#25 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

Life goes on...

Today was my very last shift at Reflections! It couldn't come soon enough, honestly, because the new manager is basically the idiot of the world. It was like having a 15 year old with below average intelligence as a boss. She sent out an e-mail earlier this week about how our store was setting 'attendable goals'. I am reasonably sure that 'attainable' is what she meant.

Anyway, now I get to work full time at the bookstore for a couple of weeks which should be good. The only problem is that I tend to do a lot of sitting around when I work at the bookstore and have been trying to figure out something to occupy my time in between cleaning books and taking peoples money. I seem to remember making a deal with a friend a few months ago about writing a story and I definitely did not hold up my end. Perhaps I'll try again...

One minor snag with that plan: I don't have a clue what to write about. Ideas, anyone?

#24 (the real one) - LIST FRIDAY, Embarrassment Edition

Hello one and everyone! Sorry about being late again. I didn't forget, I swear! But I might have if my sister hadn't called me to remind me. Anyway, I remembered but then I decided to call in sick and go to the cabin on something of a whim, and at the cabin I am internetless.

Embarrassing Songs That I Love

• Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
• Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
• Give It To Me - Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtato and Justin Timberlake
• SOS - Rihanna (who I basically just loved in general until that awful Umbrella song)

...At Least It's Not

• Fergie
• Three Days Grace
• Finger Eleven
• any Pussycat Dolls crap
  

Embarrassing Shows That I Love, Or At Least Watch

• One Tree Hill
• America's Next Top Model
• Kim Possible
• Boy Meets World (the reruns still make me laugh hysterically)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Radio Free Roscoe

...At Least It's Not

• 7th Heaven
• The Bachelor
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  
• any Pussycat Dolls crap

Why am I always watching reality TV when I write these things lately? Some girl on Canada's Next Top Model just said "Umm, I don't like orange cheese. I just... I don't really like orange things."

#24 - LIST FRIDAY, Hangover edition

Postponed 'til tomorrow! Sorry guys, I'm leaving town.

#23 - Called To See If Your Back Was Still Aligned

And your sheets were growing grass all on the corners of your bed.

Hours spent without internet access: 37
Hours spent dealing with Sasktel tech support today: 4
Calls made to Sasktel customer service line: 5
Malls visited trying to get a new modem: 2
Sasktel employees who were really nice: 6
Sasktel employees who were complete dicks: 2
Times I tried to go on the internet only to realize it still wasn't working: 12 (low estimate)

Also, while all this was going on I somehow got roped into volunteering at the folk festival. Which is actually kind of good because I was angsting about having to buy a ticket, and I am not actually working during any performance times. But I am working on the site crew. Which is physical labor and lifting and stuff. Oh dear.

Despite the lack of internet and prospects of actually having to do hard work my days off are going swimmingly. I was expecting to spend most of my time lazing around being useless, but I have actually been pretty busy. Yesterday I: cleaned my house, went for coffee with Number One, had family dinner, went to Vi's going away party and then people were over at my house for drinks. Plus, I got up at 5:30. In the morning. It threw off my schedule completely. I made myself lunch at nine and had woken up from a nap my noon. It was awesome though, the day was so long.

Tomorrow I have a meeting, another family dinner, and then Matt's sure-to-be-a-kick-as-time party! I love days off.

Completely unrelated: I am watching So You Think You Can Dance while I write this and some guy just said "I would love to man handle her all up in the hair". What?

EDIT: Is manhandle one word or two??

#22 - LIST FRIDAY, Harry Potter Edition

Does it seem to anyone else that there are more Fridays than there used to be?

HAPPY HARRY POTTER WEEKEND EVERYONE! Here are some list in honor of the boy wizard himself:

The First Six Books, Worst to First

6. Chamber of Secrets
5. Goblet of Fire
4. Philosophers Stone
3. Order of the Phoenix
2. Half Blood Prince
1. Prisoner of Azkaban


Top 5 Most Underrated HP Characters

• McGonagall
• Lee Jordan
• Molly Weasley
• Luna Lovegood
• Neville Longbottom

Top 3 Most Overrated HP Characters

• Draco Malfoy
• Hagrid
• Sirius Black

And a list that is kind of HP related:

Top 5 Books That Have Been Made Into Movies

1. The Princess Bride
2. The Godfather
3. Romeo and Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann one. A lot of people hate it. I love it)
4. Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility (Tie!! Plus, it seems a little unfair to give two spots away to Jane Austen)
5. Lord of the Rings trilogy

#21 - LIST FRIDAY, Fifth Edition

Thanks for the suggestions La Reina! I am working on them, but most of them required a little more thought than my little brain could handle this particular Friday. I promise that next week I'll do at least one. In the mean time everyone should keep suggesting!

This weeks lists are mostly inspired by my trip to a family reunion last week.

Things My Family Talks About - Mom's side

• politics
• bridge
• alternatives (energy alternatives, wheat gluten alternatives, non-toxic bug repellent alternatives, etc.)
• crossword puzzles
• the weather
• when Camille is going to get her period (at the dinner table, no less)

Things My Family Talks About - Dad's side

• politics
• the worst songs ever
• etymology and word pronunciation (my family thinks it is hilarious to pronounce words wrong intentionally, or use them in the wrong context. Favorites include: edifying, adirondack, cotoneaster and 'squat car')
• non-fiction history books
• Deadwood
• hair vs. fur
• ourselves

Songs To Sing Along To - On A Roadtrip All Alone

• Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
• Eggs Over Easy - Martina Sorbara
• Love Love Love - The Mountain Goats
• Rudy Can't Fail - The Clash (for a long time my dad thought it was called 'Rudy Don't Care' and still gets confused fairly often. Pretty much the only time he sings the right words is when he is purposely trying to get it wrong because, as I mentioned earlier, he finds that kind of thing hilarious)
• SOS - Rhianna
• Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John (the singing is fun, but the whistling is what makes it)
• Won't Be Home - Old 97's (my current favorite line of any song is "so please get out/of my car")
• Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (especially if you sing it very poorly)
• That Time - Regina Spektor
• How Good It Can Be - The 88
• Your Little Hoodrat Friend - The Hold Steady
• I Say A Little Prayer for You (I like the Natalie Cole version, with the Matthew Perry lyrics from Studio 60)
• Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey (go ahead, mock me, I don't care. I love this song)
• Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie
• I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and the Shondelles (this one is actually better with another person though, so they can do the doo-doo-DOO-doo bassline. I wouldn't touch the Tiffany version with a ten foot pole)

Also, I have some additions to previous lists:

Favorite TV Theme Songs

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (the first of two Will Smith songs I could once rap all the way through without the song even playing in the background)
• Clone High
• The Jetsons

People I Want To Be When I Grow Up

• Professor McGonagall
• Will Shortz

A Quick Note

List Friday has to be postponed for this week because I am headed out of town until Monday, to an internet-less location. While I'm gone you should leave some more list requests!