A body could get themselves in trouble

A body could get themselves
in trouble
with a toy
like this.....

I'm Pissed

and it ain't even breakfast time

I was forced to move my blogs to "the new and improved" blogger today
I had to move or I was not allowed to access my blog

I've not moved since they started all this crap because soo many people I know
have left blogger just because of the crap they've experienced with the new version

so I'm pissed
if this thing takes a crap
I'll move too....but don't worry
I'll let ya'll know where I'm going!

Stolen!

from Louie's blog

http://www.blogthings.com/howsyourvocabularyquiz/

apparently AH Tawks gud

a question of integrity

I read this guy’s blog
I don’t know him
and never will
he’s not the same race as I
nor is he in the same country

I found him via another blog
that I stumbled across
and that interested me

I've probably been reading his blog
for a couple of months

so today I read a post
about how
he travels on a "train"
to and from work
and recently found a 60 gb iPod
lost by someone on the train

a 60 gb iPod a year ago
cost about $499.99 in this country
and.....in this country
an 80 gb currently costs $399.99

not pocket change....

so the story goes
that he argued with himself
over the idea of returning it
and in the end went out of his way
to find the owner and do so

inspite of the fact that his own player
is a cheap iPod substitute
and that he probably could have kept it
and remained "scott free"

because really...
how would one track that?

the thing that struck me
was the almost apologetic manner
in which he wrote

as if the "masses" would view
what he's done
with derision
or find it suspect
in some manner

this brings me to mind of 2 separate thoughts

1....what a great difference
culture can make between 2 countries
on the same continent

2....what a strange thing
that I can be so very proud
of a man I have never met
and never will

My New Favorite Show

Brothers and Sisters....

it's bright
it's witty
it's family

just the way you always dreamed it could be
as opposed to the way it is at my house.....

Be careful what you wish for....

for 3 years I fought
to get well enough
to get outta my old job
and find a new one

and for 3 years
while the job was hell
and the stress of the job
like to kill me

I worked like a feind
and I made friends

and I spent all my waking time
and most of my sleep time
dreaming of a day
when I got outta hell
and back to the real world

yesterday I was to meet with my new boss
for a "work plan review"
which is a nice way of saying
"you write down everything you do for me
so I don't have to think about it
and then I can take it to my boss
and show him this report"
but I digress

anyway
I write down all the stuff I do on the new job
and it occurs to me that I am getting paid
a rather large amount of money
to do the job of a junior receptionist
aka professional stamp licker

so I print off what I have written
about the new job
that I'll call job (B)
the reality of the job I'm actually doing now

and I come home and fire up the old email
and search out and find
the job description that enticed me to
apply for this job

I'll call it job (A)
the job I'd suggested
that they needed a "wizardess" to fill
the job that I thought
would be my dream job
and would take me to new heights...

and once I find it
I print it off too

and I compare the two jobs
and low and behold
there's not one thing on the job (B) list
that was listed on job (A)list

so in fact
in truth
I am
a glorified stamp licker

fuck eh?

Lithium

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

oh but God I want to let it go

come to bed, don't make me sleep alone

couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show

never wanted it to be so cold

just didn't drink enough to say you love me

I can't hold on to me

wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

Don't want to let it lay me down this time

drown my will to fly

here in the darkness I know myself

can't break free until I let it go

let me go

Darling, I forgive you after all

anything is better than to be alone

and in the end I guess I had to fall

always find my place among the ashes

I can't hold on to me

wonder what's wrong with me

Lithium- don't want to lock me up inside

lithium- don't want to forget how it feels without

lithium- I want to stay in love with my sorrow

oh but God I want to let it go

~evanescence~

Lie To Me ~ George Nozuka

Why didn't i listen to my heart
When she had me guessin' from the start
More and more i wonder
Why do i still want her
After all the love i gave to you
All this pain i'm in because of you

What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Where am i supposed to go
When it's dark outside
What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
One last time

Still had those letters from last fall
And everytime the phone rings
Wish it was your call
More and more i wonder
Why do i still want her
After all the love i gave to you
All this pain and all beacuse of you

What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Where am i supposed to go
When it's dark outside
What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
One last time

Why did you have to hurt (to hurt)
Loved you for all your lies (your lies)
One thing i know is true
Ill never stop
Lovin' you
So tell me

What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Where am i supposed to go
When it's dark outside
What am i supposed to do
When it's all a lie
Won't you lie to me lie to me baby
Lie to me lie to me baby
Won't you lie to me baby
One last time

Chicken Cicciatore

Chicken Cacciatore

6 Chicken Pieces 2 Cans (15 oz) Diced tomatoes
2 Tsp Salt 2 Cans Sliced Mushrooms
Dash Pepper 1 Small Can Tomato Paste
2 Tbls Dried Onion Flakes 2 Bay Leaves
2 Green Peppers(chopped fine) 1/2 Tsp Leaf Thyme
2 Cloves Garlic (finely Chopped) 1 Small Jar Chopped Pimentos

Wash chicken pieces well. Combine remaining ingredients in a Crock Pot. Add Chicken pieces, Pushing down into the liquid to thoroughly moisten and coat. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 7-9 hours.
Serve with Pasta, Salad, and Chianti.

This recipe can be easily halved. I just like it a lot and freeze what I don't use.

~borrowed from WWR

Inflamed Achilles Tendons

can we all say.....
all together now

Owwwwwwwwwww!

apparently the day in November
that I did my interview
for the job I now have

I pulled both achilles tendons
walking up the steep hill to the parking lot

I know
I know
it's got to do with the crappy shape I'm in
but it took 10 years to get in this shape
it ain't goin away any time soon

so
they ain't getting any better
cos I have to scale mount saint Royal Roads every day

I went to the Dr today
she says "physio and no more hills..."
cos I can't take anti inflamitories

I said...."have you seen where I work?"

....now what the heck am I supposed to do?

New Tuneage

volcano
~Damien Rice~

don't hold yourself like that you'll hurt your knees

i kissed your mouth and back that's all i need

don't build your world around volcanoes melt you down

what i am to you is not real

what i am to you you do not need

what i am to you is not what you mean to me

you give me miles and miles of mountains

and i'll ask for the sea

don't throw yourself like that in front of me

i kissed your mouth your back is that all you need?

don't drag my love around volcanoes melt me down

what i am to you is not real

what i am to you you do not need

what i am to you is not what you mean to me

you give me miles and miles of mountains

and i'll ask for the sea

what i give to you is just what i'm going through

this is nothing new no no just another phase of finding

what i really need is what makes me bleed

and like a new disease she's still too young to treat

volcanoes melt me down

she's still too young

i kissed your mouth

you do not need me

Enough!

ya hear?

it's all in how you say it...

On Friday
my boss told me that:

"part of your personal pedagogy will be to push against the membrane of academia here to get us situated in places that are ambient to our needs"

huh?
what?

loosely translated it means that part of my job will be to be the resident pain in the ass when it comes to booking rooms with the right atmosphere for respective classes...

wtf?

she couldn't just say that?
cos that I can do!

a report on the whole "office refurb" to follow....if it actually happened that is!
Stay Tuned!

News Flash!

I'm told I'll have an actual desk by Monday
they will be rearranging the office over the weekend
and although it won't be in the correct/permanent place (???)
it'll be facing the right direction....

did some say that hell froze over?

just askin

cos on the 13th
it will be 8 weeks since I started there
and was promised
a real desk
with my own phone
and the whole shebang
turned around facing the door
and moved
3 FREAKIN FEET TO THE LEFT!

*sigh*