November 17, 2008 at 11:14 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Today I stopped by Walmart to pick up some shampoo and conditioner. While waiting to check out, I decided to do the right thing for the environment and purchase one of those reusable bags.
The joke was on me. The bag was secured shut by one of those tie thingies that you can hardly even get off with a scissors, much less your bare hands. My favorite part? When the clerk asked me if I had a scissors in my purse.
Oy.
So I left with my reusable bag INSIDE the plastic Walmart bag.
There is something so wrong about that … I just can’t put my finger on what.
November 16, 2008 at 10:30 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
OK… so the headline doesn’t work…
Some random is boycotting my blog because of a post I wrote two years ago. That’s hilarious! Isn’t the point of a boycott to prevent whomever you are boycotting from getting money from you? Since I don’t sell shit on my blog, a boycott is fairly pointless. Heh… cracks me up.
PS: The Twilight series accounts for why I haven’t blogged in a while. Over the last week, I’ve read all four books and reread the first book. (rolling eyes) I’m such a sap for a classic love story. But so is Barack Obama … !
November 11, 2008 at 8:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Today I wore a short-sleeved shirt. Not because it is miraculously warm here. Not because my office is so toasty you don’t really need layers. No, I wore a short-sleeved shirt because at the end of last winter, all my sweaters — literally — got dried on the “high” setting. So while I weigh ever so slightly less this winter than I did at the end of last winter, I can’t fit into the majority of my winter tops.
What’s frustrating, is that I don’t really like shopping for long-sleeved shirts. I don’t like blouses or crew neck sweaters or a whole host of other wintery gear. I’m fussy, which is why last year I ended up with a wardrobe featuring four of the exact same V-neck sweater (in grey, pink, teal and black) — sweaters that responded exactly the same to being dried at too high a setting — and three of another sweater (black cream and maroon), which also objected to being dried on high.
At this point, the grey V-neck, a green sweater I bought on clearance in the spring and a hot-pink top I bought this fall are literally the only long-sleeved shirts I own that fit. I’ve been getting by week to week because there have been at least a few days with temperatures topping 60. Not so much this week.
November 1, 2008 at 5:20 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
While watching TV on Wednesday, I saw a trailer for the movie “Twilight,” which comes out in three weeks. At first I thought it was going to be a superhero movie, and I got a little excited (see also, I heart superheroes). Then I realized it was going to be a vampire movie and I got a little disappointed (see also, I don’t like horror movies). Then I realized it was some sort of vampire love story and I got a little excited again (see also, I heart complicated love stories).
Because I rarely watch TV without also surfing the Web, I decided to look into this “Twilight” and learned that there was a book series. Vampires are my favorite monsters. They are always so conflicted. I like conflicted. So I decided to run to Target on Thursday and buy the book.
Four hours later, I had read 446 pages of it and only went to bed because of sheer exhaustion. Clearly, I enjoyed it. It isn’t a well-written book. At all. However, unlike most vampire stories, it’s quite innocent. A lot of vampire stories are essentially soft-core porn. And given my love of complicated love stories, I really dig the idea of a love story that was complicated by the fact that the man (a vampire) really, really wanted to kill the woman.
Now that I’ve finished the second book, I don’t think I am going to rush out and buy the third and fourth. For one thing, they are still only available in hardcover and we move WAY too much for me to haul around hardcover books from place to place. But also, the story is less exciting now that it’s clear the vampire isn’t even struggling with his desire to kill the woman anymore.
I still am going to go see the movie, hopefully on or around Thanksgiving when I can go with my sister (who has read all four books and makes our other sister rewind the Tivo every time the trailer comes on … side note, TC is so cute… when I told her I wanted to see the movie, she told me that Michelle makes her rewind the trailer. Then she said “What’s so great about a guy catching an apple?” She’s so cute … and such a curmudgeon.)
October 29, 2008 at 7:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
After watching a preview about the new Wii Fit, I decided to opt out of buying the membership at the Student Rec and Wellness Center on campus (which Dave gets for free, but I’d have to pay $30 a month for) and buy that instead.
So far, it is the most addictive, fun way to work some physical activity into my day. It keeps track of your weight and BMI and lets you set a goal. It has a bunch of different activities you can pick from each day, including Yoga, strength training, aerobics and balance training. I SUCK at soccer…. but that makes me want to play more because I can’t figure out why I suck so much.
October 19, 2008 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
It’s driving me nuts. 15 years after Meat Loaf made my favorite video, I still can’t figure out what he won’t do for love. Dave suggests that I can’t hold someone I would address as “Mr. Loaf” to any sort of standard. But I suggest to you that FIFTEEN YEARS after your confusing ass song comes out, the least Mr. Loaf can do is tell me what the freaking hell he won’t do. The original song is TWELVE minutes, people! He has TWELVE MINUTES to make the song make sense. For the LOVE OF GOD, if it is just a syntax error, admit it. But the way it is written, I know lots of things he won’t do that you wouldn’t, under normal circumstances, do for love anyway. But I don’t know what he won’t do that his girlie has been dreaming of.
Let’s break it down, shall we?
I would do anything for love, anything you’ve been dreaming of But i just won’t do that
WHAT?! What won’t he do?! Is it something kinky? Is it something illegal? What the hell won’t he JUST do!? Is she into something so obscene that a guy who goes by Mr. Loaf is turned off? Or does she WANT him to cheat on her, as these lyrics suggest?
And sooner or later, you’ll be screwing around
I won’t do that! no i won’t do that!
Anything for love, oh i would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but i won’t do that, no i won’t do that
He would do anything for love, but … cheat on her? Why WOULD you do that for love? For realsies?! You wouldn’t.
I am exasperated! At least I can watch this f-ing sweet video.
October 17, 2008 at 9:57 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Today was an exciting day! The Web site I developed for the university won a silver award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education! This is the fifth award I’ve won in my career (a gold Minnesota Newspaper Association Award for best local news story in 2003, a gold Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Award for most improved alumni magazine in 2005, a gold National Health Information Award for best article series in 2006, a bronze National Health Information Award for best article series in 2007 and now this one). I’m pretty stoked!
