January 2008
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how do you define bliss?
Bliss is remembering to put your streamer on pause…then coming back to hear the rest of Air Supply’s The One that You Love. Ah, 1981, here I am…the one that loves you. I’m pretty sure I’ve turned into Michael Scott from The Office.
Friend L is way funnier than me...
So, if you didn’t read it yet (god help you if you have), you should read the post 2 below this starting with Freakout. Now…here’s what my coworker sent back as an edit to her version, her extra comments are in bold. Friends’ version: Liz orders, eats, laughs. Mentions that her middle name Anne means “grace,” and how it’s ironic at times. K and L are not surprised to hear...
Topped off with...
the post I just wrote below?? Well, I sent it in an email to the 2 coworkers I had lunch with…but I sent it to the wrong person, and she now thinks I’m crazy. DAMMIT.
Freakouts are in the eye of the beholder...
My version of lunch: Order, eat, laugh. Dump tray, go get refill on bad habit. Oopsie, my credit card was still on my tray. La dee dah, gee I hope I just see it. Oh, look, my friends are laughing at me. Oh well. To lady that works there- yes I’m sure I dumped it. No it was not inside a container (?). No it’s not in my lower pockets. No it’s not in the breast pocket in my coat, but thanks...
My dream of Jack Tripper as Prez has come to a close…exit stage left. Once again, a defeat for the middle-aged white man. er…
woohoo…I just paid off my grad school loans! I’m free from debt! oh wait…I forgot about the mortgage that’s $20k more than the value of my condo…
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It's Official: I'm 9 Years Old
- dewster huh huh, he wrote ball-cock 4 times.
There’s an expense in our seminar account, and I didn’t know what the acronym stood for, so I went to Google. I completely forgot what the same acronym means in the real world, so I had to search again to avoid page after page of Irritable Bowel Syndrome sites before I got to the right IBS. I’m sure our IT guys don’t care or have time to see what we’re doing, but...
“I don’t drink any hot beverages…that’s the Devil’s...”
– - Kenneth from 30 Rock Twobits reminded me of this quote when I brought up the Kenneth-coffee episode. I really need to see all the episodes since each one is funnier than the last.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain, and I'm...
(that’s right, I quoted some GFR- Grand Funk Railroad) ah…this is what my coworkers do on Fridays…I mentioned earlier that I named my car (Glenda Bella Gordon Lightfoot), and now I want to name my rowing machine since it feels like a boat. Behold the SS Chaka Khan (as illustrated by my gbf@w)!! PS one time a drunk guy tried to tell me that GFR was “the greatest, man,...
Stones followup
ah, hearing the Stones reminded me a scene from a movie that most people never saw…Dirty Work starring Norm McDonald, also Chris Farley. There’s a scene in a bar where guys are about to get into a fight. Farley goes over to the juke box, intending to play the Stones’ “Street Fightin Man”…but hits the wrong # and instead you hear “do you like pina...
Doo Doo Doo Doo - Rolling Stones I love indie...
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so, as most know, I’m an accountant by trade. Well, when I’m typing that word or “Accounting Manager”…I sometimes forget the O. Pause for realization…and I can hear Jen shouting at me “I am an Acc*ntant! I am an Acc*nting Manager!” Either I notice the problem, or Outlook catches the error for me when I email from work, but I forget to use...
it shouldn't be an "option"?
I was just in a political discussion against my will. My boss came in and demanded an answer as to who I thought would be nominated by each party…I picked Hillary and McCain. Anyway…coworker R started going off…saying that the rumor is that Hillary is a lesbian, that if(WHEN) she’s elected Prez she will declare it a lesbian world, and that it [lesbianism] shouldn’t...
yes, it’s a typical day here for me- I’m currently eating cashews off my 2007 Jeopardy calendar. The answers to the 2 questions I see are “Who is Florence Henderson?” and “What are porcupines?” What are two things that are not in my kitchen?
Professional Development
I just learned that instead of control-alt-delete you can push the Windows key and the L key to lock your computer. Where’s my raise? — dewster Wow, I usually just say I’m a dork, but today I’m definitely nerd material- as soon as I read this I tried it. sadness. PS no offense Dew (and JFBost too).
“Fact! Luckily, you can’t consume enough to cause a major internal eruption. ...”
– OMG, same article as below.
“Still, it’s a good idea to wipe icky stuff off your top before popping it.”
– this was in an article about a completely non-dirty topic, but this is where my mind is right now…
Random (and somewhat unfortunate) items I’ve...
Canada geese almost attacked us as we came back from lunch I announced that I once saw a swan knock a grown man off a dock my boss’ daughter is allowed to miss (Catholic) school today if she gets proof that she’s protesting abortion in DC abortion rates are down, but my boss thinks it’s just because “kids” are more sophisticated now and buy condoms. I don’t think I...
my modes of transport...
…let me start by saying that when I got my new car in August, I wanted to name it something that would help me keep it clean. The old car’s name was Bessie, but I’d usually only use it when trying to make it go up a tough hill towards the end (come on Bessie!). So…long story short, I named “her” after a Southern woman who always seems to have things together...
facts of the day. from growing up in PA Dutch...
a fastnacht is a lard-based doughnut they make in PA for Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday, to get rid of the fat before Lent. the donuts at Chinese buffets kind of taste like them. my elementary school gym teacher’s name was Mrs. Fastnacht. But she wasn’t fat. we loved her, perhaps b/c she was a tasty doughnut.
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ah, the south.
it just occurred to me why SS and my mom have off tomorrow…for Lee-Jackson Day. I still remember being in Hburg and seeing a sign at the bank that said it was closed for Lee-Jackson-King Day, and thinking WTF?? doesn’t anyone realize the problem with this? Oh well, I don’t have much room to talk since my parents now live just down the street from a few Confederate flags.
I knew it!
I was 99% sure that when I registered to vote in VA, that I didn’t have to pick a party like you have to in PA, but a few people disagreed. My real concern was- I like to vote (even though nobody else does), so I wanted to know if I could vote in the primary on 2/12. I don’t know why they’re bothering with it anyway, since things should be pretty much decided the week before on...
one time I worked with a guy named Earl. He had a speech impediment and couldn’t pronounce his r’s, so he said his name like “oil.”
and it's not even a postal employee...
Me: hey, remember that guy Steven that used to work here?
NC: yeah, he was so weird and withdrawn. I don't think he liked anybody.
Me: I know! I went out of my way to be nice to him because...
NC: you were afraid that he would go crazy and come back to shoot people?
Me: Wow.
Me: Actually, yes.
need an education on the US political system?
then I’m probably not your gal. I tried to explain the primaries to my NC last week. I felt pretty good until someone came in and mentioned the electoral college…I decided that I’ll tell her about that in November once I figure out how the hell it works.
further evidence that I'm an 8-yo boy:
I just spent a little of my lunch time giggling with delight while making paper worms wiggle… if you don’t know what I mean, you probably did this (and got over it) in elementary school- scrunch the paper on a straw, then add water and watch it grow…
need a reason to throw up today?
of COURSE they thought they had a connection…
PD again...
While I was searching for the Van Damme clip below, I came across an email about PD…I sent it to people, trying to explain the unexplainable PD: - his last name happens to be what his job is, how odd is that? It’s like my last name is Accountant. - he used to make claws with his hands and go “roarahh!” at me. - then he threw paper clips at me. I think I learned at this point that PD...
I work with a huge bitch.
That’s all. She made a stupid, tasteless comment to me about things my dad is going through, but the details are too sad to put up, just take my word for it.
Mmm...french onion.
I was going to try to write a clever story, but here it is: I was at Panera for lunch yesterday, and a couple was practically doing soft-core porn near where I was sitting. I moved and tried to warn others, but it was too late. Is it wrong that when I told a longer version to my coworkers (included thigh-grazing, etc), they thought it could be 2 married people having an affair like I did?! PS, 2...
Evidence from the past 2 days that I have the...
watched American Gladiators, and regressed to the point that I mentally mapped out costumes for personal reproduction watched AG, and again regressed to the point that I created features for a new gladiator…to be revealed when complete. laughed at Elliot in the Morning (well, that’s every day) discovered that sitting on a leather couch made a fart noise, so I repeated the action until my mom was...
and I'm spent.
…have to get to an appointment in Baltimore today, so I only worked for 2 hours. Let’s guess at how much time I spent on this site today. woohoo for not wanting to do real work!
I might as well go for 20 entries today…Dewster just sent me this email…he’s been asking me about the MBA program at JMU…I said that the director is really nice and remembers me from our old timey baseball discussions…and Dewster just sent me this: Subject: Dr. B So, I emailed him this morning to get some info and he responded right away. We’re TOTALLY BFFs...
a hankering for Sam and a boo to Hillary. ...
I just sent an email to SS:I can’t believe the primaries so far, I guess we’ll see what happens today in NH. Jen’s there with Sam Donaldson. She’s his assistant, not having an affair. Can you imagine having an affair with him? Hold on to the eyebrows!What is wrong with me today? That is shameful, he’s a national treasure.Anyway, boo on Hillary for crying,...
everybody's humpin around.
I was pushed into Facebook a few months ago (more like lightly shoved) by JS. I can’t believe I did it because: 1- I wasn’t born in the 80s or 90s 2- I’m not in high school or college 3- I have a mortgage 4- I have 3-dimensional friends However…it seems to make some of my friends happy, so that’s nice. for them. I created a page that, in summary, indicated that I...