I'm the color-me-happy girl

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:16:15 GMT

I'm doing laundry so I'll have clean clothes to wear for the holiday. And of course I put a new load in the washer and totally forgot to push start. I remembered the soap, and setting it. Just didn't actually start it. FAIL.

FTW

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:58:59 GMT

I am now the proud renter of an apartment in Cotati. I'm super excited. I move on the ninth (OMG only like, 2 weeks to pack! Eep!) but since I'm just moving out of my dad's then I can take my time about getting all my stuff. I signed up for Comcast today and why the fuck does cable and the internets cost so fucking much? Anyway. Yay! Merry Christmas to me.

And now I have 5 whole days off of work.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:36:18 GMT

Fuck you Mattel. Everyone else might already know this, but they are totally discontinuing the American Girl doll Samantha. To make room for a modern one. Great. So instead of a cool historical doll with awesome outfits and stuff, there's going to be yet another doll in slutty clothes? Yeah, that's cool for little girls. Now I'm feeling all nostalgic and wondering what I did with my American Girl dolls. Crap. I hope I didn't get rid of them. Grrrrrr.

Between this, and the 12-year old girl who was accosted outside of her home by unidentified plainclothes detectives and accused of being a prostitute and then had assault charges filed against her and her father because they fought against her being carted off by total strangers, I'm not in a very good mood. Deep breath. That was kind of a really long sentence.

It was just a matter of time

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:20:01 GMT

Hit Bush in the face with a shoe. Best game ever? Possibly so.

And, I found out that we're going to be closed all day on Christmas Eve and the day after, so now I have a 5 day weekend. Whoo-hoo! I don't get paid for it, because I haven't accrued enough vacation time yet, but so what? Plus, if New Years is just as slow, I'll get another 5 day weekend that week. Awesome.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:57:02 GMT

Everyone should go here. Hysterical.

And the most disturbing news of the day award goes to - Drew Peterson. He's a former police officer from Chicago whose wife disappeared like a year ago and is a suspect in her disappearance. It was his fourth wife in fact. The first two divorced him, after multiple abuse charges and restraining orders, and his third wife died in the bathtub under suspicious circumstances. AND HE'S NEWLY ENGAGED. To some 23-year old moron, obviously. Even if you didn't think he killed anyone, who could get past all the abuse charges and restraining orders? Is this really the type of person that one MARRIES?!? Apparently so. Christ.

On a lighter note, we had a potluck today at work and it was like, the best work potluck ever. Someone made a sweet potato casserole that was maybe the best thing I've ever put in my mouth. I had waaaaaay too much food and wanted to explode.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:31:43 GMT

When you see this, quote Leo McGarry:

Leo: [on the phone with the New York Times] 17 across. Yes, 17 across is wrong... You're spelling his name wrong... What's my name? My name doesn't matter. I am just an ordinary citizen who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I'm telling you that I met the man twice. And I recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how...
C.J.: Leo!
Leo: They hang up on me every time.
C.J: That's almost hard to believe.

Man, I starting looking for quotes and there was so many that I was like, oh I love that one! And so I just picked one of the first and I'm going back now to read them all and be happy. Oh show, you were so good.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:39:03 GMT

Somehow I totally missed three packages from Amazon on the porch today when I came home from work. Ooops. But let's hear it for online Christmas shopping! Now I'm....still not half-way done. Sigh.

I think I might be spending more money this year on total strangers. Seriously. I picked an ornament off a tree for a C.O.T.S. kid and spent like 100 bucks on him. And I picked like 3 1/2 people off a tree at work and am spending about the same on each person. And I donated 100 bucks to a family the OR adopted. Jesus. I've got to get some self control before I run out of money. Although next year I won't be living at home anymore *crosses fingers* (and if I am, will someone please smack me?) so I won't be able to throw money around like this. I guess it's better than buying useless shit for myself, right? Right.

Also, it's freezing here. I know there's people on my flist that live in like, actual cold places, but it's cold for here okay! It hailed today. And right now from my mid-calves up, I'm freezing. Thank god for my Uggs.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:02:01 GMT

I know I shouldn't be, but I can't stop laughing at this.

I think my ovaries exploded

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:22:06 GMT

This might be the cutest thing I've ever read. A little French girl has written a letter to Santa:

Père Noël,

I would like a nice gift, and I would like to see you.

Because I have been very good throughout the year. I have listened well, I have cleaned up my room by myself and I had fun at school, and I have played with my friends.

Also, I am going to move, I will have a nice house and a mezzanine.

I eat everything, but sometimes, I don’t.

Then I would like to see you for Christmas and Halloween and talk to you. I would like to sing you a song-poem. When is winter coming ?

Also I would like to talk to you, but if you leave and go far away, I would like to see you in your house.

If I hug you, your beard will not sting, it will only tickle.

And I would like to go into your sleigh. How will I do that ? Do I have to climb up the trees ?

Kisses,

Capucine.

Seriously. I'm dead from the cute. And the exploded ovaries.

Also, my concert last night was amazing. It's always great to hear people live and have them sound exactly the same as they do on an album. And you haven't really lived until you've heard a sixty-something year old, Scottish, folk-rock singer covering 'Oops, I Did It Again'. It was hysterical. Sadly, it brought me to the conclusion that I actually like Britney Spears songs, as long as someone else is singing them. Which I guess doesn't mean too much, since I'm pretty sure she doesn't write her songs. So that's something. But still.

Not the Chuck E. Cheese of my childhood

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:52:52 GMT

Everyone should read this about people getting into a fucking brawls at Chuck E. Cheese - The 'E' stands for eviserate. Seriously? I find this hysterical. Although I'm never going to a children's birthday party again, just in case something like this happens.

Being bored doesn't usually make me spammy, but I'm in a good mood today.

Dear Sir - I don't know if you're interested, but your wife is a whore

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:28 GMT

You know what's fun? Buying tickets for something and then totally forgetting all about it. And then remembering like, just the day before. Which means that I'm going to see Richard Thompson tonight. Nice.

Sometimes work is so very slow. It makes me laugh that I get paid so much for doing so little, but it also makes me a little sad. And bored. So can anyone send me some time wasting stuff on the internets? That you don't need sound for since I don't have speakers on my computer? On the plus side, in my (nothing but) free time, I get to find stuff like this:

OMG, what could be cuter than a baby panda? Check out the rest.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:03:56 GMT

So I was reading an article over at Newsweek re:gay marriage and the bible/religion. It's basically a really long version of President Bartlet's speech from 'The West Wing'. You know, along the line of how Leviticus has all kinds of outdated rules and they don't fit into modern society. That sort of thing. I've heard it a million times since then, but it's still a valid point. I just kind of wish people would get it already, so we can hear something else.

Anyhoo, that's totally not the point of this post. While reading that article, I can across this sentence - "...and by the 1970s most states had gotten rid of their "head and master" laws, which gave husbands the right to decide where a family would live and whether a wife would be able to take a job." MOST states?!? MOST?!? I'm terrified at the implication that there were states that kept that as a law. Also at the implication that there are possibly still states that have that law. At least, that is the impression I was left with after reading that.

And on a lighter note, I totally have a new TV boyfriend. It's Taub, in case you were wondering.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:17:27 GMT

Oh, Best Week Ever. You do amuse.

(Be sure to click the picture to read the writing better. Totally worth it.)

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:55:10 GMT

Last night was the Christmas party for my last job. It was kind of awkward seeing some people again, but pretty much everyone was like, hey when are you coming back? It's nice to be missed. The party was a ton of fun, as always. I'm proud to say that I did not get as trashed as last year and there was no throwing up. Well played me. And I took my camera and actually remembered to take pictures.

I'm the one on the left, fyi.

Also, pizza delivery is pretty much the best thing ever.

In which British comedians stick together

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:42:27 GMT

Shamelessly stolen from iulieki

Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.

I'm undecided about you again

I've been thinking it over
I'm walking, yes indeed
I've got no questions for you
The how I can't recall
In the still of the night
I was sitting there in a comfortable chair
Crickets are chirpin', the water is high
This is why I always wonder
It's been a long time
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
There is a wailing girl at your feet
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
Use your head silly
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire
You're a part time lover and a full time friend
He whatcha know
Darling, give me your absence tonight
Deaf, dumb and blind boy
Since you're gone
Oh, the wayward wind

Ummm...okay. Metallica and The Beatles kinda threw that off a bit.

Also, quote from tonight's episode of 'House':
Fat floats in water. What else floats in water? A duck.

I will love that show forever no matter what happens just because of that awesome Monty Python reference. Srlsy. Plus, Taub is my new favorite.

I'm going trolling for icons now because I haven't done that in forever.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:18:02 GMT

When I was a kid I had 2 American Girl dolls. Remember those? I had Samantha and Felicity, in case you were wondering. And my sister had three (I think). And they had all kinds of clothes and accessories that you could get. Sadly, I was never the recipient of the coveted bedroom sets or anything that was, at the time, really excessive. But it's nothing compared to what they have now. My cousin just turned 10 and guess what my mom got her for her birthday? An American Girl wheelchair for her doll. That's right. A doll wheelchair. I can't even....for when your doll has a tragic paralyzing accident? I don't know. It's hysterical. They also have casts, but she already has those. And she was so excited when she opened it she ran to get her doll to try it out. Then we made her get the casts so it would look like her doll really did have a tragic accident.

Here she is in the chair with a leg cast.

It's from the back, but we added an arm cast (in addition to the leg cast) and a bandage around her head. Clearly it was a very tragic accident. I particularly enjoy the look on my sister's face here.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:47:09 GMT

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I just have to say that I could not be happier right now. Really fucking ecstatic. I might even be a little choked up.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:30:26 GMT

Once again I have totally failed with the whole updating thing. Ooops.
However, I did run across this old ad today while surfing the internets at work (free time is fun). It's the most amusing/horrifying thing I think I'll see all week:

Also I saw Etta James in concert this weekend. She was very all over the place with the rambling (which totally reminded me of when I saw Nina Simone) and it the songs were just so-so. But she was vulgar and it was awesome. Lots of rubbing and gestures and foul language. Could not have been more hysterical.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:22:07 GMT

I'm totally lagging on the updates, aren't I? Whatever, it's still really hot here and I'm using that as my excuse. Thank god I work in an OR and they keep it at like, 64 degrees. Which is nice, but then you walk outside and are hit with a wall of heat that's like, 40 degrees warmer than what you've just been in. Slightly disconcerting to say the least.

Anywhoo. Lets be more chipper. I totally had an action movie fest over the long weekend. I watched Tremors, Big Trouble in Little China, Terminator, Terminator 2 and Raiders of the Lost Ark. And then I realized that I totally forgot to go see the new Indiana Jones when it was in theaters (I saw Iron Man instead. Twice.). And I know it wasn't supposed to be any good, but still. It's Indiana Jones. I'm so my father's daughter.

Nothing else is really going on with me. I've discovered Last.fm and Pandora and I'm totally digging the whole hearing new music thing. OH. I did download Google's new browser, and I kind of really like it. It's taking a bit to get used to, but it's awesome. I still have Firefox though, since Chrome doesn't really have any add-ons yet. But when it does it will be teh awesome I think.

Also, since I have pretty much nothing but free time at work, I've been reading a lot of Slate these days, and staying all on top of the election and shit. This might be the most informed I've ever been (and it's still not that informed, but whatever). And I'm absolutely terrified that McCain will win because people don't go below the surface and will just take things at face value and then we'll be stuck with four more years of a Republican White House. Sigh. I actually have a huge rant, but I don't feel much like typing it out. Everyone else has already said it and said it better than I could, so why bother?

I think I had a little too much fun with links in this entry. Whoops.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:52:25 GMT

Reba McEntire and the dad from Family Ties as the gun-enthusiast survivalists in 'Tremors' will never not crack me up.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:22:06 GMT

Sarah Palin named her oldest son Track and her youngest Trig.

THESE ARE NOT NAMES. I'm terrified.

Shaaaame

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:53:01 GMT

So I realize that I haven't updated in like, forever. In fact, the handy dandy little thing on LJ tells me that it's been 59 weeks. There's really no excuse. I just totally got out of the habit of everything. But I'm going to try to update more regularly. Honest.

In case anyone cares, not that they will since it's been so long, here's what's going on with me lately. I have a new job, making like tons more money. I miss my friends at my old job, but I'm trying very hard to stay in touch with them. And I'm working on saving up so I can move out, since it's really getting kind of pathetic. I just got back from vacation, 2 weeks on Chappaquiddick (Martha's Vineyard) and I'm in no way ready to go back to work tomorrow. Sigh. Vacations should never end, don't you think?

Anyway, that's all that I can think of for now. I wasn't updating, so I wasn't really reading my flist and there's no way I can go back that far without losing my mind. So if good stuff happened to anyone - Yay! You totally deserved it. And if bad stuff happened - that sucks and I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:12:38 GMT

It's been quite some time since I've seen 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. Good times.

Yesterday we saw 'Live Free or Die Hard'. Cause really, what else are you gonna watch on the Fourth of July? And Justin Long might totally be my new boyfriend.

Anything else? I don't think so.

Has your hair always been so pointy?

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:40:54 GMT

So I had to get a new computer. Well, really I had to get a new monitor because my just up and died on me. And I figured as long as I was getting a new monitor I might as well spring for a new computer. Especially since my did that funny slowing down thing for weeks earlier this year. I got a Gateway (which is a new brand for me) but the best part? Is the monitor. It's a 22 inch flat screen HD monitor. I didn't even know they made HD computer monitors. It's a thing of beauty.

I could not be more excited for the 4th. Only because I have the day off, and I really think that every week should be a four day work week. Sadly, my bank account does not agree. And I ordered my mom the new Janet Evanovich book on Amazon (hurry up and read that please Mom, cause I'm quite anxious) and I needed to round out more order so I could get free shipping. So I ordered myself The Last of Shelia and Galaxy Quest. Classics. If you've never seen The Last of Shelia, I totally recommend renting it. Fine film.

Also, I've been watching a lot of Arrested Development and House lately.

lprdgrrl@livejournal.com — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:35:54 GMT

Today was supposed to be such a good day. I had the day off work and all I had to do was go down to Stanford for my doctor's appointment. It started out crappy when I couldn't sleep in because I somehow tweaked my neck/shoulder in my sleep and was in lots of pain. Then the chick at the deli gave me turkey instead of ham on my sandwich and the drive to Stanford took waaaay less than I had thought and I was like 45 minutes early for my appointment. And then I had to sit around for like a 1/2 hour after my scheduled appointment time and wait for the doctor. So by the time I got out of there it was just in time for rush hour. And I was actually making pretty good time until I got over the Golden Gate Bridge and then it all went downhill. Apparently there was a car 'engulfed in flames' and so they shut the freeway down to put it out. So I get off the freeway and eat by myself at In-N-Out and when I get back on traffic is fine. No problem. For like, 3 minutes and then there's even more traffic. Which was probably due to the fact that a hill was on fire, but whatever. I have spent all evening plagued by fire and traffic and I'm really grumpy. Also, I keep typing traffic with an 'e' on the end. Freak.

And in case anyone was thinking that there was hope for humanity, read this. I almost cried. I can't even......I'm just unable to fully articulate how disgusted I am by that.

Just so this post isn't a totally rant/downer I am pleased with my hair. I cut it all off this weekend. And had it colored too. So I am all bright and shiny and bouncy with my hair. Yay!