I go tomorrow to get an impression done for a mouth guard. That's sexy, no? D:

I am loving Lost right now. I won't say why, but the show is finally living up to it's potential in it's penultimate season. In other TV news, I am excited for The Office and 30 Rock tonight. It's an exciting life! And in still other, breaking news, I have the first two discs of Arrested Developement to watch this weekend. I can't wait! I've seen a lot of the episodes, but know I missed a bunch. Squee!

Joe Torre went to the Dodgers. I don't know how to feel about that.

Oversleep much?

2009-02-04T11:41:00.002-05:00

I woke up at 9AM this morning, which is my start time. D'oh! I took the world's fastest shower, got dressed, grabbed a yogurt and got to work by 9:30. I like living just a few minutes away!

Money sucks. Cars suck. I want nothing to do with either.

It saddens me that I've seen every episode of Futurama. I wish there were new ones. Zoidberg deserves more air time, he does! I need to start recording another half hour pro-grm (o-grm) to watch whilst having lunch. Hrm. Maybe Friends or something. I'll have to search the schedules.

I am re-addicted to Scrabble on Facebook. I forgot to put my groceries away last night because I got distracted by Scrabble. So sad.

Snowmageddon

2009-01-28T09:41:00.002-05:00

Everybody was talking for the last few days that we were going to get a huge storm blah blah blah. I ignored it as usual because it rarely comes true. I got about 2 inches at my house yesterday and was not impressed. I woke up this morning to 10+ inches, to my amazement! I love it! I had a blast driving in to work, even though my tires are a bit bald. I'm sure getting home after another 3-5 inches is going to be fun. :D

My DVR hates me. It didn't record How I Met Your Mother this week. It makes me a sad panda. I think watching it will be on today's agenda.

I'm stoopid and managed to return a movie to Netflix that I *hadn't* watched and keep th one I had. Gah. I'll have to add that one back to my queue. :rolleyes:

Ferrets

2009-01-20T21:16:00.002-05:00

Anyone who has seen me in the last couple of days had heard about this video. So I thought I'd post it here to share with everybody that reads my blog. All 2 of you and Sam has already seen ths. HA! So, this is for you, Megan. :D

Ferrets

Happy Birthday, Jolene!

2009-01-14T09:56:00.002-05:00

I can take comfort in the fact that Jolene will always be older than me. :D

Today is going to be a good day, despite the fact that 2 inches of snow caused everyone to drive 20MPH on roads that could have been traveled at twice that speed. I'm at work, I had a good breakfast and I'm ready to get work done. WOO! Now to find some work...

We're going out to Maggiano's for Jo's birthday tonight. It's exciting! I can't wait for calamari. Mmm. I have a billion errands to run at lunch time. I should pick up a present for Jo, too. *adds to the list*

Long time no post

2009-01-13T10:52:00.002-05:00

It's been a busy couple of weeks. NYE was good. I'm looking forward to Jo and I's birthday party (on my birthday) this year. WOO! It's nice to have a birthday on the weekend. :D

Work is work. I'm supposed to be doing my self review right now but I can't bring myself to work on it. It's due today. Procrastinate much?

Denny called me last night to let me know that someone I grew up with passed away. Sad. He was about 10 years older than me, but still so young.

Looks like somebody has a case of the Mondays...

2008-12-30T11:02:00.001-05:00

It feels like Monday all over again. Yesterday was a frustrating day of chasing my tail to get stuff done and none of it worked out. Today has started much the same. Only I'm not as worried about it today, for some reason. I've accepted my fate. Besides, I only have to get through today and tomorrow and then I have a 4 day weekend. WOO!

We're going out for a nice Italian (I can hardly wait for calamari!) dinner on NYE. Jolene is having a pajama party at her house afterward. Ends badly.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree...

2008-12-23T11:59:00.002-05:00

It's Christmas week. I'm working. Well, maybe not working, but I'm here.

I "work" again tomorrow. I wish I could play my DS. Luckily I'll be working from home on Friday so I'll be able to fire up LoTR and listen to it as I check emails and voicemails. :D

I'm nearly done with my shopping! I have few more things to get, plus a trip to the grocery store to pick up Christmas dinner items. Should be 3 stops total and nowhere too crazy. I'm pretty excited to spend a day in pajamas with my friends and family. I hope we get snow!

I don't understand why people have so much trouble wrapping presents. I can't get my mind around it. Most of the things I wrap are square/rectangular or I made them that way by putting them in a box. That's not hard.

Have a holly, jolly Christmas

2008-12-17T11:56:00.002-05:00

I think I've had that song in my head for a week or so now. I can't seem to shake it. I've tried everything. I've listened to Viva La Vida about fourteen times. Icky Thump, ten times. Hell, I even tried listening to the Wicked soundtrack. Nothing is working.

I really need to finish up my shopping for Christmas. I only have a few little things left to get, but it's stressing me out not being done already. I like to wait to wrap the presents so I know what I have. I forget as soon as I put paper on them.

Tomorrow is our Holiday party for work. I wish I had a horrid Christmas sweater to wear. Something that lit up and sparkled. :D

Memories

2008-12-12T14:14:00.003-05:00

I ate up most of my lunch (ha, pun intended) with the people from the bank so I decided to run through Taco Bell on the way back to work. I ordered a Chili Cheese Burrito (formerly chilito, rumor is they had to change the name because it means "little penis" in Spanish) and some nachos. This brought me back to the very first time I had Taco Bell. It's odd the things you remember, but I remember being in The Cities with Megan and her dad. There was some sort of car show along the street and we got Taco Bell and looked at cars. I couldn't tell you what year it was, though.

Yeah. Memories. :D

2008-12-12T11:59:00.002-05:00

It's Friday at long last. I had the cheapest drink ever at the bar last night. It was cherry vodka and sprite, like I normally order, but it was $2.50. Crazy cheap!

I'm excited for the weekend to be here. We're going out tonight for Burkhardt's birthday. Karoke and friends! :D I'm hoping to go and see The Day the Earth Stood Still tomorrow. It looks good. Finally a role Keanu can "act" in. My list of movies is getting longer this Christmas. Valykrie, TDTESS, Madagascar 2, Role Models, The Tale of Despereaux, The Spirit, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...and of course I'll have to see Last Chance Harvey because Emma Thompson is in it. I probably won't see them all in the theater, but I need to make a note of them so I can add them to my Netflix queue as soon as they're available. :]

Four hours

2008-12-11T14:37:00.003-05:00

I got four hours of sleep last night. First I couldn't fall asleep. Then I had nightmares and woke up a bunch. I am over it. As expected, today is interminably long.

I don't have much else to say, except to whine.

Peace Anthem

2008-12-08T17:09:00.004-05:00

This has been going through my head all day so I thought I'd share it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T4Wk9M2ObE

I really wish he'd tour in the US.

Oversleep much?

2008-12-04T12:45:00.004-05:00

Nothing like waking up at 9:15 when you were supposed to be to work at 9:oo! Jeebus. I arrived at work to someone who isn't my boss telling me she scheduled a meeting for that exact minute. I put down my breakfast sandwich and off to the meeting I went. The bummer is I probably didn't need to be there. DANGIT!

My sammich was a bit cold when I got back, but still edible.

I have won 4 games of Scrabble now! I'm moving up in the ranks. I was shocked to see that they did not accept Satan as a word. I had to go with Santa instead. Lame!

All aboard the failboat!

2008-12-03T14:46:00.004-05:00

Why do I constantly set myself up for failure? I got the books for my LOMA courses 5 weeks ago. I cracked one open and took the practice test. Scored a 60% and thought I'd better get reading. But I didn't. I procrastinated. And then procrastinated some more. Today arrived and I still hadn't read any. I spent a bit of free time this morning and my lunch reading but it was too little too late. I scored a 63%. FAIL.

The bummer is I have another test tomorrow, for another book I haven't read. It's going to be a long night of no TV, no Scrabble and plenty of LOMA. Maybe I can squeak past with a 70%. :(

Pizza the Hut

2008-12-02T12:17:00.004-05:00

Why am I so excited to go to Pizza Hut for lunch? Because I can make a huge salad that contains mostly mushrooms and eggs, that's why. The pizza is good. Well, bad. But still so good. I'm just more excited about salad today!

Carry on. Nothing to see here.

Man. Now I want to go to Ruby Tuesday's and eat my weight in zucchini. Weird cravings today.

You know it's going to be a bad day when...

2008-12-01T16:01:00.006-05:00

you lock your keys in the car first thing in the morning.

It hasn't actually gotten much worse since then, but I'm still on alert.

I'm officially addicted to Scrabble on Facebook. I played for many hours yesterday, while listening to the LOTR movies on TV. I'm also a big dork, evidently.

I'm excited to see that my birthday is on a Saturday next year, even though the thought of having an adult beverage turns my stomach right now. Thanks, Metformin! You may (or may not, the jury is still out) be helping my polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but you make eating and drinking things a serious downer.

What else? I can't think of much, except how much I'd like to be playing Scrabble right now.

First snow of the year!

2008-11-30T16:48:00.002-05:00

We got about two inches here in Carmel. I woke up and realized it was brighter out than normal and when I opened the shades I saw snow! It's been unseasonably warm, or so everyone I've seen in the last week has told me. I was enjoying 50 degree days with lots of sun, but it really feels like winter now. It's hard to believe tomorrow is already the first day of December. This past six months has flown by.

Back to work tomorrow. I could use another day to recover. I managed to give myself another Wii injury. My bicep area this time, from bowling. So sad. I had a blast at Jo and Eric's last night, though. We had a fire going on the deck. Good times.

I'm feeling too lazy to do laundry this evening. I guess I dress up, as that is all that's in my closet now.

I can make it...

2008-11-25T10:04:00.002-05:00

Nightmares. Terrible nightmares. Man I am over waking up crying.

I can make it through today and tomorrow. I know I can. Then it's a glorious 4 day weekend! Good food, good friends. Susan (Adrian's mum) is coming to town! It has been forever since I've seen her. We're going to get lunch and probably hit up New Age People if I know Susan. :D

I made the list dividing out who is bringing what for TGD, but now I don't remember what was on the list. I hate not being able to access my webmail from work.

I'm finally getting going on my Christmas shopping. Now all I need to do is prod Eric into updating his wishlist. 1 item? For reals? :rolleyes:

Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiiiiie

2008-11-23T18:41:00.001-05:00

Why does it take 80 minutes to bake a pot pie? That seems a bit excessive to me. It better be worth it.

w00t!

2008-11-19T21:42:00.003-05:00

2 Christmas presents down. How many to go? I found a good deal on the current wootoff so that and the thing I picked up yesterday really put me ahead on my shopping.

I should really hit up Amazon and order some stuff...

Netflix

2008-11-18T19:39:00.002-05:00

Have I mentioned how much I love Netflix? I do. I really do. I'm currently watching episode one of The Office via their Watch It Now feature. It's nice to be able to watch things while I'm waiting for my DVDs to arrive. Good times.

Wii injury

2008-11-17T16:17:00.002-05:00

No, that's not a typo. I do not have a wee belt...err...injury. I have a Wii injury. I played Naruto after much protest Saturday night and now my arm hurts. It didn't hurt yesterday while I lazed around the house, but today it does. Must be all the typing and whatnot. Owie. It's quite sad. I feel like I should maybe go to the gym. O.o

Sunday well spent

2008-11-17T13:13:00.002-05:00

I watched about 6 hours of The Tudors yesterday. I didn't do much else. Played around on the internets but couldn't be bothered to update ye old blog. Big surprise! I made myself a nice dinner of mashed taters with corn and chicken. Is gooooood. :)

Time to go to lunch and drop my Netflix in the post office box!

Happy Birthday, Eric!

2008-11-15T11:28:00.001-05:00

Eric turn 35 today! He's having a martini party, which should be fun. I need to do laundry and go shopping (after I figure out what to get him) before early evening so I better get a move on.

41 Days until Chirstmas

2008-11-13T11:20:00.002-05:00

Christmas is going to be small this year, what with Jolene being out of work for 10 weeks and me having to pay my medical debt. I'm still looking forward to it, of course. I haven't done any shopping yet, but I have ideas. I'm bummed though, 'cause the day after Christmas is a work day for me. That's super lame. I mean come on. It's a Friday. After Christmas. Throw me a frickin' bone! The thing that makes it even worse is this: I am the only person from my team that will be working. I'm hoping I can arrange to work from home for that day. *crosses fin-gers*

What else...I baked too many potatoes last night. I made three medium sized ones. Yeah. That's too much. I had a tummy ache the rest of the night! You would think I could stop eating after two and being full, but oh no. I don't waste taters, precious.

We have a Book Club meeting today at work. There aren't many of us, but it's quite fun. I should really be reading my LOMA books instead as I have two tests the beginning of next month, but I love to procrastinate. Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow, right?

gasp

2008-11-12T15:32:00.002-05:00

I missed a day! I've been pretty good about writing at least something short and silly every day, but it looks like yesterday got away from me.

I'm excited because the first three disks of the first season of The Tudors arrives from Netflix today or tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the series quite a bit. I miss Rome and Deadwood. That reminds me I should see what new HBO series I am missing. There's always one that slips through the cracks.

Is it sad that I'm *really* excited about the potato bin I just added to my Amazon wishlist? It probably is. This started when I bought 10lbs of po-ta-toes last night. I knew they needed to be in a cold, dark place, but I didn't know if the fridge would work or what. So I googled. Turns out the fridge is NOT a good place. Right now they're in my cupboard, but I fear they will go bad because of no ventilation.

Sam says I should just poke holes in a cardboard box, but I prefer to go the expensive route. :D

Actually, I'll probably try his idea and see if it works. *sigh*

tha-thump tha-thump

2008-11-10T23:14:00.001-05:00

I nearly just had a heart attack. I finished watching Top Gear and No Reservations, so I turned off my TV. As I gathered my cell phone and whatnot and headed toward my bedroom, a loud bang startled me. It was definitely a door slamming. My fear of zombies being what it is I immediately pictured scenes from 28 Days Later and my heart beat a bit faster.

The weird thing is, all of the doors in this complex are on those arm thingies so they can't slam. O.o I just heard it again. I'll have to call the office in the morning and have them adjust the front door (I'm assuming it's the front door). Yikes.

Now I need to calm down so I can get to sleep. *twitch*

PSA: Don't drink vodka with Russians...

2008-11-09T18:54:00.004-05:00

on an empty stomach. Yikes. I'm finally feeling human today. I had a blast a Ksusha's birthday party. The commie theme was hilarious! I wish I would have had time to order this t-shirt:

Life in the fast lane

2008-11-08T12:21:00.002-05:00

Last night was just another exciting Friday night. I went to BW3s for Debbie's going away/good luck party thing. I stayed about an hour before I felt too sick and had to go home. I fell asleep on the couch at about 8:30. WOO!

I need to find the energy to go to Ksusha's birthday party tonight. PCOS is kicking my ass. :(

Box full o' puppies

2008-11-07T14:28:00.000-05:00

This is so fun to watch! http://http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

Ugh.

2008-11-06T23:14:00.002-05:00

I'm glad today is over. I had a pretty busy day at work followed by waiting for the cable guy to show up. He fiddled with some things and said he couldn't fix the problem I've been having with the On Demand channels. He did, however, fix the volume weirdness on my HBO channels, so that's good. Not time completely wasted. Oh, and he said that I probably need to get my modem replaced since it's been acting flaky the last week.

I think my spell check is run by Lt. Data. It doesn't recognize contractions as being valid. Weirdness.

Go blue!

2008-11-05T10:20:00.000-05:00

And no, I don't mean the Colts. :p Indiana voted Democrat for the first time since 1964! That is amazing. I'm so happy that my vote meant something, a big something, this time. :D I can't wipe the smile off my face today. I have to tone it down a bit, though. I'm surrounded by staunch Republicans and they are not happy today. Anyway, I know that it's going to take a lot of time and work to dig us out of the holes we're in, buit I really feel like it's possible. I guess I'll check back after the first 100 days and see how I feel!

I've been brushing up on my Russian with Susha. Having not used it much in the past six months I figured it would be mostly gone, but I'm pleased that I still remember over a hundred words. I am going to find the time this weekend to get back to work on my cyrillic writing. Unfortunately it fell by the wayside when I started to do more Rosetta Stone learning.

I just picked up a copy of Give Up by The Postal Service. I'm excited to listen to it. I really enjoy Ben Gibbard's (Death Cab for Cutie) voice. Here's hoping the album doesn't suck!

I Voted!

2008-11-04T16:31:00.000-05:00

I have a sticker to prove it. A little birdie told me Starbucks will give me a free coffee and Krispy Kreme will give me a free doughnut. I need neither after all the leftover Halloween candy I just scarfed down. I was surpised and pleased that the line stretching around the gymnasium, out the door and down the sidewalk was not for my presinct. I was all set to sit and wait with my Nintendo DS loaded up with Mystery Case Files and my Zune loaded up with Rage Against the Machine albums. But, I was in and out within 10 minutes! WOO! I had time to enjoy a bowl of Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice soup from Panera. Man that stuff is good. Reminds me of MN, doncha know.

This article about PETA changing the name of fish to sea kitten is killing me: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/2008_10_29_PETA_flounders_with_bid_to_rename_fish__sea-kittens_/ This line "No problem with the name change for me. I’ll love their cute sea kittens -- right next to hushpuppies on my plate." in particular made me snort with laughter.

Is this thing on?

2008-11-03T21:29:00.001-05:00

I have a Facebook account I rarely check, I figured it was time to add another piece of internet stuffs to the list.

Wish me luck! :)

Why is it so hard to name a blog?

Camping!

Okey

Facebook

WOOO!

Get well

This is going to feel like firm mashed potatoes...

Sleepwear

Oversleep much?

Snowmageddon

Ferrets

Happy Birthday, Jolene!

Long time no post

Looks like somebody has a case of the Mondays...

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree...

Have a holly, jolly Christmas

Memories

Four hours

Peace Anthem

Oversleep much?

All aboard the failboat!

Pizza the Hut

You know it's going to be a bad day when...

First snow of the year!

I can make it...

Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiiiiie

w00t!

Netflix

Wii injury

Sunday well spent

Happy Birthday, Eric!

41 Days until Chirstmas

*gasp*

*tha-thump tha-thump*

PSA: Don't drink vodka with Russians...

Life in the fast lane

Box full o' puppies

Ugh.

Go blue!

I Voted!

Is this thing on?

gasp

tha-thump tha-thump