This can come in handy at work

1 )I'm not sure that's feasible. (No way, asshole)
2) Really? ( You gotta be shittin' me!)
3) I'm a bit overloaded at the moment. (Screw it; I'm on salary)
4) Of course I'm concerned. (Ask me if I give a shit!)
5) You don't say. (Eat shit)
6) Excuse me? (Eat shit and die)
7) Excuse me, sir? (Eat shit and die, asshole!)
8) So you'd like my help with that? (Kiss my ass.)
9) I love a challenge. (This job sucks)
10) I see. (Blow me.)
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a true testament to my klutziness - I tripped out on my patio and took a header to the ground - I am such a dork - lol
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Ad nonsense...

Commercials....they are everywhere. On tv, on billboards, on the radio....everywhere you go, there is an ad trying to get you to buy something or another. Now, granted, there have been some good commericals (can't think of any right now - lol)...but I have to tell you that there have been some downright bad ones too. Some of these mascots or spokespeople/things are just either creepy or downright obnoxious. The worst offenders, in my opinion, are : 1) Quinzos 2) Mc Donald's 3) Geico 4) De Taco 5) Dell, and 6) Burger King.

Long has the day passed when "Where's the beef?" was all the rage. Now it's "Dude, you got a Dell," or "Have it your way." Sometimes I wish commercials didn't exist, but then that will never happen. Even worse, are the "local" commercials...the worst offenders being car dealerships. They will do anything to sell something...

Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?

Quizno's Subs

ok - I wanna know who in the hell came up with this creepy, furry, thingamabob to sell sandwiches??? What the f*ck is this??? It looks like a rabbit's foot with a face. Either that or a mutilated mouse. I am sorry, but this does not make me want to run out and buy a sandwich...it makes me want to run away and hide.
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arghh......don't the Mc Donald's people know that clowns are evil???
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Ok - so he was cute at first, but now he is just annoying - Geico...Gecko...doesn't even really sound that much alike.
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I hate the Del Taco guy! Why do these places constantly bombard us with these annoying spokespeople? Is this supposed to make us want to buy their stuff more???
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Dude, you're getting on my nerves .... take your Dell and shove it - I hated this guy - I am glad they got rid of his annoying as*
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I hate this mascot - ugh - he just looks so creepy - like Ronald McDonald, only with a crown - yuck!
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EVIL CLOWN - this thing scared the heck out of me when I was a kid - still does! lol
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The Poltergeist clown - he is sooo evil!!!!!
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Alicia sent me some pics of her ultrasound - this is one of those new 4-D ones - neat!
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Alicia's baby, Alana - awwwww
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TGIT!!!

Thank goodness it is Thursday. 3-day weekend, here I come. I am so glad this work week is over. I would do cartwheels, but I have a skirt on, and I don't think I want to go exposing my behind to everyone (besides, with my klutziness, I would probably fall on my head). Walking around this building, I am noticing more and more people are retiring or leaving. I think I passed like 6 or 7 flyers just on the way to the bathroom announcing a different person's impending retirement, or saying that someone is leaving the department. I guess it is retirement season or something. You would think that with all these people retiring, there would be some additional parking places, but that is not the case. The parking lot is as full as ever, and we are hiring more people on (which we really need!) I just got an email saying that they are having overtime available on the 19th, which is a Saturday, but I am not gonna do that. Work .... on a Saturday? That is just wrong!

It is hard to believe that it is already March 10th. My dad will turn 63 on the 22nd, my parents' anniversary is on the 30th, and I will turn 33 on April 4th, which is less than a month away. I think birthdays, for me, ceased to be fun after I turned 29 - lol. All I usually get on my birthday are a few more gray hairs and a new number tacked onto my identity. I don't usually get a birthday cake. I doubt there is a cake big enough to handle all those candles anyway, and if there was, I would probably keel over from lack of oxygen trying to blow them all out. So maybe it is a good thing that I won't have a cake - lol.

Last nite's American Idol was ok. I am glad Anwar, Nadia, Bo and Carrie are still in it. That is probably the only reality-based tv show/competition that I like. South Park was hilarious last nite. Mr Garrison became Ms Garrison after he had a sex change operation (which of course, pissed off Mr Slave)...Kyle's dad had a "trans-species" operation to make him look like a dolphin, and Kyle wanted to be black so he could play basketball better. Funny stuff. I missed Mythbusters though, dangit. I wonder what the outcome of the yawning thing was. I guess I will find out on a rerun sometime.

So true ... so sad

25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "breakup."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps from noon to 6 PM
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. If you're a gal, you go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old butt.

~ I guess I am getting old, cuz I can relate to a lot of these ...so sad...I am gonna cry now - lol

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Yawn....

Man I am tired. I even went to bed at a decent hour last nite and got my 8 hours of sleep for once. So why am I so tired?? I even laid my head on my desk today at lunch time and dozed off instead of actually eating lunch. Luckily, I remembered to take off my bracelet before I laid my head on my arm, so I didn't end up with a big imprint of it in my forehead (and yes, I have done that before). I am so ready to go home right now. My whole upper body feels like I have been beaten up (that's what fibromyalgia does to you). I just want to go home and take a nice, long bubble bath and relax. Tonite South Park is on, and so is Myth Busters. And American Idol is on, too, so at least I will have something to watch on tv. Tonite on Myth Busters, they are gonna test to see if yawning really is contagious (just thinking about it is making me yawn, so I think it is!) and see when bread falls on the floor, if it always lands on the buttered side. That should be interesting to see. I have never even thought about that before. Anyway, at least it is Wednesday today, which means I just have to get through tomorrow to get to my 3-day weekend. Gotta love it.

Who says you can't take it with you?

Apparently, now you can take your porn with you...on your cell phone...

Sexy Moans for Mobile Phones
Wed Mar 9, 9:20 AM ET

Oddly Enough - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Adult film company New Frontier Media has something new for cell phones: ring moans.

Wireless content company Brickhouse Mobile on Tuesday said that under an agreement with New Frontier it would begin offering ring tones for mobile phone users featuring porn stars making groaning and moaning noises from the suggestive to the positively tantalizing.

The company said it would also begin offering sexually explicit "wallpaper" for cell phone screens and adult videos for download on mobile phones under its brand The Erotic Network, the television subsidiary of New Frontier Media Inc.

Brickhouse and New Frontier signed their five-year deal in January but did not disclose full terms of the program until Tuesday. Users will be able to buy individual items or take a monthly subscription.

The two sides said they would also work together on age-verification schemes to ensure that minors were not purchasing inappropriate content. Much of the more explicit content will be available internationally at first.


I wonder what they will come up with next...then again, I am kind of afraid - lol.

Random thought of the night . . .

Why are men so afraid of commitment? Think for a moment about the word "commit." As a verb... you have an insane person "commited" to an assylum. As an adjective... you are in a "commited" relationship. Hmmm....from these two examples, one would assume that being in a committed relationship is like being in a sanitarium. No wonder men are so afraid of commitment!

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my desk - nice and organized - probably cuz I don't have a caseload right now - no, no, no - I can't lie - I am always like this - I am so freaking anal!
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my cubicle mate's desk - she actually works and you can tell - lol
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my bro took this picture of me asleep - what a brat he is!
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my brother being all shy - lol
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Awww...how cute...

I have a hamster, but I don't do this for mine - lol....


Let's Leave Some Little Hamster Magazines, Too...
Tue Mar 8, 7:55 AM ET

Oddly Enough - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who went on holiday left his stereo and lights on so that his pet hamster would not feel lonely in the empty apartment, a police spokesman said on Monday after breaking into it over fears the man may have died.

The spokesman for police in Bremen said police broke open the door after being alerted by neighbors that loud music was playing non-stop for five days and the lights were left on. No one answered the door when they knocked, police said.

"There was a fear the occupant might have been disabled or dead," a police spokesman said. "All we found was a pet hamster. The occupant was away on holiday. A friend of his arrived and said he left the music on so the hamster wouldn't feel lonely."

The spokesman said the friend of the occupant, who is still on holiday and not reachable, told police she visited every few days to feed the golden hamster food and provide water. She promised to turn the music down and come by more often.


- if only people were that thoughtful of other people. The world would be such a better place. (maybe the owner should think to turn the music down a bit next time though...lol)

Quiz time

You're an Etch-a-Sketch!! You're the creative,
artsy type who doesn't need to actually utilize
a single muscle group in order to have fun.
Doesn't matter though, you're still cool.


What childhood toy from the 80s are you?
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You Are A Realistic Romantic

You are more romantic than 60% of the population. It's easy for you to get swept away by romance... But you've done a pretty good job keeping perspective. You're still taken in by love poems and sunsets You just don't fall for every dreamy pick up line!

Are You Romantic or Realistic?

Friday the 13th part...which part are they on now??

Apparently, Jason still lives, because I just read that they are planning another Friday the 13th movie (Jason should just be a ghost by now - he can still kill people that way - c'mon Jason - DIE ALREADY!). Looks like Quentin Tarantino wants in on all the Jason action...



'Friday' Horror Draws Tarantino
Tue Mar 8, 2:00 AM ET

Entertainment - Reuters
By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Quentin Tarantino is considering writing and directing a new installment in the long-running "Friday the 13th" horror film series.
Reuters Photo

Tarantino is in early talks with New Line Cinema, where he is scheduled to meet with executives this week.

The original "Friday," released in 1980 and featuring the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, spawned a series of sequels, including the 2003 hit "Freddy vs. Jason," in which Jason squared off against Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.

New Line tried to make a sequel to "Freddy vs. Jason" involving the "Evil Dead" character Ash, but it couldn't reach a deal with "Dead" rights holder Sam Raimi.

According to those familiar with the discussions, Tarantino is intrigued with the idea of playing with one of the movie's classic horror villains. If the project does develop, it could be the first film Tarantino directs outside Miramax Films.

The filmmaker, whose credits include "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," recently signed on to direct the season finale of CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter




~ All I can say to this is that I am glad Sam Raimi didn't let them suck Ash into this whole Jason nonsense. Ash would definitely kick Jason's mangled, burned, hacked-up, bag of bones as* anyway. I think I stopped watching Friday the 13th after the 3rd part. I am sure Jason is looking pretty nasty around now. I don't know how you could not know he was coming. He must stink pretty bad by now.

My favorite poem

Ode To a Nightingale

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,

Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
’Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,
But being too happy in thine happiness,—
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot

Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease.


O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool’d a long age in the deep-delved earth,

Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth;
That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim:


Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget
What thou among the leaves hast never known,
The weariness, the fever, and the fret
Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;
Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs,
Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;
Where but to think is to be full of sorrow
And leaden-eyed despairs,
Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,
Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.


Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy,
Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Cluster’d around by all her starry Fays;
But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.


I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,
Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,
But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet
Wherewith the seasonable month endows
The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild;
White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine;
Fast fading violets cover’d up in leaves;
And mid-May’s eldest child,
The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,
The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.


Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call’d him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad

In such an ecstasy!
Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain—
To thy high requiem become a sod.


Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down;
The voice I hear this passing night was heard
In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;
The same that oft-times hath
Charm’d magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.


Forlorn! the very word is like a bell
To toil me back from thee to my sole self!
Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well
As she is fam’d to do, deceiving elf.
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades
Past the near meadows, over the still stream,
Up the hill-side; and now ’tis buried deep,

In the next valley-glades:
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?

John Keats (1795-1821)

I love this poem because of Keats's use of alliteration, allusion and the way he uses sounds of the words to convey feeling in the poem. At the end of the poem, you are left wondering if the whole experience was just a dream or was it reality, a question which is left up to the reader to interpret. Keats is my favorite of all of the Romantic poets, and the fact that he died at such a young age just leaves me to wonder what more he could have written had he stayed on earth for a while longer.

Everyone rejoice for . . .

A brand-spanking new season of South Park begins Wednesday, March 9th! Woo hoo! I can't wait to see what Matt and Trey will be bringing to us this season, but here is a sneak peak at Season 9's first episode....



Episode 901 - Press Release The boys’ teacher gets in touch with his feminine side in the ninth season premiere of “South Park," entitled "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina," premiering Wednesday, March 9 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central. Mr. Garrison goes to great lengths to get what he’s always wanted…a sex change. As he enjoys his new womanly attributes, the rest of the town gets in touch with their inner feelings too. Meanwhile, Kyle wrestles with the fact that Jews just aren’t good at basketball.







Tune in Wednesday, March 9th at 10 pm to see.

And if you like South Park, you may want to check out http://southparkstudios.com

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Oh what a beautiful morning....

I woke up this morning, very, very happy. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and I had a fantastic Saturday, so I was glad that Sunday went equally as great. I saw the movie, Sideways, and it was hilarious, touching, and just one great picture. I think Paul Giamatti deserved an Oscar nod for his tun as Miles, the depressed and sensitive divorcee who is having a hard time letting go of his past. He really was superb in this movie. He should have gotten a nomination. I think he was overlooked...big time. All the other actors were great too, but he was the one who really affected me the most. I would give it 2 thumbs way up! The scenery was beautiful. Seeing the movie makes me want to go wine tasting, and I don't even drink wine.



(Miles and Jack tasting some wine in Sideways)

I had an awesome weekend, for once! Great movie, absolutely wonderful company, and I got to sleep in. That is what a good weekend is all about : )


Miles: "Uh, I don't know, I don't know. Um, it's a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's uh, it's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and uh, thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. You know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet. "
(Miles explaining why he likes Pinot better than all the other wines)