Was it a good choice telling people I know that I have a blog? Gotta tell Mom of course cause she's your Mom. (And, by the way, the only one to comment thus far--what a sweetheart!) But maybe I shouldn't have told my baby bro who's probably reading this anyway? Nah, he'll go easy on me and not think I've totally geeked out. Cause after all, he's the computer geek of the family. And I say that with all the love in my heart. He's seriously knowledgeable about lots of things. Now it probably sounds like I'm buttering him up.
Anyhoo, this blogging thing can be kind of fun. I don't do it for anyone but me and I really don't are if anyone else reads it. It's kind of funny because I was never a journal/diary writer kind of girl.
Thinking about my brother...we seem to find different Christmas Story paraphernalia to give each other each year. This year he gave me the movie with themed cookie cutters that I'm totally jacked to try.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love the leg lamp and those who do not.

I just spent 2 1/2 hours of my life that not only can I not get back but I didn't get any work done, either. I tried to hook up my router and couldn't get it to work. I worked when I had cable but I can't get it to work with DSL. Dang it. Freaking frustrating.
I really wasn't wasting time but I think I'm going to have difficulty working at home. It's hard to separate the two worlds. Guess I'm going to have to buck up and do it. Most of the problem is that I have to work in the evening when I'm pretty well spent from the day. Gotta put my big girl pants on and deal with it.

So, it's been awhile. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around, you might miss it. (Ferris Bueller) So, let me stop and ponder the newest happenings.
Full-time job, mom, and now--starting a master's program. Spent half the weekend in class but got out earlier than planned. Thank God for small favors. Although I have to say that it was a good class. I think I'm going to like the program.
Big week for us as a collective population, huh? I cracked up at the closing prayer with the different sayings about some of the different races--I loved "when brown can stick around" and "the red man can get ahead, man" along with the others that I can't quite remember what was the exact quote. Probably mostly because that was an old dude and I didn't expect to hear such lighthearted things to come from him. Bet he's a pretty funny guy if he feels cool enough to say such things in front of millions of people. Totally endearing.
Seriously glad I have a DVR. Last night, I was torn between two fabulous pop culture events--the Neighborhood Ball and American Idol. I could talk a while about the beauty and joy of the DVR. Why would anyone want to watch TV in real time anymore? It's like air conditioning--sure, you don't need it for survival but let's not take any chances.
Anyhoo, Idol was classic as always and the Ball was pretty good too. Here' s a question: was Beyoncé nipping out or was it just the way the darts were sewn into her dress? At first, I said darts but my husband pointed (ha) out that it looked like the points had dark round circles. Hunh. I could see that, I suppose. I probably should just go on some gossip sites and see what they said because I'm sure I wasn't the only one who noticed. Plus, as the spouse observed, they didn't show a lot of full body shots of her--just the face. Scared cameramen/producers perhaps? Don't want another wardrobe malfunction. Either way, it was a pretty dress and Beyoncé always looks fabulous.

I seriously can't believe that I'm posting again. I just get these random thoughts that, for once, instead of staying in my head get to be barfed all over the net for the world to see.

I have a friend who's life story was the movie "Dan in Real Life". Bed in the laundry room, shoes in the dryer, "You are a murderer of love". All of it. Yes, people, Steve Carell is my friend.

Not really. But I really do have a friend named Dan who went through disturbingly similar circumstances. Makes the movie that much funnier.

Just put it on my tab.

OK, so I thought I was done for the night after I updated my profile. Chose not to list things but instead to write prose. So now I realize why one uses commas. The faves get highlighted to find people with similar interests.

Fine. Did that and clicked on Red Tent to see what happens. Several (I'm sure) lovely people who evidently put this in their reading faves. Here's my problem: why do people put their astrological sign in their profiles? Does it really rule their worlds so much that it's important to note? Do they rip open their newspapers to find that "good things will come today" or "don't make any rash decisions today" and they actually think about this before going through their day? Will I not like them because we don't have compatable signs? Really? Perhaps there are those that will not read and/or follow some blogs because of a sign prejudice? "Well, I think that Tauruses are stubborn, so I just don't think I can possibly associated with them." Meeow.

All I'm saying, people, is give peace a chance. Let's not label. Let's just be.

Stress

I hate cat hair. I'm looking at the kitty tumbleweeds on the floor and it ticks me off. Especially because one of the fur balls pulls his hair out on purpose. They say it's "because of stress". Yep, lots of stress in the area of eating and sleeping. The only thing stressful about this cat's life is when the food bowl is empty.

Speaking of stress, I'm gearing up for it. In an out of body experience, I'm pretty sure I signed on to begin a master's program. Starting next week. Now it's time to rearrange the schedule and the life to fit something more in. I've been putting it off so it guess I can't anymore.

I've started a fairly strict budget plan for the fam. Gotta save some cashola to make up for a recent financial fiasco that wasn't totally our fault. I'm a little concerned about where the magic money tree is planted and hope to find it soon. Powerball's up to $105 million today so maybe I need to make a small investment. Of course, I could also wipe my butt with the same investment and probably come out just as well. Jury's out.

Momentary vent on how coworkers tick me off. I hate it when people procrastinate and it affects other people. Procrastination is fine--do it all the time. Difference is that the job gets done. Today it didn't and now I have to try to get to work early to fix a problem that wasn't my fault in the first place. I so want to tell somebody off but you can't rationalize with irrational people. I wish you could. In fact I tried to rationalize once and it didn't help. God I wish it would have...I've always wanted to have a dramatic oscar-worthy smackdown but I'm afraid of confrontation. It's one of those things that I have planned in my head (probably an amalgamation of several movie lines) and it sounds awesome. Leaves 'em speechless. Um, yeah, too afraid that it wouldn't work and I'd have to apologize. And there's nothing worse than having to apologize to an idiot for something stupid they did.

This blog thing is sort of therapeutic. Hunh. Go figure.

Oh yeah...this probably isn't very interesting so if I invited you to read it, I'm sorry. I suppose I didn't need to invite anyone but it was the next thing on the "create a blog" directions.

I have no idea why I have started a blog. Maybe it's not a good idea. Can my kids see it? Who do I trust? Will inappropriate commentary happen...by me? It's possible.

Why can't I remember anyone's email when it came to the invitations option? Well, except Stacy's and that's because I emailed her today. Got it stuck in my head. Everyody else's--poof! Gone.

Anyhoo, I'm back at work-day 2. So far, so good. Please ask me how I'm doing in March. Should be slow and painful until then--only because of the three months in a row vacation days have stopped and now it's three months without vacation days. How do you people work year round?

Speaking of working year round, what do people actually do at jobs that don't require planning/performing for an audience everyday? I mean, really--what do people do at desks? I've wondered this for a little while now. Maybe they don't mind working year round--I mean, if one isn't performing everyday, maybe their jobs are easier to do?

The only other jobs I've had was when I was in college and they were grunt work-style jobs. I know how those jobs go. But like bank people--unless you're a teller, what do you do? Fill out forms? Customer service?

I think I should have named this blog "random thoughts by a person who flits from one subject to another and probably asks too many questions". Too long?

Here goes...

I'm joining the land of the bloggers and already feel a wee bit geeky. But, nobody reads this crap, right?