Random things in my head.
I dislike ants. ‘specially when they are crawling over my sofa. En mass. Boo.
I am fond of Redi-burger. I think it reminds me of summer lunches at the lake. Gramma would bring a big plate of redi-burger sandwiches down with lettuce, walla walla sweet onions and tomatoes. Sitting in the hot sun, the smell of those big black rubber intertubes, the sound of the water lapping against the side of the dock… some of the best memories of my childhood.
I love the commercial from Powerstrip with the two boys cussing all the way through. I don’ t know what it is but it makes me laugh crazy.
I am equal parts terrified and ambivalent about getting back surgery. Note: Ask the doc what percentage of success is for this type of surgery is.
I miss talking with my Kitten. I feel very alone in the evenings without her on my IM, listening to me chatter away about whatever happens to cross my mind.
I feel good after having helped my Aunt tonight with her blog.
My wii is flashing at me, which means I have some boring note. I will go read it between commercials.
Amazon Rank
amazon rank
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).
2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.Etymology: from 12 April 2009 removal of sales rank figures from books on Amazon.com containing sexual, erotic, romantic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or queer content, rendering them impossible to find through basic search functions at the top of Amazon.com’s website. Titles stripped of their sales rankings include “Bastard Out of Carolina,” “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” several romance novels, GLBTQ fiction novels, YA books, and narratives about gay people.
Example of usage: “I tried to do a report on Lady Chatterly’s Lover for English Lit, but my teacher amazon ranked me and I got an F on grounds that it was obscene.”
Alternate usage: “My girlfriend wanted to preserve her virginity, and I was happy to respect that, then she amazon ranked and decided anal sex was okay.”
I need to make more lists. Or maybe lists of my lists. How about a todo list on how I should create more lists?
Or possibly just more time to get my lists done so I don’t have to keep making new lists. Yeah, that would be awesome. I’m for that plan. That’s what I’ll do!
Just gotta find the right list to put that on…
If you work in a busy, sometimes noisy office like I do, you learn to value and cherish the quiet moments that occur. I take those precious times to write or work on prioritizing my work flow lists for any outstanding projects.
But sometimes, nothing beats pushing away from the desk and taking a walk around the block just to get your thoughts in order.
43Folders has a great article about a snippet of conversation between Barak Obama and David Cameron, the British MP. Senator Obama talks about a piece of advice he once received from someone close to the White House about the importance of scheduling time to yourself to think.
There are days when you think, quite seriously, that life is literally a roller coaster.
Today is one of those days.
I was just getting back from lunch when my cell phone rang. It was the alarm company letting me know that someone was breaking into our house. Knowing that Lori is sleeping during the day and can’t hear a damn thing that goes on downstairs, I was completely freaked out by the fact that some stranger could be wandering around our house, or even go upstairs to her room and she wouldn’t know.
I told the person on the phone that there was someone in the house, and that they weren’t able to hear the alarm, so if there was police or security on the way, they needed to hurry.
When I got home, I noticed there were several unfamiliar cars outside our house. The lawn had been freshly mowed, and our neighbor’s garden gate was standing open. All strange things, except for the lawn. I thought about going next door to see if Josh could walk into the house with me, but decided I was being nuts and with phone in hand, went in.
The back door was standing open and the alarm was going off. I turned off the alarm, checked the door and called the company to say that the house was fine.
I could see the people whose car was in front of our house get back in and leave. They looked… well, they were looking around a lot … which made me freak out again, so I decided to over and talk to Josh. See if he’d seen anything.
Now Josh is a great guy. His wife is a nurse like Lori and they’ve been super awesome to us. They helped build our fence, we’ve had Josh over for dinner. He’s quirky and funny and just an all around helpful and sweet guy.
When I knocked on the front door, a strange man answered and I immediately started feeling strange. But I could see Josh’s wife and I could see a baby bassinet right behind him and he was whispering so I thought, ok. No problem, baby sleeping. Calm down ‘Chelle, seriously.
And then the bomb shell dropped.
“Josh died yesterday.”
…
His wife and his sweet 6 week old baby are suddenly alone in the world, and my freak out about having our house broken into is suddenly and horribly put into perspective.
Boss has told me to stay home, for which I am grateful, because I’m just …
anyway.
Gonna have a little quiet time I think. Then call everyone I know and tell them how much they mean to me.
Then drink a lot.