15 Reasons Mr Rogers was the best neighbor ever.
end.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
This shit is bananas....
My two favourite shows are my life right now -- Battlestar Galactica and Lost continue to be amazing and a great chance to escape how boring and mundane and not fun my life is.
I realized that my theme song is a Jordin Sparks song. This may or may not be horrific. (One Step at a Time, in case you were wondering).
I am a master grocery shopper. I got five dinners, three boxes of tea, a 2L of Dr Pepper, two lunches, and cereal and yogurt for 21.51. I had budgeted 35.
I'm not sure that Lemon Zinger is really going to be that great of a tea.
Bridget thinks I listen to David Cook nonstop. She's not wrong, but I am currently obsessed with the new Fall Out Boy album, which is really really good.
I am right now reading yet another book on the Tudors, called The Tudors. So far I haven't learned anything all that new, but it's really nice to refresh on all the details I've gleaned from all the other sources I read. Including, oddly enough, Phillipa Gregory.
Put down The Road for a bit -- got a bit creeped out and had to take a break.
Did a little flist/comm clean up. See what I mean my life is boring.
I will be in Ottawa. Take note. Also of note: I have been to Ottawa more times than I can count, but I have yet to visit my own country's capital. I'm pretty special like that.
Nikki has decided I can't be a real Canadian because I can't eat maple syrup.
Apparently blogspot says I can't have that many tags. It's not my fault I'm verbose.
I realized that my theme song is a Jordin Sparks song. This may or may not be horrific. (One Step at a Time, in case you were wondering).
I am a master grocery shopper. I got five dinners, three boxes of tea, a 2L of Dr Pepper, two lunches, and cereal and yogurt for 21.51. I had budgeted 35.
I'm not sure that Lemon Zinger is really going to be that great of a tea.
Bridget thinks I listen to David Cook nonstop. She's not wrong, but I am currently obsessed with the new Fall Out Boy album, which is really really good.
I am right now reading yet another book on the Tudors, called The Tudors. So far I haven't learned anything all that new, but it's really nice to refresh on all the details I've gleaned from all the other sources I read. Including, oddly enough, Phillipa Gregory.
Put down The Road for a bit -- got a bit creeped out and had to take a break.
Did a little flist/comm clean up. See what I mean my life is boring.
I will be in Ottawa. Take note. Also of note: I have been to Ottawa more times than I can count, but I have yet to visit my own country's capital. I'm pretty special like that.
Nikki has decided I can't be a real Canadian because I can't eat maple syrup.
Apparently blogspot says I can't have that many tags. It's not my fault I'm verbose.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Oh, life and randomocity.
Roundup of strange things happening to me this week:
1) Tonight on the bus, some guy was discussing this "new" subculture called furries. "The Male Furry..." Uh, hi 2006.
2) Earlier in the week, my phone rang but I didn't get to it in time, since I was still asleep. So I called back the number, but got voicemail, so I didn't leave a message. Few minutes later phone rings again. Turns out my friend can dial her phone in her sleep.
3) Some guy slipped on the ice, falling flat on his back, and told me it was ok to laugh at him. I did not.
4) I heard a rumour that someone in my family is getting married in June. Will have confirmation when it's not 11pm at night.
Current Music: The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
1) Tonight on the bus, some guy was discussing this "new" subculture called furries. "The Male Furry..." Uh, hi 2006.
2) Earlier in the week, my phone rang but I didn't get to it in time, since I was still asleep. So I called back the number, but got voicemail, so I didn't leave a message. Few minutes later phone rings again. Turns out my friend can dial her phone in her sleep.
3) Some guy slipped on the ice, falling flat on his back, and told me it was ok to laugh at him. I did not.
4) I heard a rumour that someone in my family is getting married in June. Will have confirmation when it's not 11pm at night.
Current Music: The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Friday, February 06, 2009
oh battlestar...
SPOILERS IN THIS POST DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED.
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1) STOP faking me out with adama's death, guys
2) roslin deserves a YOU GO GIRL
3) why has no one put a bullet in tom zarek's head? oh wait. took them far too long.
4) tyrol didn't need his fingers
5) sam got shot! and kara still loves him.
6) baltar & gaeta = bff again.
7) the pen IS mightier than the gun.
8) what stopped, gaeta?
jesus christ, the deaths of the quorum, gaeta, zarek, and possibly sam if they don't fix him properly...
this show knows how to give you a rockin' good time.
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1) STOP faking me out with adama's death, guys
2) roslin deserves a YOU GO GIRL
3) why has no one put a bullet in tom zarek's head? oh wait. took them far too long.
4) tyrol didn't need his fingers
5) sam got shot! and kara still loves him.
6) baltar & gaeta = bff again.
7) the pen IS mightier than the gun.
8) what stopped, gaeta?
jesus christ, the deaths of the quorum, gaeta, zarek, and possibly sam if they don't fix him properly...
this show knows how to give you a rockin' good time.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Oh, before I forget...
This lady and her sister, I got them some white pants from our back room, since we never did ship our summer stuff as out of season stuff. Dunno why, the company just didn't have us do that this year.
So later they come up and I start ringing them up and folding them to the best of my ability, which is admittedly not the best. (I've actually been b& from board folding shirts for this reason. I was told by Tiffany, "You know, Amanda, you are really really good at a lot of things," she says, "but board folding is just not one of those.") So the woman gets mad that I have folded these already wrinkled crop pants badly.
These pants, mind you, have been in our stockroom and in and out of various boxes since September. They are mildly wrinkled, and mildly is putting it, well, mildly. So she takes it from me and folds them again. So I keep ringing, and apologize, cause well, I suck at folding. She looks at her sister and says, "Don't they teach them how to fold here?"
Ugh. BITCH. Whatever. Anyway, I keep ringing and she folded her pants. "You're lucky these are on sale, otherwise I wouldn't be folding them," she says to me. What the hell do I say to that? Oh, so if they were regular priced I'd have to do the folding? What? IDGI. Shut up and go away.
Current Music: Nine Inch Nails - Terrible Lie
So later they come up and I start ringing them up and folding them to the best of my ability, which is admittedly not the best. (I've actually been b& from board folding shirts for this reason. I was told by Tiffany, "You know, Amanda, you are really really good at a lot of things," she says, "but board folding is just not one of those.") So the woman gets mad that I have folded these already wrinkled crop pants badly.
These pants, mind you, have been in our stockroom and in and out of various boxes since September. They are mildly wrinkled, and mildly is putting it, well, mildly. So she takes it from me and folds them again. So I keep ringing, and apologize, cause well, I suck at folding. She looks at her sister and says, "Don't they teach them how to fold here?"
Ugh. BITCH. Whatever. Anyway, I keep ringing and she folded her pants. "You're lucky these are on sale, otherwise I wouldn't be folding them," she says to me. What the hell do I say to that? Oh, so if they were regular priced I'd have to do the folding? What? IDGI. Shut up and go away.
Current Music: Nine Inch Nails - Terrible Lie
Books books and more books...
Ok, so I read three books last month. Mostly that was because of one large long ridiculously thick book.
That book was The Great Upheaval: America and the Modern World 1788-1800, by Jay Winik.
This...was somewhat of a disappointment. Winik wrote over 650 pages on the US, France, and Russia, and while I learned a lot about Russia, I really don't think the argument he was shooting for was supported by the evidence. You see, he was trying to prove how much the Americans had influenced Russia, but I really didn't find that to be much of the case. Russia was more interested in France, and pretty much dismissed the United States (Catherine the Great refused to even SEE the American Ambassador). I mean it is fairly obvious that the US revolution influenced the French. Thereby it would influence Russia, since France and Russia have a longstanding influenced relationship -- Catherine was quite fond of the Enlightenment writers, and French was the language of the Russian court -- but I just felt that Winik was at his strongest writing about the Russians, not discussing the Americans, who had a limited role in the story, and the French.
I wouldn't really recommend this one outside of the classroom.
The next book I read was on the way to New York, when I saw my cousins. This one was Across a Hundred Mountains, by Reyna Grande.
This is the story of two women from Mexico, Juana and Adelina. Juana's father disappears after going to the United States for work, and leaves is family in extreme poverty in Mexico. She leaves home after two tragedies destroy her family, and tries to discover what happened to him.
This was pretty moving. I really enjoyed the way she chose to tell the story, even if I could predict exactly what was going on two chapters into the book. The characterisation is quite lovely, and the descriptions are grand and beautiful, as well as heart-wrenching. Definitely check this one out for a quick read.
The final book I read for this month was The Children of Henry VIII, by Alison Weir.
Everyone knows by now that I am stuck on the Tudor era, and I thought this was an intriguing title. It focuses on four people: Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Lady Jane Grey. I really enjoyed this book, since it focuses on Edward and Mary. I need to find more books on Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, because Weir was only able to give us the basic story on these women. I know there are eighty five billion books out there on Elizabeth, so that won't be too difficult. Lady Jane Grey is so intriguing to me, the nine day queen. I find that she is such a strong and resilient woman.
Like any of Weir's books, definitely check this one out.
Right now I'm reading Water for Elephants, which I can't put down. It's so intense and gripping and fascinating and sad and worthy of the eight miles of praise that are on the first three pages of the book and the back cover. I can't wait to see how it ends.
Current Music: Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
That book was The Great Upheaval: America and the Modern World 1788-1800, by Jay Winik.
This...was somewhat of a disappointment. Winik wrote over 650 pages on the US, France, and Russia, and while I learned a lot about Russia, I really don't think the argument he was shooting for was supported by the evidence. You see, he was trying to prove how much the Americans had influenced Russia, but I really didn't find that to be much of the case. Russia was more interested in France, and pretty much dismissed the United States (Catherine the Great refused to even SEE the American Ambassador). I mean it is fairly obvious that the US revolution influenced the French. Thereby it would influence Russia, since France and Russia have a longstanding influenced relationship -- Catherine was quite fond of the Enlightenment writers, and French was the language of the Russian court -- but I just felt that Winik was at his strongest writing about the Russians, not discussing the Americans, who had a limited role in the story, and the French.
I wouldn't really recommend this one outside of the classroom.
The next book I read was on the way to New York, when I saw my cousins. This one was Across a Hundred Mountains, by Reyna Grande.
This is the story of two women from Mexico, Juana and Adelina. Juana's father disappears after going to the United States for work, and leaves is family in extreme poverty in Mexico. She leaves home after two tragedies destroy her family, and tries to discover what happened to him.
This was pretty moving. I really enjoyed the way she chose to tell the story, even if I could predict exactly what was going on two chapters into the book. The characterisation is quite lovely, and the descriptions are grand and beautiful, as well as heart-wrenching. Definitely check this one out for a quick read.
The final book I read for this month was The Children of Henry VIII, by Alison Weir.
Everyone knows by now that I am stuck on the Tudor era, and I thought this was an intriguing title. It focuses on four people: Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Lady Jane Grey. I really enjoyed this book, since it focuses on Edward and Mary. I need to find more books on Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, because Weir was only able to give us the basic story on these women. I know there are eighty five billion books out there on Elizabeth, so that won't be too difficult. Lady Jane Grey is so intriguing to me, the nine day queen. I find that she is such a strong and resilient woman.
Like any of Weir's books, definitely check this one out.
Right now I'm reading Water for Elephants, which I can't put down. It's so intense and gripping and fascinating and sad and worthy of the eight miles of praise that are on the first three pages of the book and the back cover. I can't wait to see how it ends.
Current Music: Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Oh Lost.
Something for everyone in here -- even if you don't watch Lost, I specifically included some pop culture references inside these haiku. Can you spot them?
Do not read this post if you do watch the show and haven't seen these episodes yet though.
Dan visits Desmond
Tells him Go Back to England
Is going wrong way
Desmond & Penny
Were on a three year tour boat
come sail away, eh?
Sayid is not well
Don't die, Sayid, please don't die.
Hi Ana Lucia.
New Guy is Frogurt
Miles is Ninja Hunter
Shut up now, Frogurt.
Jack needs his drugs, please.
Ben took them, poured them down drain
Oh yeah, Jack says, "good."
Everyone Returns.
Yes, even baby Aaron.
Island 4 Lyfe Yo
Cheech makes a sandwich
two sesame seed buns, of course
also caviar
"Dead Pakistani"
Jack, He might be a Doctor.
Bring Sayid to him.
Kate pays a visit
I wanna push the button
Aaron is normal.
Flaming arrows, run!
Shuts up this Season Five's Arntz
Frogurt En Fuego
Kate, don't be so dumb.
Tell the very rich lady.
Strange men want kid.
Jack plays doc again
Let's see if he fucks up now.
DO NOT KILL SAYID.
Ben, The cleanup man
Except Hurley doesn't go.
There are four dead guys!
Locke rescues them all.
Let's play to the pain, ready?
Juliette keeps her hands.
Ok, so here is the second set, from this week.
Previously on lost
Ben moved the island far...off
Time Continuum
Desmond finds Island...
OF Great Britain. But, TWO ISLANDS :(
Pen doesn't agree.
He is there for Dan
Daniel Faraday sent me
TO uh settle his debt.
Don't do it, Miles.
It's a Rousseau Trap*, oh wait.
LISTEN TO ME, guys.
The bad guys attack
Dead bodies out the water!
They're not Dharma.
Mega giant bomb, shit!
Faraday, Physicist.
Sidekick is his mom.
Desmond @ Oxford
No Faradays are here.
Ooo coverup time ooo.
Desmond loose, London.
Lady is catatonic
Oh SHIT Widmore. RUN
Charlotte. LISTEN GOOD.
Faraday LIKE LIKES YOU.
No, seriously.
Desmond storms in there
Mr Hume, Mr Widmore
Faraday's place.
Locke, show the compass.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa back up.
PUt the gun down, Widmore
Desmond, do not lie.
Penn7 & Charlie will go
Boat trip to LA.
Do not read this post if you do watch the show and haven't seen these episodes yet though.
Dan visits Desmond
Tells him Go Back to England
Is going wrong way
Desmond & Penny
Were on a three year tour boat
come sail away, eh?
Sayid is not well
Don't die, Sayid, please don't die.
Hi Ana Lucia.
New Guy is Frogurt
Miles is Ninja Hunter
Shut up now, Frogurt.
Jack needs his drugs, please.
Ben took them, poured them down drain
Oh yeah, Jack says, "good."
Everyone Returns.
Yes, even baby Aaron.
Island 4 Lyfe Yo
Cheech makes a sandwich
two sesame seed buns, of course
also caviar
"Dead Pakistani"
Jack, He might be a Doctor.
Bring Sayid to him.
Kate pays a visit
I wanna push the button
Aaron is normal.
Flaming arrows, run!
Shuts up this Season Five's Arntz
Frogurt En Fuego
Kate, don't be so dumb.
Tell the very rich lady.
Strange men want kid.
Jack plays doc again
Let's see if he fucks up now.
DO NOT KILL SAYID.
Ben, The cleanup man
Except Hurley doesn't go.
There are four dead guys!
Locke rescues them all.
Let's play to the pain, ready?
Juliette keeps her hands.
Ok, so here is the second set, from this week.
Previously on lost
Ben moved the island far...off
Time Continuum
Desmond finds Island...
OF Great Britain. But, TWO ISLANDS :(
Pen doesn't agree.
He is there for Dan
Daniel Faraday sent me
TO uh settle his debt.
Don't do it, Miles.
It's a Rousseau Trap*, oh wait.
LISTEN TO ME, guys.
The bad guys attack
Dead bodies out the water!
They're not Dharma.
Mega giant bomb, shit!
Faraday, Physicist.
Sidekick is his mom.
Desmond @ Oxford
No Faradays are here.
Ooo coverup time ooo.
Desmond loose, London.
Lady is catatonic
Oh SHIT Widmore. RUN
Charlotte. LISTEN GOOD.
Faraday LIKE LIKES YOU.
No, seriously.
Desmond storms in there
Mr Hume, Mr Widmore
Faraday's place.
Locke, show the compass.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa back up.
PUt the gun down, Widmore
Desmond, do not lie.
Penn7 & Charlie will go
Boat trip to LA.
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