I win!

Today was the crew meeting for my work. It seems to have moved around quite a bit. It was supposed to be yesterday and I was planning to go but then it moved to today. I was supposed to work. Yesterday, one of the managers called to say that the meeting moved and that she had covered my shift for me. Okay...so I went. It lasted an hour. I would have worked eight. I got paid for the meeting but that is still a seven hour difference. I kinda would have rather worked but I did win a prize. It is a clock radio with an IPOD docking station. I don't actually have an iPOD and already have a clock radio but I rarely win stuff so winning the clock radio was pretty cool.

Monkey see

A few months ago, my sister introduced me to a blog by sending me a link to this post. Since then, I occasionally go back and check out the posts. It does tend to get me laughing. It's pretty much a pop culture blog. I especially like the abundance of lists. To honour the blog, I am going to make a list of links to some of my favourite posts.

• Wii Injuries
• Songs for a "Sleepless in Seattle" musical
• Stuff to never discuss on the internet
• Absurdness of the "Hoedown Throwdown" (apparently it was in the Hannah Montana movie)
• Inappropriate jobs for Wolverine
• Fundamental plot truths
• Missing Bea Arthur
• One of my absolute favourites - Caution signs for movie characters
• Common causes of death in TV Hospitals - heeheehee
• Better uses of 30 minutes than watching a particular show
• Lazier potential movie sequel titles than "Fast and Furious"
• A plea against viewing vomit in movies and tv
• Movies more appealing than "17 Again"
• Why real moms are better than TV moms
• When to get snacks during certain TV shows
• The longest running fictional character - mainly here because of a rather amusing "Buffy" mention
• Why the Idol winner won

Mind you, these posts only came after the first post I read and I am sure there were probably ones before that that I would have enjoyed, but these posts definitely amused me. There are other posts that were good as well, but these ones, to be honest, are easily and quickly readable, for the most part. Many of them contain the afore-mentioned lists.

Anyway, today's favourite thing is NPR's Monkey See blog.

"I'm fine! My nose was just overflowing with awesome and I had to get some of it out".

I apologize for the title quote. Today, I had an Allergy test. I had never had one done before. I have had problems with allergies all my life but didn't know the specifics of what I was allergic to. I knew I had hayfever and really reacted to horses but other than that it was kind of a revelation. On the other hand I was rather surprised by how many different things I'm allergic to. Off the top of my head, I am allergic to dust, mites, cockroaches, cats, horses, rabbits, mice, a type of mould, pollen from three different trees, and a bunch of different weeds. The doctor told me about some desensitization treatments that I can use to try to beat the allergies which I am considering. I am glad to know that there is something I can do about it. It will have to wait until I get coverage from work and it takes three years, but I am seriously considering it. The days of my nose constantly overflowing with awesome may soon be numbered!!

All I want to do-oo-oo-oo-oo

A few weeks ago, my sister bought a Sugarland CD. It's the special version so there are a few extra songs on it. We've been listening to it pretty consistently in the car and songs that I previously had no idea existed are repeaters for me. The songs are quite catchy and easy to sing along with (which makes it a good car CD). So today's favourite thing is the special edition of "Love on the Inside" by Sugarland. In case you're wondering, the songs I especially like are: 'All I Wanna Do', 'It Happens', 'What I'd Give', 'Fall into You', and the covers of 'Life in a Northern Town' and 'Come on Get Higher' (I never heard the original of 'Come on Get Higher' until I heard the Sugarland verson. Now I hear it all the time at work. It's by Matt Nathanson).

Seems rather early....

This morning, my sister and I went to see "Monsters vs Aliens" at the theatre. I thought it was rather cool that they had movies playing before noon. I quite enjoyed the movie but I kept trying to figure out who was doing the voices. I knew for sure who some of them were but some of the other ones I had absolutely no clue about. Of course, I had to look it up on the IMDB when I got home because otherwise it would drive me absolutely crazy. So, I guess today's favourite thing is trying to figure out who does the voices in animated movies.

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived"

If you know where the title quote comes from, you already know the topic of today's post. A couple of weeks ago, with new paycheque in the bank, I bought some of the things I had been wanting but couldn't afford seeing as how I was basically an unemployed bum. One of the things I bought was Baz Luhrman's Red Curtain trilogy. It contains the movies "Strictly Ballroom", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Moulin Rouge". Tonight I watched "Strictly Ballroom" for probably the 7th or 15th time and my sister partially watched it for the first time (she doesn't pay attention so good). I love that movie. It can been overly dramatic and melodramatic and cheesy at time but it is also very entertaining. I think it is where I got my first glimpse of flamenco before I knew what flamenco was. I hadn't seen the movie in a few years so it was nice to watch it again.

Here's one of my favourite scenes from the movie:

I'd love to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a bit of a slow day at work. Because of that, they kept sending people home early. I was hoping to be one of the lucky few and I was in fact lucky. When they asked me if I wanted to go home at 6 instead of 7, I replied quite enthusiastically that I would love to and then basically skipped (skipped!!!) through the last 10 minutes (it would have been fifteen but they let me go at 5 to 6, so bonus yay!). So today's favourite thing is going home early. Now I just have to be able to wake up at 4:30 am so I can get to work for 6. Fun fun fun..........(blech!)