My brain works in mysterious ways…
While this might not be the strangest connection between thoughts, it is pretty amusing.
Ever since I compared my morning drive to the game Paperboy, I have had the song “Ditty” by Paperboy in my head. This is one of those wonderful songs that is fun to rap along with, but I can never really get it right. Since I don’t even have the song to listen too, I’ve just been making it up as I go along.
For anyone who has ever heard me attempt to rap along with anything, I hope you will be able to stop laughing by the end of the day.
On that note…
“Just bob your head for Paperboy and the ditty”
My drive to work today was like a game of Paperboy.
Here is a list of obstacles I had to avoid this morning on my drive.
1. Almost got ran over at the gas station.
2. Landscaper blowing grass while standing in the middle of my lane.
3. Stalled car blocking my lane onto the highway.
4. Huge blown off pieces of semi tire in my lane on the highway.
5. Getting cutoff about 3 times in half a minute.
6. A cop turning on his lights and crossing 5 lanes of traffic in about 2 seconds.
And – Finally,
7. A gaggle of geese crossing the street. (This was my favorite)
Three funny conversations
The following is a conversation from Saturday night:
Sloppy Drunk Ugly Guy: What’s your name again, we need to re-connect.
Me: Katie, have we met? (I’m never sure when I’m there because there’s so many random people I see there a lot when I’m with Blondie)
Guy: No, that’s why we need to re-connect.
Me: Hmm, I don’t think we can RE-connect if we’ve never met ( I like to screw with drunk people when I’m somewhat sober)
Guy: OK (cue walking away)
Me (to friend): Wow that was pretty easy…
Anyways, this converstation made me think of two other conversations with random guys at bars. The sad thing though, is that these are both true, and the both conversations were going well until…
Probably about 5 minutes into conversation.
Guy A: So where are you from originally?
Me: Kansas
Guy A: Cool, What state is that in? (I’m totally not kidding)
Me: It is a state
Guy A: No, I don’t think it is, where is it? (Do they not teach the Fifty Nifty United States song here in Georgia?)
Me: Ok, well it was great meeting you, I’ve got to go.
This one was little further into the conversation and way more disappointing and insulting.
Guy B: Where do you work?
Me: I work in media buying for an advertising agency.
Guy B: What does that involve?
Me: I work with TV and Radio stations to put commercials on the air.
Guy B: Wow, you’re job is completely meaningless. How can you do that for a living? I mean TV is just about the most pointless thing in the world. I guess that means you watch TV. I don’t watch tv… (he went on and on about how pointless my job was, etc etc – I’m pretty sure I just walked away mid sentence)
When I remember stories like this from nights out, I don’t mind being single. Surely though, these guys cannot be a good representation of all the guys out there. I would hope that the balance leans in favor of guys that know Kansas is a state and don’t have personal vendetta’s against TV…
Good Morning All
So this morning work out was a nice variety (insert sarcasm here) of running up a hill three times forwards, then three times backwards, then 10 squats, then repeat about 800 times. There are two main problems with this workout: 1. I’m too awake to take my normal nap before going into work (hence the early morning blogging), and 2. My legs feel like jelly so if Wii Fit were to ask me today if I trip a lot when I walk, the answer has a high probability of being yes.
I thought about going to work early, but then I remembered that most of what I need today probably won’t be emailed me until 10 or 11, so really there is no point in going in early because I’d just be sitting there playing on the computer. I can do that from here…
What a beautiful weekend
This has been a very relaxing, wonderful weekend. Friday night, looking for something low key I ended up at Mentally Rehearsed’s house to play Wii Fit. This was my first time, and apparently I’m so bad at the balancing games that it asked me if I tripped a lot when I walk. In my defense though, I went to a kickboxing class earlier in the evening so my legs were a little tired, and no, I don’t trip a lot when I walk.
Saturday I had to hang around the house for a while and wait for some painters to come paint the edge of my front door. They had done the main part of the doors when they painted my complex, but hadn’t gotten around to doing the edges. Then I had to wait a few hours for the paint to dry. You know the saying about watching paint dry, that’s kind of how I felt…
Then I went and met some friends at the park, where we grilled out and played some Bocce Ball. After the park, I went to Brewhouse in L5P with Blondie and adatingdiary. We had a nice table out on the patio where we not only got to witness everything at Brewhouse, but where we could also hear the Karaoke from Corner Tavern across the street. Let me tell you, this was quite a treat. We ran into some guys we know as they were walking down the street so we decided to head back to Brookhaven with them and end the night at Pub 71.
Today after church, I went to lunch with some friends and then came home, downloaded some new music, went for a run, did some laundry, picked up my dining room and living room (this involved going through piles of stuff all over my table and putting about 10 pairs of shoes back in my closet), read a magazine, caught up on some TV, and fixed some super. Now I think I’m going to spend some time reading for book club tomorrow. I’m supposed to be halfway through Rant, and I haven’t even started yet…
I hope everyone had a nice weekend
Definitely not the strangest sign I’ve seen, but maybe the most insulting…
Last night as I was driving through town and saw a sign at a salon that really bothered me. I say salon because I don’t really know what else to call it. It was a place for men, but it was really fancy so I wouldn’t call it a barber shop. In fact it looked just as fancy or fancier than most spas/hair salons that I have been to. It’s name would pretty much describe it, but I don’t want to name names, so…
Anyways, here’s what the sign said, “Get him a giftcard. (then a picture) Or he’ll leave you.” Seriously, that’s what it said. I had to do a double take to make sure I read it right. I’m not sure who their target is here – insecure women or insecure gay men, but either way I can’t imagine that this kind of advertising would work.
That being said, if you are seeing someone that would a) go there period, or b) would leave you if you didn’t buy him a giftcard to go there, then please please just break up with them now. You don’t really want that kind of man anyways.
This might be a first.
I actually made it out of Barnes and Noble with only the book I went in to buy – Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. I was very proud of myself for resisting the temptation to walk out with about five other ones.
Then to top it off, the guy checking me out told me his brother said the book was really weird. I replied that hopefully it was weird in a good way since I am reading it for my book club. Then he goes on to tell me his brother said it had a lot of weird time traveling stuff and traffic came up a lot in the book.
Needless to say, with this glowing recommendation, I can’t wait to get started.
I know I might be being a little snotty about this…
but a pay cut, is a pay cut.
I don’t care if I’m getting some extra days off and based on my calculations that these exactly makes up for how much money I’m losing. At this point and with how much vacation I already get – I’d rather have the money.
So for anyone who is telling me I’m being ridiculous and I should just be glad to have a job, can you please just let me bitch about it for a day.
My weekend in San Francisco…
My weekend started on Thursday night when I flew to San Francisco after work. My flight got in a little late, but I managed to keep Jenny up to 2 anyways by being incredibily chatty. Friday we woke up early to go to the gym and then we hit the road north to Mendicino and then to see a tree you can drive through – fo real. It was awesome. Then as we headed back to town we stopped off at a casino and I lost about $20 on the quarter slots.
Saturday, somehow I managed to let Jenny talk me into helping her change the bulbs in her track lighting and clean out her storage closet – it was too full that she couldn’t get to the stuff she actually needed. She had a lot of stuff we didn’t want to get rid of after our parents died, but I guess three years later, some of the knick knacks and such that you don’t like, aren’t as important to keep. This took longer than planned, so besides running a few errands around town, this was all we did on Saturday. I figure I’ve got a good year of her making it up to me 
Sunday we took a bunch of her stuff to Goodwill, had lunch with some of her friends, went to see 17 Again, and then went to the mall. By the time we got back from the mall, we had just enough time to watch Nick & Nora’s Infinite playlist and then head to the airport so I could catch my flight home. I actually managed to sleep a couple of hours on the plane before getting back at 6:30 this morning. I didn’ go to work until noon though so I managed a few more hours of sleep once I got home. I’m still pretty beat though.
So not necessarily the most exciting weekend of vacation, but I had some much needed time with my sister
You’d think I was going to Australia, not San Francisco…
Three books, my iPod, a DVD player, two movies, 8 episodes of My So Called Life – I think I’ve got plenty to keep me busy on the 5 hour flight
