babies having babies.....

and Thursday's the new black hole

That's what my new blog name should be. I'm sitting here, in this uncomfortable, posture destroying red chair in this half decorated cube full of useless paperwork on Thursday, December 20th at 10:55am having an extremely difficult time believing that it's not in fact Friday.

This week has been crawling at the pace of a baby who just learned to roll over on it's back...so basically not really moving at all, except for what feels like back and forth. I'm assuming it's because after tomorrow I don't have to return to the clickity clack, shuffly paper cut workday until January 2nd. I think Z put it best when she said "2007 is trying to see how much we can take before we really lose it." I'm completely worn out from this year, it's taken a lot out of my will to live and unfortunately it's showing it's ugly face here at work. I have no motivation to do anything the rest of this work week and it's taking every ounce of energy I have left not to go apeshit and start flipping over tables and chairs out of frustration.

There was one plus to this stagnant week, and that was the Holiday lobby party yesterday where we did in fact get a much larger bonus than anticipated. Though it's a little bittersweet being that we have to be out of here by February 15th, and like a responsible human being will be putting the majority of that cash in my savings. Obviously I can't complain, because either way I could use the money - but I long for the day when my bonus can be spent on something for me instead of being socked away for bills and other items necessary for just existing. Among the annoyances of this job situation is the fact that my 3rd anniversary is February 14th, which means at the start of this new year I was supposed to get my 3rd week of vacation and in early fall I booked my trip to Germany for 2 weeks to visit family. More than likely I will have to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation for that trip because I'm guessing I won't have that much paid vacation at the start of my new job, wherever that may be. Bah Humbug.

So I'm still sitting here, in this uncomfortable, posture destroying red chair in this half decorated cube full of useless paperwork on Thursday, December 20th at 11:38am having an extremely difficult time believing that it's not in fact Friday.

Wellsy Wellsy....

Lookie here! Another video....

This is amazing.

One Step Closer...

I feel like all I'm doing lately is posting videos, but this one I promised! In my Commercials I Heart post I mentioned that a good friend of mine was going to appear in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. So here it is! I did not make this video, a friend of his did.



LOVE!

R.I.P Dan Fogelberg

DH to DF for life!!!

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream

Once again, if you know me - you also know that I am a HUGE fan of Led Zeppelin so you can imagine my excitement about their reunion concert in London yesterday AND the possible reunion tour. May I just say that my man Robert still has a luscious head of hair and can still rock these songs like you wouldn't believe. Here's a clip from the show, one of the very first Zep songs I remember hearing and obsessing over as a young lass, growing up with a very musically inclined father in a classic rock household. KASHMIR!



I'm not sure how long these videos will be up on youtube, or if they will be taken down. So enjoy it while it's available!!! Long live Led Zep!!!!

These are soft hits...love taps if you will

Oh, and also - if anyone would like to buy me this for Christmas - that would be awesome.

I heart...well, Heart!

Those of you that know me, know that I am a huge, HUGE, GARGANTUAN fan of Heart. I was even fortunate enough to see them at Summerfest here in Milwaukee and was standing front row (and if you know me you also know that I took like 300 pictures of the show). The Wilson sisters are definitely high on the list of my girl crushes, yes even Ann. Ok now I've gone off on a tangent...guess that just proves my opening sentence.

Anyway, here's yet another great example of mixing genres...Alice In Chains and Gretchen Wilson (a country singer) paying tribute to Heart - she does an excellent job if I do say so myself! Nancy even comes to rock out with them too.

Don't bother, I'm not a catch...

I think I've had it backwards all this time. Always thinking to myself, 'I've got a lot going for me, so what's the deal?'. Then today I had an epiphany, I'm not a catch! Because the definition of 'catch' has changed. An ex of mine, who once upon a time I thought was the end of my companion search, turned out to be an unfaithful ass who has now been with the same girl since shortly after we broke up - about 3 years. I learned through mutual sources that both of them have the tendency to stray - so maybe they're made for each other. In quoting another male I've had the (dis)pleasure of being around the last couple years, he "likes to have to take care of somebody, be able to pick up the pieces", of her broken, shallow, dependant, selfish, pathetic life I'm assuming. And another friend of mine made the decision to move in with his girlfriend, who also has a hobby of putting another notch in the bedpost.

As much as guys gripe, and complain about their significant others - I think deep down they must enjoy it. Because I can't even count on my fingers and toes how many times I've looked at a relationship objectively and wondered why they'd rather settle with SO much needless dysfunction. Women who are materialistic, controlling, unfaithful messes who have not one ounce of self respect and dignity and are as shallow as the salt flats in Utah.

Me? I'm none of these things, though I may not always have 100% confidence in myself - I know I am smart woman who is warm and caring and probably more loyal than 90% of the population. I like to enjoy life and the people I'm with, I'm very open minded and feel happiness in doing things that make the person I love happy.

Maybe there's some level of comfort in the fact they have a valid excuse to bail when their fear of commitment settles in. Or perhaps they're just afraid of the razzing they'll get when all the guys are bitching about their women and a buddy asks them about their love life and they can actually say "You know what? I love my girlfriend/wife - she's an amazing person".

So men, quit being (for lack of a better word) pussies, man up and give a real women a chance, a woman of substance, someone who can give you a run for your money - it'll make life a lot more interesting and you'll feel much more fulfilled, take my word for it.

Commercials I Heart

and this one just because my friend Dan is in it :) He's the one sitting at the computer (:47) who doesn't talk, just looks excited about something, haha. He'll also be in a Verizon commercial AND an episode of Law and Order CI - so whenever I see those I'll post them as well!


And my most recent one is a t-mobile commercial that I can't find anywhere! It's a guy who calls a girl he's dating and keeps re-recording his message because he always messes it up. It's hilarious dammit! Once I find it, I'll post it.