I'm having that weird day-light-savings time confusion thing all over again today. I'm guessing today must be the day that "should have" been the time change?

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On my way home just now, I heard Stone Temple Pilots on the radio. On the local classic rock station.

*hobbles away with walker*

Oooooh! It's been a while since I've had a Nasty Anonymous Comment.

I ARE POPULAR!!!!!

And some random bits and pieces:

-I discovered last week that I'm losing weight. I had been noticing that my clothes were fitting more loosely, so I stepped on the scale. I was surprised to see I was down 8 pounds from the last time I weighed myself. (I don't recall exactly when that was. Maybe a month or so ago?) I credit a combination of being more active due to the band, physical therapy due to my back, and stress from issues in my personal life. I just wish it were possible to lose weight everywhere except my bodacious ta-tas, but alas, it seems to come off evenly all over.

-Those of you who remember me talking about my friend Lance? Yeah. He's engaged now. He proposed last week (I think they've been together about a year), and are planning on getting married in Vegas THIS AUGUST. I'm biting my tongue except to say "Best of Luck". I'm not the person to come to for excitement over a wedding (or encouragement about marriage in general, really) at the moment. :x

Hrm...I thought I had more than that. Ah well.

Love you guys and gals! :)

Messages like this are why I've all but abandoned OKCupid:



Subject: Ok no casual sex!!!!!!

Message:

But at least let me have some milk :p
Or let me see tha twins...
ok last one want some forplay??????? :p
yum yum yum....... I Bet you shave your Phanochia!!!


Phanochia? What the fuck is that?


I am tempted to write him back to inform him that I am not currently lactating, that I have not given birth to twins, and that I do, in fact, have bush.

I just had a craving for bacon.




That was fuckin' disturbing.

*blink*

The Winter Solstice is already upon us?

Christmas is in 4 days?

*blink*

Where did this month go? Screw that, where did this year go?

I'm just not feelin' the holidays this year. There's no snow on the ground, and as nifty as it is that it's warm enough to rain in December, I really do prefer a white Christmas. I didn't decorate my house nearly as much as I usually do, and I still have most of my holiday shopping left to do. Bah humbug.

Ryan will be hittin' the road within the hour for a jam-packed weekend of out of town gigs. He'll get home on Sunday, Christmas Eve, and we'll have to rush off to my mom's church (I hope I manage to get through the door without bursting into flames again this year) and then to her house for our annual festivities.

Last year, Ryan was gone on Christmas day for a gig. That was a little bit of a bummer, but since he and I normally have our celebration on the Solstice, it wasn't the end of the world. This year, he's gone for the Solstice, and I'm bummed. :( I'll be celebrating by my lonesome, I guess. He told me I should open my present even though he's gone. Ummm....NO. He wasn't supposed to get me anything anyway. My new coat and trip to Kansas were supposed to be my gifts. He's a stinker.

I haven't heard my favorite holiday song ONCE this year. Can't a girl get a little "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" to brighten her day? *sigh*

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Well, that was nice and whiney.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and if you're celebrating any holidays, I hope they're filled with love and joy.

The other day, the term "shit-eating grin" struck me as odd.

As in, "He looks so happy! Look at him with that shit-eating grin on his face!"




I don't think I'd be grinning, if I were eating shit.


( Stuff my Stocking! )

I really try not to bitch about crap at work too much, but this is ridiculous.

We have been informed by our manager that we are no longer allowed to have trash cans at our desks. Instead of having our own little garbage cans, there is now one large garbage can for our entire department. The logic (?) behind this is that the organization wants to reduce the cost. Part of this is the bag cost, (which I can understand, however, it's not like they NEED to change the bag every time they empty the little cans) but part of it is the labor cost. The higher-ups reason that they will save money in labor costs because the "environmental specialists" won't have to take so much time emptying all the little garbage cans.

Environmental Specialists are among the lowest paid positions in the organization. So, instead of paying them to empty my waste basket, they are paying me (I make nearly twice as much per hour) to walk thirty feet back and forth to the garbage can every time I have to throw something away.

Um. Okay.

I wonder how long it will take before I stop instinctively turning to my right to throw away my banana peels, and having them land on the floor instead?

Overall, I had a pretty nice weekend. Friday night was mostly a night to myself, with a stop over to my sister's new house. Saturday, Emily and I had Nika (of the crazy farm) give us haircuts (and heavenly head massages, omg. I think I'm in love with Nika now.) After our little pampering session, we headed out to the crazy farm for a couple of hours of relaxation, after which I returned home to make dinner for me & Ed. We also watched the movie "Broken Flowers", and I want my two hours back. :p

Sunday I was all domestic and stuff until Ryan returned from his gig-filled weekend away, and then we just chilled for the rest of the evening and I got to hear all about his (rather unpleasant, with little sprinkles of goodness) weekend.

Normally, hanging out at the crazy farm is pure bliss, but this time, I saw something that disturbed me. When I walked into the house, a woman who I'd never met before was breastfeeding. And I was disturbed. Not because she was breastfeeding, because I think that nursing is a beautiful, natural thing and I support it, and do not find it offensive in the least. So...why was I disturbed? Well....here....take my poll:


Poll #882447 Speak up?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

You see a woman breastfeeding. As her child is nursing, you witness her taking sips of beer, and smoking from a pipe full of marijuana that is being passed around. What do you do?

I always get irked with Ryan when he says something is "gay" because he doesn't like it.

Example:

How was work today?

It was totally gay.

I usually respond, something like "Really? It was totally homosexual? There were lots of guys getting it on with each other and chicks making out? Hot!"

Well, this morning, he was telling me about this song he had to go lay drum tracks down for at a church for a co-worker. And he said it was totally gay.

Wanna know what fell out my mouth?

"I really wish you wouldn't say something is totally gay when what you really mean is that it's totally retarded."

:x

I could have kicked my own ass. Seriously.

What does it mean when a woman (who I presume to be straight) says: "I have a woman crush on you."?



I don't know exactly what it means, but I know it was nice to hear after the woman who told me sister was a million times prettier than me, and that I'd never be as pretty as my sister.

Gosh. That just never gets old, being told how much prettier than me my sister is. Seriously. I haven't heard it enough in my life. I should start walking around with a sign around my neck that says "Yes, I know my sister is prettier than me.", so people will cease feeling the need to keep informing me.


In other news, my husband loves me to pieces. At least he thinks I'm the prettier one. :)



But yeah, seriously, what's a "woman crush"?!?