Post Holiday Coma

So I was on vacation all last week, and it was phenomenal. I truly wish that I could get my salary for doing nothing. Government: work on that will ya? I so do not want to be at work today... so mentally I shall recap my week off.

Some great things that came out of my vacation:
- watching the first season of Californication
-- I love you David Duchovny
- getting some great books for xmas
-- Three Cups of Tea is next on my reading list
- re-watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy
-- it has turned into a tradition
- seeing my husbands cousin from Germany
-- he's a riot and makes my side hurt from laughing so hard

How was your time off... if you got any?

New Tunes.

I need some new music to get me through the winter months. Any new people you think i should hear?

I like everything except country and heavy metal, but mostly listen to things like Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Leona Lewis, Katy Perry, Regina Spektor, Missy Higgins...

Loud without the Hangover.

From the second I got to work today, it's been all i can do to drown the noise out to focus on anything. People around me just fail to stop talking at the same time, so there's always something happening around me, most of it though has nothing to do with me and therefore turns into noise - that annoys me. Unfortunately what comes from that is me having my iPod too loud, which then makes my ears hurt and produces a headache.

I think coating my cube in sound proof insulation would be to forward a "SHUT THE FUCK UP" statement, thoughts?

Patience? Where are you?

last week i had patience. i listened to people before declaring them idiots. i tried not to judge people on their outfits until they said something stupid. i let the guy at the 4 way stop go first even though i was totally there 1/2 a second before he was. I let some jerk get in front of me even though the left lane closed signs started 3 miles back and he was being an ass who thought he deserved to rush ahead and sneak in.

yeah, this week is not so much like that. i have judged everyone on their bad outfit choices this week: even though it's winter, you still should have the ability to put something on that is not stained sweat pants and a hideous christmas sweater with matching fake christmas light earrings. I paced my driving so that the guy wanting to get over couldn't get in behind me or ahead of me, and laughed maniacally in my car as he came to a complete stop before merging. i might have yelled "SUCK IT!" as well, but i can't be sure. no one has met me at a 4 way stop today... they can probably sense the vibes that i will not be giving anyone leeway this week. Oh and before i even said hi to anyone at work yesterday, someone came up to me with the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. in my head i said "fuck off wanker" but i really said "excuse me while i get some coffee" completely ignoring them. the day only got worse.

perhaps its this crappy time of year, perhaps its just a mood swing, i'm not sure. either way i do know that secretly being mean is gratifying.

Tune of your Life

So a friend introduced me to this website, and it has provided me with a decent amount of entertainment.

I used it to find out what songs were #1 on the Billboard charts the day I was born and the day my husband was born, and the combo makes me crack up.

Him: "Eye of the Tiger"
Me: "Maneater"

Really though, you can look up any date you want and if nothing else it will give you a song to hum to yourself that you might not have thought of...
My sister's birthday: "My Sharona" -- horrible song but catchy
My wedding anniversary: "Big Girls Don't Cry" -- not the best song to get married to, but kind of funny
My friend's birthday: "Funkytown" -- perfect for her