Watching the rain and counting the minutes
It is a crummy day outside. Add that to the fact that they have changed our buy specs AGAIN (exactly 10 minutes before I was going to turn them in) I have been completely unmotivated to touch any of my work today until we get final word on the changes. So, I did what I always do when I can’t find anything else to do around my office – I updated the quote on my whiteboard…
“I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.” — Emo Phillips, Neuropsychology: Clinical and Experimental Foundations
A weekend in Chucktown
The highlight of the weekend was definitely getting to see the bride and groom getting hitched, but here are some other great memories from my weekend in Charleston…
* On the drive down there, ECW was giving me a hard time because I said I probably wouldn’t get married in a church because it would be too formal for what I want, but then later in the trip was talking about the Chris Brown song church entrance video and then gave me a hard time because I said that it was stupid.
Let’s get things straight here – it’s kind of not ok if I don’t get married in a church, but if I do, it is ok if I do something completely and utterly ridiculous like this. For the record, if I do end up getting married in a church, I will not be entering to a Chris Brown song. I don’t think it would ever be an issue though because I’m pretty sure Peachtree’s rules do not allow for this sort of thing…
* This picture of MF and her boyfriend EC Friday night. When first posing for the picture, he was being silly and ignoring her with his pose so then when he tried to get serious and kiss her cheek she timed it perfectly with the picture to dodge his kiss. I was greatly amused…
* Everything KA and JLaw said on Saturday night.
* Sitting in a bar with everyone after the reception and making videos including one of all of us girls doing our window washing dance, but while sitting at the table because our feet were killing us. If I ever get a copy of this video I might add it below, but for now, just imagine the most awesome dance ever done by the coolest girls ever.
* After having the rickshaw driver stop for us to get pizza on the way home from the bar, JLaw, her husband SLaw and I sat in the hotel bar and ate our slices so I wouldn’t have to share mine with my roommates. It was closed, but we were thirsty so JLaw went behind the bar to get some water from the fountain. SLaw kept trying to get her to see if the beer taps worked, but we stuck with water. While refilling our waters I made some comment about being surprised no ones come over to see what we are doing since we are probably being kind of loud and going behind the bar. JLaw then says, “Whatever, we are the most honest people ever. I mean we’re only stealing water”
* In the morning while dividing up the hotel bar this exchange took place. For as tired as KA was Sunday morning, this was very funny.
Me: Ok, so it’s going to be $120 each, well I guess if you want to get technical, it would be $121.10 each. I can cover the extra two cents.
KA: Good, then I don’t have to give you mine.
Feeling Uninspired
I don’t really have anything I want to write about right now, so I just followed Ignorant Historian’s lead and thought I’d answer some questions about myself…
1. What is your current obsession?
Getting over the last obsession – does that count?
2. What are you wearing today?
Jeans, a black top and black heels. I have lunch with a rep today so I had to glam it up with the heels instead of flip flops…
3. What’s for dinner?
Probably something quick and easy – maybe couscous with some vegetables thrown on top.
4. What’s the last thing you bought?
A soda from downstairs.
5. What are you listening to right now?
The new The Dead Weather CD on iLike
6. What is your favorite quote?
I don’t know if I can narrow it down, but I would probably end up with something by Mark Twain if going for famous quotes. However, if you count the years of hilarity that have been created by the quotes I will go for these…
“I’m a witness” – Little sister around age 4-5 to my parents when big brother and I were fighting over who did what. The actual event was soon forgotten, but the quote will remain the bane of my sister’s existence for years to come.
“He’s jogging now” – Again this was little sister, but at an older age. We were all just hanging out in the living room one day and this man walked down our street. Then it started to rain and when he came back from the opposite direction he was running. You probably had to be there.
“Look – it’s a guy full of jeeps” – my friend Annie one night in high school – driving around. For about the next year we said it backwards on purpose because it was just funny.
“Oh really,” “No O’Reilly” – This is the punch line to a joke** in the Laugh-a-Minute joke book my grandma bought my sister and I when we were little. I still tend to add the “No, O’Reilly” whenever my sister says “Oh really”
7. What language do you want to learn?
I guess Spanish would probably be the most useful, but I also wish I would’ve kept up with French. After taking 5 years of it from age 14-19, I know a dismal amount of it now.
8. What do you love most about where you currently live?
The weather, the trees and neighborhood feel even though it’s a big city. More specifically, that I’m close to work and only have a 15 minute commute.
9. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
I think I’d like to go to Japan, China and Thailand, but I’m also still working on all 50 states – only 8 more to go.
10. If you could do or be anything (career wise), what would you be?
This is a tough one because I really enjoy what I’m doing now, so I think I’ll stick with it.
11. What’s your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
That’s a tough one. I am really digging a pair of wedge sandals currently so I’ll go with them. I don’t know if shoes count, but whatever, this is my answer.
12. Describe your personal style?
Hair’s kinda, I dunno, brown? No, it’s not really brown. Oh, and tall. Yeah, kinda tall. Sorta tall. And like always wearing like t-shirts. So, sort of tall? Kind of. With… hair? Yeah. And wears t-shirts sometimes? Yeah. (not really to describe my personal style – I just wanted to throw in a “Can’t Hardly Wait” reference)
My real answer would go something like this conversation I had at work.
Coworker: Oh I like your outfit. Did you put it together yourself?
Me: If by “put together” you mean, liked what the mannequin was wearing and bought it, then yes, I put it together myself.
13. Do you collect anything?
Hat pins when I travel – they are all on my bulletin board at home since I don’t wear hats and think it would be kind of lame if I actually pinned anything to them if I did.
14. What makes you follow a blog?
If it’s funny and/or interesting.
15. What makes you comment on a blog?
I don’t know, I guess if I have something to say then I will comment.
16. What is the most enjoyable thing you did today?
It’s still pretty early and I’m at work, so the most enjoyable part of my day so far was probably taking a shower.
17. What’s your favorite thing to do when you have free time?
Read, play tennis, play board games, watch TV.
**Jane: Aunt Sheila, did you hear I’m enganged to an Irishman?
Aunt Sheila: Oh really?
Jane: No, O’Reilly.
“There are two kinds of people,
those who finish what they start and so on.”
- Robert Byrne
I updated the quote on my white board today – this one made me laugh so I picked it…
C-MFFW never disappoints…
“My doctor did give me something, but then I couldn’t sleep so I stopped taking them. I guess I’ll just have to be evil”
Side note: I don’t really think C is evil, but then again, I’m not her husband and therefore was not on the other end of the story she had just told me 
Ten Minutes
Although I don’t get to leave for the beach until 5ish, I get to leave work in ten minutes. Not really enough time to do anything productive so I thought I’d spend it with you.
How do you tell someone’s boss that they suck and you want a new sales rep? Luckily I don’t have to because I hear my supervisor talking about him badly so I can only assume she is having problems with him to and called his manager. She knows I don’t like working with him either, so hopefully this will take care of it for me.
I always like the way my office looks when I am about to leave for a long weekend. It’s nice and clean, just like my house. I hate coming back to a mess even if I’m only gone for a few days. My brother is staying with me for a little bit so hopefully he is reading this now and will not destroy my house while I am gone this weekend
I wish my friend Blondie could come to the beach with us. It was fun with her around last year to help us make up crazy dances about paper towels.
I have 6 different colors of folders on my desk right now. It is very colorful.
My feet are cold – I should probably put my shoes back on.
Maybe I should change the quote on my dry erase board. Maybe I’ll go with this one…
“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” –Edward R. Murrow
Someone just called my cell phone and started talking about closing on a house. She talked for about 30 seconds before taking a breath so I could tell her she had the wrong number. Either that or she is about a year late making the phone call.
I was going to do something really quick before the phone rang and now I don’t remember what.
All right – I’m out of here. Have a good weekend.
“I get up everying morning…
determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.” – E.B. White
