Archive for April 2008
I’m bouncing all over the walls now! Hyped up to the max. No, not because it’s Friday. No, not because I’m high on caffeine. No, not because I won the lottery.
Because it’s FREAKING 75 DEGREES! The judge let Spring out! I feel a prickle of sweat on my neck and I’m loving it. I’ve come out of my cave – beware, make cover!
Californians and Arizonians, please shush. Don’t burst my bubble. I know it’s around 85 there and much drier without humidity. So, as much as I love you all, stuff it.
I’m still reeling in shock and sadness from The Mist (by Stephen King). Definitely watch this movie on a rainy day. Better yet, during a thunderstorm to get a real good horror effect. The movie is about a mist that engulfs a small town in Maine. Within the mist are horrible creatures that kill. I don’t want to give out too much information, because I really do recommend everyone see The Mist. Why? Because there’s a serious moral of the movie: never, ever give up.
Warning: Just like any other Stephen King movie, this is a long one. So take an intermission in the middle to check your emails, pee, look out the window to make sure there is no mist creeping to you, or whatnot.
Just a teeny little rant.
What happened to nightly music videos on MTV and VH1? I remember coming home from school back in the day and de-stressing with music videos. This was awesome for me as a deaf chick, because I could follow the lyrics on the TV by means of captions. I could become familiar with lyrics for my favorite songs and memorize them. Now, all this trash is on MTV and VH1 in the evenings.
When I stayed home from work a few weeks ago, I had my 40 inch TV blasting with captioned music videos. I had a nice, big view of Rihanna, Mary Bilge, Maroon5, and so on. Ahh, it felt so good – I was in a trance nodding along to the music and understanding the lyrics. However, my bliss came to an end at 10am. Why? ‘Cuz of trash. Trash. TRASH.
Because of TRASH, I now have to resort to online music videos. Unfortunately, those online videos have no captions, which really sucks ass. The only online music videos I understand are the ones I remember from the school-days because I memorized them. Goddamn, do I have to be unemployed to be able to watch captioned music videos on TV?! Or get a graveyard shift?
Project readOn is a great website that captions online media content, but the website doesn’t really focus on music. I definitely look forward to the day when all music videos online are required to be captioned! That’ll be the day I’ll jump so high that I could whip Shaq O’Neal in basketball.
I bet if I had captioned music videos blasting from my TV at night, I’d be able to clean like this. Yeah!
Madonna is back! At age 49, she’s still hotter than ever! Check out her new sizzlin’ video: 4 minutes. The funny thing is, Justin Timberlake is a part of the song, too. She did a song with Britney Spears in the past, and now a song with Britney’s ex. Corny, but who cares, because she’s still GOT IT! I love how Madonna continues to make music after all these years, even though she could have retired eons ago and still be filthy rich.
Tomorrow, April 8th, go to Starbucks at noon (Eastern) for something “Venti big.” Actually, go at 11:45am to avoid long lines. Why? Well, Starbucks is pouring free caffeine to anyone that shows up at noon. So go get your Freebucks!!! I know I will. I work 13 floors above Starbucks. I shall transport myself 13 floors down and get Freebucks and go back up to my office and start spazzing out on caffeine.
Here’s the press release.
Every other year, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy tests 12th graders on how much they know about everyday financial issues. Testing 12th graders is a great idea, because once they graduate from high school, most of them are on their own! The average score has lingered in the 50’s percent range since 1997. The scores for 2008 will be released on Wednesday.
Go ahead and take the quiz to see if you are smarter than a 12th grader. I got #2 wrong – trick question! I’m at an advantage, though, because I took financial mumbo jumbo in college.
Jeff interrupted my romance with the Internet and said, “Good job, Sazzy.”
Puzzled, I was all, “Huh?” Then, I stood up quickly and started to go into the kitchen. I had a feeling he was referring to my midnight snack cooking on the stove - ramen.
As I was nearing the kitchen, I smelled smoke! Oh shit! Jeff pointed at the kitchen counter, on top of which was a wooden pizza dish that was still smoking. Meekly I said, “Oops?”
Apparently I had turned on the wrong dial on the stove and started “cooking” the wooden pizza dish instead of the pot of ramen! Jeff said that there was tons of smoke. He had to open all the windows. Thank god he was in the kitchen! And, thank god he has a sense of humor, because we cracked up over this.
Now the wooden dish smells like a campfire and has a pretty spiral pattern burnt into it. Any takers?
This week has been stressful, yet boring. How’s that for ironic?
Some appropriate quotes for this week:
A friend is one who takes you to lunch, even if you’re not tax deductible.
Death and taxes may be certain, but we don’t have to die every year.
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Success: it’s a never ending improvement in what you can do.
Success is a ladder that can not be climbed with your hands in your pockets.
~All of these quotes were made by an unknown person.~
I’m really bummed here. Turns out I owe the Fed/State $1500 in taxes. This really breaks my budget, so that means I can’t go to Aruba. Thank god our tickets are refundable.
Sigh. I guess next year, huh?
April Fools.
