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I downloaded the Supernatural finale on Tuesday and all I can say is, holy crap, when did this show get so good? Sure, I always knew it had potential but suddenly in the last two episodes it went BAM! and decided that writing was as important as the hot and the creepy and by the end of the finale I was a gibbering mass of goo. I love it so much that I am strongly flirting with the idea of buying the dvds when they come out (for me, that's a lot of love). I need to see about putting together a "Why You Should be Watching Supernatural Without Shame' post.

Gorramit, the HR person just emailed me to say that my check won't be direct deposited. This is a big deal. If she needed an f'ing form filled out she should've told me two weeks ago when she sent me that email asking if I wanted it. grrr frustrations galore

Wanna know something funny? The computer at work has a slower internet connection then my computer at home. I have never had that experience before. It's kind of annoying, it goes in fits and spurts and I shouldn't complain too much because it's not so long ago that I was dealing with all dial-up all the time but still, I have to bitch about something.

You know, besides the fact that the girl who took my job managed to throw things away that I still want or talked to someone at a local bank and then have that person show up today thinking that the company was interested in their services or have my boss get all snitty with me because he's stressed and dude, I'm doing you a favor here so less with the attitude, more with the 'if you can't say anything in a nice tone don't say anything at all.'

All in all it's not so bad. One can even acclimate oneself to the mind-numbing boredom, after a while. It's also kind of neat that the mailman is so happy to see me back and the woman at the bread shop wondered where I'd been. Wow, I must've eaten a lot of sandwiches. ;-)

Did you know that you can purchase Harry Potter textbooks like Quidditch Through the Ages? Seriously, go to Amazon and do a little search and there they are. That's kinda cool. Ever since Star Wars everyone and their uncle has been hopping on the merchandise train, a trend that has only benefitted us fans. Well, us and the manufacturers and movie companies and franchise creators and people like that. You know what would be cool? If someone started making personalized wands for kids. I know I would've gotten a big kick out of that when I was a sprog. Heck, who am I kidding, I'd still get a big kick out of that.

Bought some new shoes last night (what, Kohl's was having a huge sale and I am weak). They're cute if a little more pointy in the toe then I usually go for. It's funny, when I was an adolescent I wouldn't be caught dead in heels, I thought they were a tool fo the devil, but now that I'm a little older they're all I want to wear. Maybe it's the couple extra inches, or the cool noise they make when I walk, either way it's all doubleplusgood.

Wow, 3 more hours. Yippee.

ETA: Apparently a new tradition of work candy was established while I was away making it so that when I returned there was a huge bag of Laffy Taffy in the bottom desk drawer. I could sit here and eat it all day long. This is very, very bad but also very, very tasty. Though, it does make answering the phone difficult, at times.

Bleh. Bleh. Bleh.

Good news: The Wrestler comes home from Chile on October 19th. *does happy sister dance of joy*

Bad news: I lose my job in a week and a half and have not found one to take its place.

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Good news: Lost season 2 premiere is tonight. Yay!

Bad news: Life is aggravating and I don't want to do it anymore.

Other news: I think I'll take a nap. There's no one here at work to see me anyway. ;-)

Word Origin of the Day: Yonder - Currently a colloquialism common in the southern United States, this word has a long history in English. It orignated in Old English as geond, meaning "away" or "there." A more formal related version of the same word - with the same background - is found with "beyond."

This week has been tiring, yo. I'll be real happy to go on vacation. We just need to find a campground that isn't completely booked up for the next month worth of weekends. It's been a while since I've gone camping, I'd forgotten how popular state campgrounds were. It's mostly annoying.

Almost went out and spent money I didn't have, last night. Happily I was able to head the impulse off at the pass and ended up just browsing. I like things, I like to buy things. I'm a good little consumer.

The New Chick isn't so bad. I've become accustomed to her ways. Plus she burned me a copy of Kelly Clarkson's latest album. Anyone who gives me music is in my good graces, no matter what. We'll never be going out for metaphorical drinks after work but I don't think I'll be as nervous and stressed. This is a good thing.

Watched some more West Wing season 3 last night. The more I watch early seasons the more baffled I am by what I hear is happening in later seasons. This is another case of TV screwing up a great show and it's such a shame. There's just so much to love. Not solely with the politics but primarily with the characters. Oh those great, wonderful, and interesting characters. They're all 3-dimensional with their strengths and weaknesses, flaws and perfections. I could watch them all day and not get tired or bored. I love them all.

It's interesting how many of the shows that I love involve family in one way or another. Usually in the context of families that people create for themselves, the bonds of friendship and loyalty and love. The oldest, most fundamental factors that make us human never really change and every new generation finds ways in which the oldest stories resonate in their same but different lives.

ETA: Have found a campsite. Have made reservations. This is it. It's up on Lake Superior by Sault St. Marie. Eeeeexcellent.

Things have been rather hectic, of late. The office has been moving up to another floor and seeing as work is the only place where I have an internet connection I haven't been able to get online much at all since last Thursday. I'm sure I've missed all sorts of important things.

Am having a good ol' hippie freak out. The New Chick is in the office now, the one who'll be taking over my job come October and she's loud and brash and inappropriate and impinging on my territory. I'm all knotted up and nervous. I kind of want everybody to just go away.

Thank goodness for the all the Firefly goodness I've been watching the past couple of days.

Hopefully all connections will be up and running again tomorrow. *crosses fingers and toes*

Why isn't today Friday? Today should be Friday, dagnabbit! This whole work thing is highly overrated, I want to have FUN!

Had to fight to get my full pay. Don't they know that they're supposed to read my mind so that if I accidently fill out my timesheet a little late they're still supposed to give me all of my money? Sheesh, companies these days. Thankfully I was able to take care of everything and smooth ruffled feathers and everything is hunky dory.

Got my Frodo action figure in the mail yesterday. YAY! He was new, in the box and only $0.99. I kind of love eBay. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm about to acquire all sorts of new dolls toys to play with. I need all the hobbits and the Scoobies and Mulder and Scully and Batman and Obi Wan and Mace Windu and ... EEEEE I'm so excited.

Wow, the thunder storms really cooled things off. I hear it's supposed to be pleasantly temperatured and sunny for the holiday weekend and then the heat will apparently come back in full force next week. I love thunder storms, they're so passionate and loud.

Come on minutes, pass faster!

Hey all. *waves*

Am feeling distinctly anti-social as of late. Probably has something to do with losing my job. I've been "laid off". Good side: I have till October to find a new job. Bad side: I only have a job till October. Hence the whole 'want to curl up in a ball and ignore the rest of the world' mentality.

The weekend was spent sprawled over my chair, sweating, watching brainless tv. I saw cheesy made-for-tv movies on ABC Family and The 4400 and the Tonys. I want to go to NYC and catch David Hyde Pierce and Alan Tudyk and Tim Curry in Spamalot so badly. Then I want to hang out with them and Hugh Jackman and James Earl Jones and Joanna Gleason and Dan Fogler and then I want to go and find Casey and Zeke and join the Resistance. Yeap, that's all I ask of the universe, though, if it could just get me plane/theatre tickets and accomodations I'd happily settle for just seeing the musical.

Word Origin of the Day: Empathy - Although "empathy" is a natural human emotion, the term itself is relatively new, first popping up in the early part of the twentieth century. The German author T. Lipps coined the term Einfuhlung in 1903 to refer to this condition of human nature, which popularized the notion and prompted a separate coinage in English. It comes from the Greek word empatheia, literally translated as "feeling inside."

So, got to work this morning and thought, a la Dante from Clerks, 'But I'm not even supposed to be here today'. Except, I totally am. Is vaguely depressing.

So, to combat the blue-ish day your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to distract me with shiny things. These can be stories, pictures, music, crazy ideas that entertain, anything. Bonus points and brownies will go to all who play.

You think I'm kidding about the brownies? I'm serious, I will really send you brownies, if you so desire. *bribesbribesbribes*

Another beautiful day. I feel blessed beyond words.

The New Person just came into my office. She asked for a pencil sharpener and I realized that there isn't one to be had in the entire office. How have we gone on for so long without a pencil sharpener? See, this is why I'm not meant to be an office manager for the rest of my life, not because I'm 'better then this' *eyeroll* or anything like that but because I'm not really all that good at it. Donna Moss I am not;-).

Just so you know, I typed that whole last paragraph in a cheerfully self-deprecating tone. Am rather amused by the whole thing.

I may not win any secretary awards but I do have some sort of weird psychic control over who my bosses hire as they hired the person I wanted them to and I didn't even have to tell them. I do reign supreme.

Just heard that Famke Janssen will be back for the third X-Men film. And I have to make a retraction, you remember how I reported that Angel was going to be played by a woman? Well, one of the producers (I want to say Joel Silver but I'm not sure he's working on this one) has come out and said that that is a vicious lie. Angel will be a character and will be the appropriate sex. We can all now breathe a sigh of relief.

Found out a little while ago that my first high school crush and his wife are expecting their first kid. Just when I'd finally gotten used to my old friends and/or schoolmates getting married I find that they're starting to procreate. I was shocked and then I was happy for them and then ... well, let's just say I was a silly little kid back in the day and leave it at that;-).

Baylor did beat MSU last night. The Vortex triumphs again.

I've done some actual work this morning. Wow, go me.

Watched a taped episode of Sex and the City last night. It's the one where Nix shows up on his motorcycle (except not in leather! Why wasn't he in leather?!) and then shows up again in a dark suit with a white shirt that's open at the collar and all I could do was whimper. And then he danced and I just about exploded. Ron is so Nix in this it isn't even funny. It was all Nix on the rebound after breaking up with one of his many post-Cathy girlfriends and he's all charming and debonair at the rich parties that he still feels the need to attend for some reason and he's looking for that person who can fill that Winters-sized void in his life and you just know that it's all going to end in tragedy. But he's really hot while doing so.

I hear that Nick Brendon and Bradley Cooper will be starring in a new comedy this fall. That news makes me kind of giddy. I love it when my favorite actors team up to do projects together.

Had a rather productive evening last night as I also finally got over a story hump that had been driving me crazy. This character has been talking in my ear for weeks, giving me his whole back story but not actually informing me of what he wanted me to write down. We finally worked out our differences and I'm hoping to need to ask for a good beta-ing here in a little while. That and the location of the Hail, Mary and Our Father prayers translated into spanish.

And, because I saw someone else do it, here is a list of what tv shows I spend my nights watching. Cut-tagged for your convenience.

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Isn't my new icon just the prettiest thing ever?! It's so happy and spring-y. hiyacynth is so the greatest Luz an Lipton could hope for.