Nothing else matters ...

I am now ahead of where I need to be to be on track to hit my book reading goal for the end of the year. Awesome.
Book #59 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - I don't know if this is her most popular book, but it is one that I had heard of before reading. I didn't know any of the specifics, just that it had been made into a movie or two and it was supposed to be good. Well, it didn't disappoint. I enjoyed it immensely and I think I might watch the movie now to see how it translates. That should be interesting.

I've finished my library books but the library doesn't open until 1 tomorrow. Boo. I guess I'll have to finish the one I started a while back.

In other news I added a bunch of music to my iTunes. It hasn't been added to the iPod yet but that's just because I don't feel like walking down to the garage to get my iPod. Is that weird? No matter. I'm still not going to do it right now.

And that's it. Fascinating, isn't it?
Later.

Cole bought himself a Wii Fit with his Christmas money. Wow. I've been doing yoga on it and it's freaking fun. The hula hoop one makes me laugh. Because I'm some sort of champion hula hoop-er or something. Word!

Besides Wii Fit-ing today, I semi-organized the storage area in the garage. We have soooo much room down there. It's crazy. I was going to bring some boxes of books up for my mom but there was a whole cockroach thing. A cockroach from the old house. I couldn't handle it. I kinda covered it up with another box and crept away. Oh, yeah. It was dead. Squished flat. I still couldn't handle. Bugs are well outside my comfort zone. Well outside.

So there you have it. I forgot to bring a book to my hair appointment so I watched Hellboy 2 on my iPod. That tiny little screen shows a pretty crisp picture. I was slightly amazed.

Of course this means that I still haven't read a book this year. I am really not on my game in that respect. I'd best make some changes. Soon.

Did I mention that I finally watched Resident Evil Degeneration? Last night. I really liked it. Zombies! Good! I'm still a little confused on the time line of the movies, though. Does this one come between Apocalypse and Extinction? Based on what happened in Degeneration (the virus didn't seem widespread yet), I'd say yes, but how many years were supposed to have passed between Apocalypse and Extinction? I vaguely recall hearing them say that Degeneration takes place seven years after the Raccoon City incident. That would put quite a few years between the incidents in A and E. Anybody?

Wow. I had more to say there than I thought I did. I'm done now. :) Later.

First and foremost ...
Happy Birthday, tlace!!
I hope you had a wonderful day!

Now, on to the more mundane.
I had a good day at work. The down side of that is that my work BFF is on vacation for the next two weeks and I won't get to deal with his particular brand of humor. Boo. Even worse is that my vacation will end up overlapping his and that means that we won't see each other for THREE WHOLE WEEKS! MAYBE MORE! Woe!

But, I am one day closer to moving in to my new house so I can't complain too, too much.

I'm planning on heading over to the Apple store tomorrow. I'm going to have them check out my poor iPod. Sad.

Cole and I are in the middle of watching Psych. I guess I should get back to that.
Later.

I've had a crappy day off. Not only is it hovering in the mid to high 90's today (which is making me sweaty and irritated) but I can't stop thinking about work and how much I hate it right now. Seriously, if I wasn't in the middle of applying for a freaking home loan I'd be looking for a new job right this moment. Except not because as mentioned above I'm both sweaty and irritated and neither of those are good things to bring to the job hunting table.

Still, I'm sick of how much STUFF I'm asked to do on a daily basis and how easy it is for everyone else to pass the blame on down. Plus, my job is suck-tastic right now and I don't want to deal with it. So. New job. Me. Once the home thing gets figured out. Hopefully it'll be closer to where ever we end up living and I won't have to commute.

In other news, I totally thought I lost my iPod last night. I couldn't find it for the life of me. This morning, I thought to look a little more closely in the car and there it was, wedged between the driver's seat and the door. Oh, blessed day! My music is not lost. YAY!

I've been very good about saving money this month. Or, not spending it. However you choose to look at it. I did break down and buy a book on clearance on Amazon, but that was totally justified because I was planning on buying it anyway and it was on CLEARANCE! Still, one book for the entire month? That's pretty good for me.

I'm working on #42. I have to catch up to oddmonster. It's a moral imperative. Not to nag or anything, but we haven't had any reviews at blabapalooza yet. This month. I'm actually thinking that I could step in and take up some of that slack but I'm kinda thinking that I just want to continue being lazy and lounge around the blow-up pool in the backyard that the kids are playing at this very moment. Yep. I'm going to do it. That's right! I live my life on the edge. Don't let anyone tell you differently.

Work still sucks. Amazing. I thought it would become less sucky while I was typing, but no. Stupid work. Ruining my day off. Pfft.

I'm done now.

My family has a little ritual-type thing that we do every Sunday. We all get up early (not at all uncommon in my house, let me tell you), head out to Target for our weekly shopping and stop at Starbucks before leaving for home. Every Sunday we do this. I kid you not. Since I had to go to Target on my day off on Thursday I bought my weekly necessities (mostly consisting of turkey and cheese for Cole's lunches and yogurt for mine) and was able to sleep in this morning. But wait, someone ask me what "sleeping in" really means in my house. C'mon, you know you wanna! Okay. I was awake at 7 this morning. Cole and I lazed around until about 8 and then got up and showered so we'd be ready for the brunch at my Grandma's house. It was nice, don't get me wrong, but I was really hoping that I'd be able to actually sleep until 8 or so and not feel guilty about it. :P

I've finally decided that I going to buy the bookcase that I'm in love with from Costco. The only reason I've been holding off is that it's too big to fit into my car so I'll have to have it delivered. Blech. But it's the only one I've really been taken with in all my looking and the price is absolutely excellent. Before anyone mentions it, I did check Costco's online site and they don't carry the one that I want. Otherwise I would have gone that route ages ago.

I have one more week of work then I'm off for a week. Ye, Gods! That makes me happy. I'm getting seriously burnt out with all the stuff that's been happening at work lately.

I've listened to all my music within the last 2 weeks. Every single song. Say what you will, I'm totally impressed with myself.

Hailey and I watched the 3rd Jurassic Park again. It's totally hitting the spot as far as movies go right now. I've been in the mood to watch slightly atmospheric, somewhat scary, the dialogue's not the best but I still have a good time watching it movies. C'mon, that totally fits JP3. I also admit that having entire scenes set in abandoned buildings (especially if they've been used for some sort of genetic experimentation) sends me into delighted giggles. There's just something about abandoned buildings.

I think I've just about said everything I can say for today.
Toodles.

[I've watched through episode 11]
Completely obsessed. Good thing Cole was at his dad's today helping to make cookies because I was completely entranced by FNL. It made me [nearly] neglect my duties as a mom. You know, if Cole had been home.

Anyway. Lovely, lovely show. I've been looking for FNL icons to add to my userpics. I found quite a few I like. Yay!

On a completely frivolous note ... Tim Riggins is going to be my next boyfriend. Yes, he has replaced Jim Halpert in my heart. I think it's the brooding hotness. It's just so ... HOT. Yes, I am aware that I have a thing for brooding bad-boys. Trust me, I KNOW this. He's just so ... HOT. It makes me giddy.

Tim/Lyla? Totally my 'ship. It's so totally my 'ship it should be named after me. Kelly's 'Ship. Have they replaced Jim/Pam? you ask. No, simply because they are very different relationships. Jim and Pam are sweet and very real. Tim and Lyla are supreme amounts of hotness.

Also, I've started my FNL playlist on iTunes. That's always a good sign. It means that it's saturating my brain and making me think about nothing but Friday Night Lights. For the record, I got rid of some of my older playlists that I was neither listening to nor working on. That means that I have lots of time and energy to devote to new playlists. It's all about the music, you know.

Btw, Tim completely has his own song. Beautiful Disaster by Kelly Clarkson. It's so him, it hurts.

I think I've gone on long enough.

Or not. Because I forgot to mention that I bought more new shoes today. TWO pairs. TWO! And, once again they were on clearance. $6 each. No, not each shoe. Each pair. SIX! And I completely love them.

Also, I need to stop saying "completely" all the time. In my defense, it's usually the absolutely perfect word for whatever I'm talking about. Completely.

Oh, and I'm on the lookout for FNL moodthemes. If you see any, shout it out.

Now I'm done.

Good golly. It's been a long week. And it's only Wednesday. *laments* I kinda sorta missed the last 5 minutes of Veronica Mars and I feel a little out of sorts because of it. I was dealing with a work issue and was a wee bit distracted. I'm also so tired right now it's funny. I guess it a good thing that I don't watch any shows live tonight. My brain stopped functioning while Cole was reading to me. Which is no reflection on his reading itself, but rather a statement about how tired I am. *nods*

Anyway. I may have to work six days this week. Suck.

This journal is all over the place. I'm also making a lot of stupid spelling errors. Funny.

Oh, and my iPod was acting up this morning. It froze up on me. How annoying. I couldn't listen to my music while driving to work. I had to listen to some morning show on the radio. Gag me.

I'm seriously tired.
Out.

I'm pretty certain that I'm not going to have time to journal tomorrow since I have to open the branch PLUS stay for a meeting after work. Friday meetings suck ass. Ass. It's not pretty.

In other news, work hasn't been half bad lately. Despite my bitching about Friday night meetings. :)

In even other news, I could potentially finish my iPod project this weekend. That would be ... faster than I was expecting. I honestly thought it would take me well into Decemeber to listen to all my songs. Huh. It just goes to show you what wonderous feats I can accomplish when I put my mind to it. And when I make frighteningly OCD playlists so that every single song I listen to will be from the month of June ONLY! Yes, I am sometimes scary. Randomly, I've listened to almost half of my total songs in the last two weeks. That's a lot of music. That's a lot of time dedicated to listening to music.

Oh, and Cole is feeling much, much better. Thank all major and minor deities.

I have a random BSG question to ask. When one skin-job Cylon cuts her hair do all the skin-jobs of that model have the sudden urge to trim as well? I mean, all the Sharons have the same cut. I know this sounds like I'm being a smart-ass, but I was just curious as to whether that's been addressed in any way. Yes, I know it would be a pain to have 50 different wigs for Grace Park, but doesn't anybody question why they all have the same hair???? Anybody?

As you can probably tell, I have a lot of time to ponder odd fandom thoughts on my way to and from work. Too much time, as the case may be.

I'm off.

I got my hair done today. It much blonder than it has been for the past year. Hmm ... I originally wrote that it was "blander". Subconcious much? Anyway. It's pretty cool. I've decided to try to grow it out a bit because I've been thinking about it ever since malkovich03 mentioned it. Thanks, Mal. Thanks. We'll see how I do with the in-between stages. You know, where it flips out annoyingly and looks like you stuck your finger in a light socket? Actually, skip that light socket thing because mine won't look like that. It'll just be shaggy. Like I said, hopefully I'll be able to handle it.

Now to cement my place in the Weird People Hall of Fame ... everybody knows how I always have to have a project otherwise my life feels dull and meaningless? Yeah. My latest iPod project is to listen to all my songs from the beginning of this year. Basically, I started with songs that were last listened to in January and have been working my way steadily through. I'm up to February 27. I've also calculated that I can listen to an average of 20 songs on my drives to and from work. Cool. *yes, the Weird People Hall of Fame is drafting their letter to me right now.*

Tomorrow, kimbrchick, jenahville, myself and the kids will be getting together. Movies, madness and tacos! Oh, my!

Speaking of movies (and really, this doesn't have much to do with movies at all), I went to Fry's on my lunch on Friday ... Don't tell Best Buy! I don't want it to feel sad and/or angry with me ... and they had all the Stargate SG-1 seasons on sale for $20 each. These are the thinpak versions. Skinny Stargate! One of my regular versions is equal to THREE of the thinpaks. So, I bought all 9 seasons. *hangs head* As much as I normally loathe Fry's, that was totally worth it. 3=1. Just keep that in mind.

Did I mention that I've been listening to music all day? Since Cole's at his dad's and I'm having some much needed time to myself. *sigh* It's been fun.

I'm out.

I've had a bit of a headache off and on all week. I went from drinking coffee almost every day (plus tea and soda some days) to just soda. Damn this branch for not having a Starbucks within walking distance. *sigh* Truthfully, I've probably drunk more coke this last week than all of the year previous. It's the only thing I have with me. Terrible. Terrible. I'm choosing to believe that this enforced hiatus will only make my next Starbucks' all the sweeter. Oh, sweet java devil!

You know how I'm a bit of a dork and need projects to keep myself busy? Well, my latest project is to have listened to every song on my iPod in 2006. *dork much!* I have about 50 more to listen to to complete this project. Then I'll have to think of something new to occupy my time with.

I'd comment on Veronica Mars, but I was bad and watched it (in teeny-tiny mode) on MSN. Therefore, I ... I've lost my train of thought!

LOST! LOST!!! Let's give it up for LOST!!!!
Word, babies. Word.

I caught myself up on the BSG webisodes earlier this week(?). maybe it was last week. Either way, I just need to catch the last one and the one that comes out tomorrow. I can do that.

My head hurts. I'm off to listen to music. Later, skaters.