Word Box

I've brought the word box out of retirement! So, fill it to the brim and on Wednesday at 2:00p.m. I will announce the Word of the Week! The word box will close at 10a.m. on Wednesday. Happy wording!

For Fishfrog

Panda and I went backpacking not too long ago and on our journey we came across this fungus. It was bright orange and very wierd looking. It would be really cool if someone could identify it for us. Someone who loves the magical world of fungi.

Firefly

My DVDs of Firefly finally came from Netflix! I have been anxious to watch Firefly ever since I saw Serenity last summer, but I have a lot in my Netflix que (namely Angel), so its taken me a while to get the DVDs. Anyway...I watched discs one and two last Friday.


The best thing about the show is that it stars the incredibly hot and sexy Nathan Fillion. I love Nathan Fillion so much. I loved him on One Life to Live, Two Guys and a Girl, Buffy, and I love him on Firefly. What I do not love is the sound on the Firefly discs; it is really poor. I have to use the subtitles so I can figure out what the hell anyone is saying. Other than that, I could not be happier with my rentals. The show is funny and action packed. There are also no ugly aliens (at least not yet) which is a big reason form my resistance to sci-fi stuff. This show is more like a western that planet hops.

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Quiz Time!

What X-Men Character are you?

Take the quiz and see! I am:

Storm!

You are very strong and very protective of those you love. You are in tune with nature and are very concerned with justice and humanity. Unfortunately, certain apprehensions and fears are very hard for you to overcome, and can often inhibit you when most need to be strong.

The Juice that puts all other juices to shame

Dole's Pine-Orange-Bannana.

Drink it.

Ellen-O-meter

Most of you know I love Ellen. I love her sitcom, I love her stand-up, I love her talk show. I even love her Mama. I also love Ellen becuase she makes me love other people with her mad interviewing skills and gernal atmoshphere of awesomeness that surrounds the show. I am often blown away by a guest's preformance. This brings us to what I call the Ellen-O-meter. If someone rates high, I will probably love them forever. How much I adore any given actor pretty much lives and dies by their preformance on Ellen.

Here are just a few of the people who have hit it out of the park on the Ellen-O-meter:

Martin Sheen
Vin Diesel (that was a suprise. I fully expected to FF through his interview)
Fred Savage
Dustin Hoffman
Tom Cruise - he is back in my favor now- that is the power of Ellen!
Micheal Keaton
Lauren Graham
The Rock

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Pandora is failing me

Some have heard me rave about the site Pandora. Its a great site that makes personal radio stations for you, and it is usually great. Today, however it is playing me mostly crappy songs. I am a bit annoyed. On the otherhand, it may not be Pandora so much as it is the fact that I am back at work, and therefore surly. Serioulsy, I really enjoy NOT working. I didn't get the "I'm so bored" funk that strikes so many after a week of freedom from schedules and deadlines- no, I loved every second of it. Every single second. Now, I'm stuck here with a stack of paperwork and pandora playing crappy songs.

Swing Dancing is FUN!

I went swing dancing with some new friends last night and it was so!much!fun! Last week I went salsa dancing, but this way better. The place we went was very odd, however, because although it is advertised as a swing night (and they offer lessons earlier in the evening), the music they played was not swing music. It was a mix of 80s, hip-hop, pop, etc. Very wierd. Still, I got to dance and was twirlled and spinned all around. It was cool. I highly recommend it!

Eureka!

I've been bitching a moaning about iTunes playlists becuase there was no way I could see to arrange the songs in the order I wanted. Pretty lame when your trying to make a mix. Well, I don't know if something was clicked that shouldn't have been all the other billion times I tried to move songs around, but by golly, it's working now! Yeah!!

I love having the week off!

I took the week off work this week because I'd planned to drive my friend to Arizona and then fly back on Sunday. Unfortunately, reality hit when I looked up air fare for a one way ticket from Pheonix. Still, I'm off work and I am loving it!! I haven't done anything major, but I've spent most of the day today in the Bread Co putting more music on Cooper and when the rian stops I'll head home to (hopefully) do some housework before heading out to swing dancing tonight. Tomorrow: a bike ride! Can I just never go back to work?

10 things I hate

...a negative nilly's take on the ol' "10 things I love" list

people talking during movies/tv shows

being "spoiled"

people who are "too cool" to have a good time

name dropping

the sound of the alarm clock

people who "don't watch t.v." and think they are superior because of it

filing

doing laundry

taking out the trash

changing lightbulbs

I don't like it.

Why don't the words "bear" and "fear" rhyme? The look like they should, but by golly, they do not!

I'm hot on your heels

Yep, I'm a runner. Actually I hate running, but desperately want to learn to love it, so while I was on the treadmill training my legs to go up hill in anticipation for my summer trip to Missoula where my college buds and I will hike to the M on Mt Sentinel, I switched up my routine and jogged a little. For four very long minutes. I tell ya this much: running is more of a work out than walking or biking.

Meanwhile, I am very excited about my trip in July! I have been back to Missoula in 2 years and it is just about my favorite place to be. We are also going camping in Glacier for 3 nights. I am a little worried about bears since we will be in Griz Country, but Glacier is the most beautiful place I've ever been, so I'm just going to take a heathy amount of bear fear with me on my trip and call it good.

Planting Flowers

Yesterday my co-worker and I went to Lowe's to make a new key for our office. The key ended up not working, but the day was not a total loss becuase I got some flowers! They are daisies - my favorite . I have some simple white daisies, and some yellow and pink daisies. I just finished planting them in a pot, they have really brighted up my office! I hope this is an indication of a great summer!

Six Degrees of Separation Game

Connect these two actors in 6 degrees or less:

Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek

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If you can't save yourself, warn others!

Going to the movies can often end in despare and heartach if the movie is bad enough. Have you ever walked out of a theater becuase a movie was so bad? I have not, although there were two movies that I would have left during the middle of had I not been with other people.
Jurassic Park: Lost World
Mr. Wrong

Both terrible, terrible movies. And both with actors I love: Alessandro Nivola in JP:LW and Ellen in Mr. Wrong. Do not see these movies! I saw them many many years ago, and I'm still not quite over the trauma they caused.

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Backpacking

SP and I went backpacking this weekend at Hawn State Park and hiked the 10 mile loop trail. Supposedly easier than the trek we made last month, this trail kicked my ass. The views and cascading creeks made it all worthwhile, however, and this is a hike everyone should take. The trail takes you through pine forests, over boulders and through knee high water. It's pretty much totally awesome.

Our campsite was nestled at the V of two streams, so we were almost completely surrounded by the gurgling of the water as it flowed into a small swimming hole at the tip of the V. It was gorgeous! We saw lots of snakes (big! and fortunately not at our campsite), salamanders, and butterflys as we tromped along the path.

Swamped, yet unmotivated

That's me today. I'm at work all alone. It's gloomy outside. I have a "to do" box instead of a pile, and yet.... I am blogging.

yuck - why is that?

Have you ever noticed that every once and a while you will find yourself writing with a really smelly sharpie? I write with sharpies a lot in my line of work, and usually the smell does not bother me because it rarely lingers. Today, however, I wrote with a sharpie and the page with the markings still has the strong and distinct aroma of yucky permanent marker smell. It's been a half an hour since I wrote with the marker! Why is that?

Magic Eight Ball...

Magic eight ball, magic eight ball, will my friend Poxy ever get to Arizona?

"YES"

Well, it's taken Poxy a few extra days to get loaded up and move herself and her two dogs to the Grand Canyon State, but she called today and thinks today is the day. Magic Eight Ball seems to think so too, so good luck Poxy! And, to help you fit in, here is some usless information about your new home:

state bird

Cactus Wren

state reptile

Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake

state amphibian

Arizona Tree Frog

state flower

Saguaro Catus Blossom

Have fun in the Pheonix, Poxy!!!