Complete Randomness

[Gravity Defier]

I can't tell if it's a good thing we're in September now or not.

[neo-dragon]

It's a bad thing. It's a VERY bad thing. Where did my vacation go?

[Rei]

No pity from me, Mr. I-Get-Vacations

[steph]

Colorado Girls Parody Video.

Does your state have one?

[Luet]

We just got Beatles Rock Band and it has won me over to the whole rock bandwagon. I just spent an hour singing Beatles songs and it cheered me up immensely (95-100% on medium for my first try!).

[Gravity Defier]

Does your state have one?

It does but it was obnoxious enough to make my ears bleed.

Also, my mom thinks my morals were compromised while in CO. I got something from Planned Parenthood (I donated to them while in Chicago last year), so now her and her boyfriend think I went to CO to have lots of wild sex or something.

We just got Beatles Rock Band and it has won me over to the whole rock bandwagon. I just spent an hour singing Beatles songs and it cheered me up immensely (95-100% on medium for my first try!).

Rock Band won me over by putting FOB's Dead On Arrival on whatever version it's on. It's the only song I've done on the game ever.

In news that's not exciting enough to put in the other thread, we have a Wii in the house now -welcome to 2006, Alea- and there's a dance game we have that I love to play. I haven't tried anything else out yet because game systems make me nervous. Baby steps.

[Wil]

In news that's not exciting enough to put in the other thread, we have a Wii in the house now -welcome to 2006, Alea

When I read that, I was like "Wait, what? 2006? That's got to be a typo.", so I went to Wikipedia and, damn, it wasn't a typo. It feels like just last year that the Wii came out. But, it wasn't now that I think about it, because I remember my mother helping me hunt down a Nintendo Wii when it first came out and it was hard to get.

Good God, I hate getting older - and I'm not even that old yet! Not only do events that happened close to four years ago feel like yesterday, but there are now kids on the internet that were born after 9/11, which I remember so distinctly and it feels like it wasn't that long ago as well. Creepy.

Not only that, but birthdays don't even feel all that exciting anymore. What? 22 in three days? Oh, huh, neat.

[Gravity Defier]

I couldn't forget that was 2006 if I tried and believe you me, I've certainly tried.

[steph]

Also, my mom thinks my morals were compromised while in CO. I got something from Planned Parenthood (I donated to them while in Chicago last year), so now her and her boyfriend think I went to CO to have lots of wild sex or something.

I'm sure that happened, as you spent the whole weekend with a Mormon family, and we're all about wild sex!!!

[Gravity Defier]

I have a sudden urge to go see a marching band and, separately, make a blanket fort.

Why can't I have cool/any friends to have silly adventures with? Hmph.

[Eaquae Legit]

I'm working in disability support right now again, and mostly I work with one girl who has a lot of psychiatric issues as well. She has a reputation for being aggressive, even violent at times, but I suspect 90% of that was incompetent staffing - we had a huge changeover recently and she's doing so, so great.

We get along well together, and she's now at the point where I hear "I love you, Alison" or "I like you, Alison" a few times each shift. She's very sweet and affectionate, despite her aggression issues. Today I was making us dinner, and while attempting to mash the potatoes, I snapped the handle of the masher clear off. Hot mushy potaotes everywhere! A few very hot bits even splattered onto me, so I went to run my arm under cold water.

Well, after laughing uproariously at the spectacle of the broken masher and the potatoes everywhere, she got very concerned about my arm and asked if she could pray for me. She wrapped an arm around me and prayed: "Jesus, I, I hope you make Alison's arm okay, so she's not burnt, 'cause I like her, amen." Such a sincere, heartfelt prayer.

It was so sweet that I almost cried, and so funny I had to work hard not to crack up laughing.

[Mich]

http://gizmodo.com/5634257/ikea-let-loo ... at-happens

The link should say it all.

I will have two of these come tomorrow!

[Jayelle]

Wow. That is really random.


Though, no matter how much they cleaned, there would still be cat hair in that store. If I were allergic to cats and bought a couch or something from there, I would be pissed.

[Rei]

And yet I still approve...

[Petra456]

That's awesome! I would love to see how my three would respond to being let loose in a place that big.

[neo-dragon]

Wow. That is really random.


Though, no matter how much they cleaned, there would still be cat hair in that store. If I were allergic to cats and bought a couch or something from there, I would be pissed.

Cat hair? My first thought was how hard it is to get rid of the scent of cat pee!

[Gravity Defier]

http://bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm

I'm not saying on the board where I live but let's just say it's an understatement to say my place is pretty low on that list.

[Eaquae Legit]

http://bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm

I'm not saying on the board where I live but let's just say it's an understatement to say my place is pretty low on that list.

Holy carp on a stick. I'm so glad you, at least, have a job.

[Gravity Defier]

Me, too. There's been some other stuff happening in the district lately that, when combined with that nice and sobering figure, make me feel like a big baby for all my frustrations and whining.

[Luet]

Wow. Albany is doing relatively good at number 58.

[starlooker]

My mother was telling me about a couple of our distant relatives who are going to Norway, and then I asked for clarification, and it turned out to be cousins of some sort, a mother and a daught. And I all of a sudden had an inspiration and told my mother, "Let's go on a mother-daughter European tour someday!"

And even though I'm aware that someday is going to quite likely be a couple of decades from now, I'm quite excited about the prospect.

[steph]

I shot a trebuchet this weekend.

[Rei]

:D:D

That's brilliant! Did you build it?

[steph]

No, it was at the Long's Peak Highland's Festival this weekend. My dad has built one before, but this one is MUCH bigger. I was the lucky crowd member who was selected to pull the rope.

By the way, I thought of all of you, my Canadian friends, this weekend. These guys performed at the Tattoo:

"C.O.P.S."
Combined Ontario Police Services Pipe & Drum Band - Specially formed for this year’s Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Festival.

The Combined Ontario Police Services (COPS) pipe band is now under training in Ontario, Canada. The large, 60 member band is comprised of the top, award winning pipers and drummers from six of Canada’s finest police pipe bands. To qualify for membership in this special group, each contender must excel in musical proficiency, drill, dress and deportment.

They were AWESOME!

Also, the Canadian flag was flying with the American and the Scottish & Irish flags and the announcer is from Canada (although has lived in Estes Park for many years).

[Gravity Defier]

I forgot my dance pants when I left this morning, so my mom had to bring me a pair. Only thing is, I lock my door (old habit from when brother who pawned everything for drug money lived here) and the pants she found outside of my room are okay for lounging in but add movement to the mix and they're falling off my hips like a person falling to the ground after losing a battle with gravity. Since she brought them to me after work, I kind of had to change in the car so I wouldn't miss any more of the class than was necessary. Thank god it was dark out. [/story of the day]

Oh, I'm also married* to my female coworker now. A patron is pestering her and she says the guy who asked me out in January was spotted in the library yesterday. At first we decided our story was we were both married and it rather quickly turned into a marriage between the two of us. I believe congratulations are in order. [/bonus story of the day]


*This is not meant to demean the actual act of getting or state of being married. It is a joke.

[neo-dragon]

Random:

I don't get 'baby on board' signs. It's not like I plan to rear-end cars. I can't really try extra hard not to just because I know there might be a baby inside.

I'm almost certainly missing the point here.

[Jayelle]

Random:

I don't get 'baby on board' signs. It's not like I plan to rear-end cars. I can't really try extra hard not to just because I know there might be a baby inside.

I'm almost certainly missing the point here.

It's so if there is an accident, the rescue workers know there's a baby in there. Kinda like those signs on people's doors that tell the fireman to rescue their pets.

[neo-dragon]

Ahhhhhh....

I thought that might be it, but my brother said he didn't think so. But then, what does he know?

[Jayelle]

Randomness:

Hey, this sounds kinda familiar. It's the toddler version of Dr. Mobius!

[Wil]

[jotabe]

Win!

[Gravity Defier]

Color Me Badd's "I Want to Sex You Up" started playing on my MP3 player this afternoon as I was working on a thing-a-ma-jigger and after I stopped giggling -an ingrained reaction dating back to the times it was still on the radio- I started questioning how my parents felt okay with me listening to it. I had to be 8 or 9 at the oldest when it came out.

[VelvetElvis]

It's Friday, bitches!




ETA: I understand that it's Wednesday, but workwise, Wednesdays are my Fridays.

[Gravity Defier]

Question for anyone who wants to answer, preceded by backstory:

Apparently someone on the board was Facebook stalking me (;)) and commented on a photo of mine in which my family is gathered for Christmas and we're all wearing shoes inside. They thought this was strange, I replied back with what may be a racist thing to say but I thought only people of Asian descent found it strange/wrong to wear shoes inside. I guess I could also add that in my experience, people who are anal about keeping their house clean also don't wear shoes around inside but I don't want to offend anymore than I may be already.

Is is strange that my family wears shoes inside? Mind you, this wasn't my house, or my brother's, or my niece's house (the people in the picture wearing the shoes); it was my dad's house and we move between the yards and the inside. The only time I wear shoes inside my own house is if I've just come in from being outside and haven't gotten around to taking them off yet.

[Rei]

I will almost never wear shoes inside, unless it is clearly the norm in someone's house. And even then it feels weird.