I want cake now!
We have people coming over tonight, and I have to clean up, so I don’t have time to write anything today. I’m cheating by posting the NFL Bad Lip Reading video, but you’ll thank me. It’s funny.
Now, laugh!
this shouldn’t even count as a post
Eh
I am working. It’s almost 10. At night. Why am I working? That’s a very good question. And it doesn’t have a very good answer. And actually, I’m done working, so maybe it doesn’t matter. Maybe I’m tired. Maybe I feel a little guilty that I took a couple of hours out of my normal afternoon to follow John to his flying lesson and read in the shade of a tree at the airport. (But it was so nice! Until a mosquito bit my thumb. Bastard.) And maybe I’m over the guilt and going to bed now.
Good talk!
People who live in a certain place
It seems that Annapolis-dwellers are called Annapolitans. That’s pretty cool, but I prefer Annapolese. Or Annapolians. Annapolisians? No. And Annapolisers is right out. Annapolutians? Sounds like pollution. Hoosiers! Taken.
No, I’m good with Annapolese.
SO interesting, but where’s the rest?
I don’t remember how I stumbled onto this article in the Washington Post, but it’s about why most people don’t like the sound of their own voices AND why we don’t like pictures of ourselves. It starts an explanation, but the article is too short! I want more of this. And why wouldn’t this article have more in it? Are people really satisfied with that little? I have questions! I may have to actually google it myself (gasps of horror, please). You know, later.
Priorities
We had a good weekend (went to Awesome Con in DC on Saturday), and I want to tell you all about it, but I have to get work things done that are overdue and I’m a little anxious about them. So I’m going to focus on that.
I am not trapped under something heavy
I’m still here! I’m just always either out of town or working late or falling down tired. And that means I don’t really have anything to say tonight. (I’m sorry.) (So why not stay off the internet?) (Um.) (I mean, really.) (I don’t have an answer.)
Here’s a joke for you:
Two guys are driving down 5th Avenue in Manhattan when they come up to a red light. The guy driving slams the gas pedal and they go zooming past the red light. His friend looks at him and says, “Hey, you just went through a red light.” The guy driving says, “Don’t worry about it. My brother does it all the time.” So they keep driving and they come to a second red light. The guy driving slams on the gas pedal and zooms past another red light. His friend is pretty mad, looks at him and says, “Hey man, you just went through another red light. What the heck are you doing?” The guy driving tells his friend, “Don’t worry about it. My brother does this all the time.” They come to a third red light and the guy driving slams on the gas, zooming past the red light. His friend starts screaming at him, “What the heck? You’re going to get us killed! Pull over and let me out.” The guy driving screams back at him, “I’m telling you: don’t worry about it. My brother, he does it all the time.” So they keep driving and they come to a green light. The guy driving slams on the brakes. His friend looks at him and says, “Are you out of your mind? What the heck is wrong with you? You go flying past three red lights, almost getting us killed, and then you slam on the brakes when you have a green light?” The guy driving looks at his friend and says, “I had to stop; my brother might have been coming.”
Same old
It’s that time again: time to pick a new book. But it’s bedtme and I’m sleepy, so I’m going to put it off until tomorrow. Which really means tomorrow after work. Why do I even want to put it off? I certainly don’t want to NOT read something.
I have made this complaint before. No more.
Hey, my company offered Molly the job she interviewed for, and she’s accepting it! That’ll be interesting. Good, but interesting. More to come as the story unfolds. Or however that goes.
You know what’s cool? My keyboard. It lights up. See?
Yeah, that’s a great picture. I’m on a roll tonight. I should definitely keep writing random stuff and then trailing off without any attempt to make it interesting. Yup. That’s what I should do.
Oh, wait! I know what I’m reading next. Finally, I have purpose! Energy renewed, off to start a new book. (Is this my process? Kind of irritating. Thanks for wading it through it!)
If I imagine myself eating, I won’t feel so hungry
We spent several hours this morning and early afternoon watching the rest of season 3 of Downton Abbey while the tantalizing smells of a brisket cooking drove us mildly insane. The brisket just came out of the oven, but the potatoes aren’t ready (John’s in charge of those). I’m SO hungry. I will attempt to distract myself with the best science fiction and fantasy short stories from 2007 and our ongoing CD-ripping project. Wish me luck.
Me? Boring?
You could be forgiven for thinking, “Jesus, Zannah, please don’t write another post about the weather or dry and crumbly bread or really, anything about food. Inane is one thing, but boring is just not okay.” I’ll see what I can do.
St. Patrick’s Day? Eh. I’m wearing green today. That’s about as far as I’ll take it.
My guilt over not having lunch with my team when they went out for Ben’s birthday today? Minimal. Hardly worth mentioning.
I ran three miles this morning, in the dark, and it was great! But not interesting.
Stir fry for dinner? No. Food. (But it was good.)
John made egg salad? No. Also food. (Also good.)
I was not able to get my access key (for the apartment complex gates) fixed today because the maintenance guy left early? Nope.
Okay, then. Boring it is. Better luck tomorrow. BUT – I am a pretty, pretty princess.
It’s the little things
I am not going to talk about the weather, even though it’s snowing. I suppose it’s February, and snow should be allowed in February, but John and I had really hoped we’d be out of the house before we had to shovel again. With 5 to 8 inches in the forecast, shoveling is almost certainly in our future. On the plus side, it’s likely we’ll be working from home tomorrow.
Our neighbor has been over here twice today. They don’t have any water (he thinks the meter is frozen), and the water people haven’t shown up yet. He’s been here filling a big cooler with water from our sink. I’m not entirely sure what the water is for, actually. His wife has already gone to their daughter’s house, but someone has to be around when the water people show up, so he’s still here. I offered up our shower – no idea if he’s going to take me up on that offer.
Update from John: the water is probably to fill the toilet tanks.
I started a new book at the gym this morning – it’s an evil take on Peter Pan. The prologue sucked me in. I hope it holds up.
Update on the neighbor (because I know you’re dying to hear): their water is back on. They’re unlikely to need our shower now. Thank goodness.
I was productive today (kind of), so I’m going to forgive myself my afternoon of The Vampire Diaries (I only watched two episodes). I slept through boxing, but then I had breakfast with John (not really productive, but I was out of the house), then I went to the store (we’re COOKING tonight! And tomorrow!), then I went to the gym, then I cleaned the house and started laundry and helped my neighbor – twice! And I rolled up all my boxing wraps. (I might be reaching a little.)
John just got home. We have no intention of being productive again (except for cooking dinner), and we finally finished the last few episodes of How I Met Your Mother last night, so we’re starting at the beginning of Futurama. We always need a good half-hour show in our back pocket.
I was warm once
When we woke up this morning, it was 11 degrees outside. Wind chill of -6. I live in the south. NOT COOL, winter.
I need this reminder that I was in Mexico a week ago.
A small funny
I was in the middle of training a new employee when John sent me something funny. I should have waited to look, but I didn’t. Then I had to explain the giggling. Or not explain it, since I didn’t share. I apologized instead.
I’m sure this came from Reddit, but I don’t have the link. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Cuddlebun will be very happy.
Full of something…
Gravy is generally a good idea. Particularly if you’re making an open face sandwich with the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers, but other times, too.
I’m just full of wisdom.
The news
Item 1: Riley slept through the night (possibly because we did), so there are no incidents to report. Yay for sleep and yay for not having to clean anything up!
Item 2: We finished Breaking Bad last night. Good ending, but I have to admit to feeling a little disappointed. Too much build-up, I think. I’ll probably feel better about it with time.
That’s all the news there is to report.
Wine update
I like Stark Raving Red. Stark Raving White, on the other hand, is NOT good. Sharp, maybe bitter, and I don’t remember what else it tasted like because I stopped drinking it. Don’t buy it.
I apologized to the kettle
I need tea (soothing, hot, yummy) to recover from today’s edition of this week’s plague and last night’s carousing, so I put the kettle on to boil. Then I sat down to read The Bloggess’s latest post, but the kettle started to whistle too soon, and I found myself getting irritated with the kettle because damn it, I’m not ready yet, so just shut up with the whistling until after I finish reading about Jenny’s dead diarrhea unicorn pony. And then I realized that Pat the Unicorn’s story isn’t going anywhere, and it would be way easier to read if the whistling stopped, and the kettle isn’t trying to irritate me, it can’t help itself, so I poured the boiling water into my mug. I think I need a nap, but it’s too late in the day for a nap, so an early bedtime will have to do.
Need more giggling to combat last night’s bawling
This post from Tom and Lorenzo is not about the fashion. It’s all about the lead-in. And those are funny mental images. You don’t believe me? Ask Mark. He’ll back me up.
Missed it
I skipped April Fool’s Day this year. I mean, I was there for it. I was awake and active in the world or whatever, but it completely slipped my mind until fairly late in the evening, and I wasn’t aware of a single prank. This morning, John showed me the Firefly one on Reddit (which I can’t find right now). That was a good one, if mean. Oh, and I saw the Google Nose thing after I got home last night. I don’t mind missing it. I don’t usually do April Fool’s. It makes me wonder if that’s how April is going to go, though. Am I going to miss every other day? Or rush through the whole month? Maybe I’ll just view everything through my congested fog. That’ll be fun.
It’s a mystery
Going to bed early didn’t work. I had crazy dreams and I woke up too many times. So what’s different? I haven’t been overeating, I haven’t been drinking caffeine much (and what I’ve had was all gone no later than mid-morning), I haven’t been exercising at night… I haven’t done anything out of the ordinary the last couple of days. The only thing I can think is that sleeping sitting up (because I’ve been so congested) is just not working for me anymore.
Boring boring boring boring.
I’m putting off stuff I don’t want to do, but it’s not leading to interesting stuff here…
Boring.
Hmph. I might be boring right now, but my book isn’t.