K-cute Knut

got a death threat? sheesh, what is this world coming to?

Worth a look

there are two notable items in this article

1. The picture of the leopard (or the lion, i forget which now)
2. The comments at the end! LOL

Mickey

Darnit, I love these warm and fuzzy animal stories!

Musical Ineptitude

So I went shopping for my brother's birthday and I ended up buying him the Fallout Boy CD (I probably just didn't spell the name correctly) because I recognized the name as being somewhat trendy. This is about how all my music purchases go. I hear one song that I vaguely remember from the radio and I randomly buy the cd if it's on Wal-mart's 9.99 rack. Luckily for my brother, AK (who I defer to as my music aficianado) gave her stamp of approval to then entire Fall Out Boy album.

My most recent album purchases for myself were Gwen Stefani's Sweet Escape and Regina Spektor's (I forget the name). The impressions I have so far are that only the first two songs were any good for Gwen and when they decided to put some on the radio, they were forced into those two songs. Regina, I like more than two. Actually, Samson is one of my favorites and as far as I know, I have not previously heard it on the radio.

I tend to obsess about one song at a time and that's usually after about 1/2 of the world's population has already obsessed and are on to a new song. The song I like at the moment is Gym Class Heroes' Cupid's Chokehold. I tend to hum it while walking to the printer. There's some irony here too - I looked at their concert schedule and lo and behold they will be playing at Susquehanna Univ. and Penn, short drives from my old university. I tried to get people to go with me, but they refused saying that we were too old for spring flings at colleges. So I looked at the rest of their schedule and they'll be in Australia the rest of the summer. Sigh.

Yum, Yum

Me dear lord, she was foaming at the mouth

I'm such a sap

I love animal stories like this

stupid blogger

switched over to the new and somehow 4 of the same post i thought never published suddenly appeared - weird. it's funny to see the two though - after i lost the first one, i let it sit for a week before trying to recreate it - strange how some ideas stick and some don't - i like the bit about being a rock star (especially in light of izzy's proclamation last week) from the first one and i wonder why it didn't stick . . .

Ice Ice Baby

wooooooo! it's an ice day! i feel like a kid again - i was checking my emails all morning t osee about closings, alternately running to look out the window, all while still in my pajamas and my hair quite the bed head mess - gonna make me some hot chocolate and pancakes soon!

Me and Carmen Electra

Ever feel like they may as well play strip tease music during security screening at the airports? Seriously, I've never played strip poker, but I imagine it going something along the lines of what I have to do at the airport. Off with the jacket, off with the shoes, off with the sweatshirt if it zips . . . that's annoying enough. But then I've got to juggle all the other things they make me unpack - laptop, liquids, etc. For real, it's a little on the ridiculous side.

Making like Carmen Electra

Anybody else feel like TSA should play strip tease music at the airport while they screen? It was like, off with my boots, then with my coat, then with my sweat shirt - by the end I was in pajama pants and a spaghetti starp tank. Oh, I had like 5 bins worth of crap because of the computer, shoes, carry on bag, second carry on, etc.) I was a rock star getting through with all my stuff in under 5 minutes.

Are you my mother?

New twist on the old story

talk about sucking at predictions

i didn't win any money during our office football pool (surprise, surprise) and i didn't correctly predict that they were only going to pick two of the final four on top chef . . .

i've come to the decision that my picks turn out lousy because i don't choose i think will win, i choose who i want to win . . .

idealism, or stupidity?

My New Winter TV Lineup

Monday: MTV Night (Super Sweet 16, Engaged and Underage, The Hills and Dancelife)
Tuesday: American Idol
Wednesday: American Idol and Friday Night Lights
Thursday: Ugly Betty and Gray's Anatomy

i want a pony

Patches is worth the few minutes of your time.

i was just thinking i had a case of the mondays

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23382572-details/Blue+Monday:+The+unhappiest+day+of+the+year/article.do

I just don't hate him - plus a prediction

Marcel, I mean. He kinda reminds me of an ex-boyfriend that I have fond memories of, so even though he's eccentric and I could see how that would get on some people's nerves, he's just not mean spirited and I have a tough time taking people being downright mean to him. I used to like Elia, but she's not a favorite anymore. And she really should stop talking about Jesus if she's going to be mean on public television.

The top three are going to be Sam, Elia and Marcel.

I love bears and colts

So I will be happy with whoever wins the super bowl this year. It's rare that I would be happy for either team to win - though many times I've wanted neither team to win (only to inflict harsh punishment on one another and thus weaken their teams). But Peyton is cute and his little colts proved they could. The Bears . . . I just like them - always have - probably more so because their name is the bears and my childhood comfort stuffed animal was a bear . . . but still.

Consolation Prize

I work for a company who works a lot for the government. If the government isn't working, you'd think we wouldn't be working, if for no other reason than our clients are unavailable, thus inhibiting the conduction of business. But no. Anyone working at a government building that is closed, must come into the company office to put their 8 hours in (or work from home). Logging 8 hours means $$ for the company though . . . so I can understand a bit of the motivation stemming from that (why let employees have federal holidays off, when we can make money that day without having to deal with the clients?)

So fine. We work on federal holidays. A lot of people do. The funny thing is, the company gives us consolation prizes for working on the holiday. We get to wear jeans and have a potluck.

"Oh, so sorry. You got, 'Where to work with the most holidays off' for $400 wrong. What do we have as a parting gift for our sad contestent? Jeans and banana pudding pie!"

College Football

Not to start a blog war, but because I thought it was a good topic, I'm hijacking AK's football post. Yes the pros have better more experienced players (and also harder hits), but I think there's something lacking as far as maintaining fan affection. The same is true for basketball. I've thought of two reasons why I enjoy watching college ball more than pro.

1. Players are devoted to the team - they're not looking to trade teams and make more money. For four years, they play for the same team looking to make themselves the best they can. As a fan, your team is your team and watch the same players grow individually and together without wondering who's gonna come back next year.
2. You root for a college team (at least your favorite) because of an intimate connection to the team that transcends the randomness of where you were born. You choose which college teams to root for, whereas God chooses the pro teams you're born into.

Am I lonely in this as well?

Do you ever go through your cell phone contacts, making calls in alphabetical order until someone picks up? I don't actually go through name by name, but I go through the names of the people that I could call without any legitimate reason (eg. just to talk). I usually go through this ritual on Sunday nights. I think Sundays lend themselves to lonliness because you realize that a week has come and gone and you are facing another week where perhaps you know you'll be eating cereal for dinner (every night).

I often wonder if the A names (because I'm lazy and put in first names then last names, the A's are actually the Andrea's and the Aunt's) get sick of me calling once a week. Sometimes the S's don't quite get called because somewhere around the M's or N's, someone picks up. I wonder if they feel missed.

Alright, so maybe I start out with the E's (that's a good letter in my phone), but when they turn up not available, I revert to ascending alphabetic order. OCD?