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on the jukebox: “Forever Young” by Alphaville

I just checked out the Teen People I bought the other night. Okay, I just looked at the Orlando stuff. LOL! There’s a smashing picture of him as Legolas inside, rip out and pin-up style. Yeah baby! LOL! The pictures are lovely, of course. It’s really the only reason why I bought the darn thing. 😉 I’m not sure how much of the article to believe. (Like did he really answer fan questions?) So, lovely pictures. I’m tempted to scan them, especially the Legolas one…

TV IS GOING BACK!

So, the plasma tv isn’t working out for us. Alas. As I write, it’s going back to the store. We’re going to get a different tv, widescreen but not plasma. Hopefully it works better for us! When Husband turned on the tv today, it was doing some weird neon thing. Ye gods!

ANGELS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown

My first book of the year. I started it last night. I should keep reading it. Why am I writing in my blog?! Oh, because I’m chatting with my friend Kim. Hi Kim! 😀

IT’S SNOWING IN NEW ENGLAND

Crap, the Patriots are currently up 7-0. Go Colts!!! I’ve been watching them all season. They can’t stop now.

on the jukebox: “Back on My Feet” by Michael Amante

I love having long weekends. This past week seemed to crawl! Was it the weather? Was it the drudgery of work? I do not know.

I wrote my memo and put it in the one of those inter-office envelopes last night. I’m still utterly pissed off at payroll. It just riles me up. Oh, and they added two more floating holidays to everyone’s checks, bringing us to 32 hours of floaters as opposed to 16. Wrong again! It’s like they don’t know what the hell they’re doing in payroll!

We went to the grocery store last night after a late dinner at Applebee’s. In 15 minutes we managed to gather $150 worth of groceries. I saw the Teen People in the check out aisle and we all know who is on the cover. (Orlando Bloom, in case you’re like me and not a teen.) I gave in. I bought the damn thing. I do not think I have ever ever bought Teen People. They started that magazine after I was a teen. So what the hell made me buy the darn thing now? Right, Orlando Bloom. It’s getting out of control!

We’re not happy with our tv. I mean, it’s a groovy piece of electronics, but the lines are driving Husband nuts! When the screen is black or very very dark, you can see these rolling lines. Subtle, but discernible. So we’re going to look at alternative TVs today. 😛 Definitely widescreen.

Meggie, my dog

LOOKING AHEAD

In two weeks, we’ll be in Burbank for the Xena convention. I’m so excited! Oh, and before that, on the Thursday, we’ll be in Fresno for the George Strait concert. Woohoo! So many picture taking opportunities. 😉

I hope I can bring my camera to the George Strait concert. I’ve checked out the website for the venue and there is nothing about “no cameras.” So I’m bringing the camera and taking pictures. We have groovy seats. Bless eBay! LOL!

Now, I know I can bring my camera to the Xena convention. It’ll be fun. Hopefully people will be in costume throughout the convention. I’ll take pictures of that to show you all. It can be very interesting at a Xena convention. I’m thinking of wearing my retro-colored A’s pullover. 😉

And then a week after the Xena con, three weeks from now, we have the A’s Fan Fest. I’m bringing my camera to that and I’m going to try and get another picture with: Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson. And if I can corner Eric Chavez, maybe I should try one with him. LOL! I bet I don’t get a picture with any of them! If they have the photo op thing again, maybe I’ll fork over some money for Zito and Mulder. I just want to talk to Zito. “Hi, how was your JAG gig? I know the guy you beaned!” LOL! He’ll probably think I’m nuts! And I just want to stand next to Mulder again. He’s so tall.

PLUGS

Sharon, Vikkicar, Jen (hope you’re having fun in Reno!), Meesh, ::celeste::, Luz (I’ve added you to my “blogs of note” list, Irish (payroll just bites sometimes, eh?), Gem (and I’ve added you to my “friendly plugs” list)

I love getting tags and comments, so THANK YOU! 😀 It’s nice to know someone is reading.

Jensen Ackles, just because it’s a cute picture and you can see a bit of his tongue

BUBBA HO-TEP IS COMING TO TOWN!!!

Omigosh, Bubba Ho-Tep is coming to Modesto!!! I’ve got to see it again. What is Bubba Ho-Tep, you wonder. It’s a movie starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis and it’s just groovay! Of course, I’m a Bruce Campbell fan, so there you go. 😉

1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
www.kiari.com | www.walelia.com
http://jazz.walelia.com

I’m all about self-plugging. LOL!

2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven’t graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
My senior quote? Don’t think I had one. LOL! Of course, high school was 15 years ago. I’m old! 😉

3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
My plates say “I (heart symbol)THEAS”

4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
I have a ring that says Maui 1989 inside of it.

5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
Now that’s a difficult one. I don’t know really. How would I like people to remember me. Hmmm…

As I perused my paystub, I was disappointed, but not surprised to find that payroll did NOT fix the mistake from the previous pay period. So let’s see, here’s how it goes:

1. I fill out my timesheet PERFECTLY. No mistakes, one day of vacation. Should be a cake to do, right?
2. For pay stub 2004-01, I am paid for 8 hours of shift differential instead of 80. Probably a human error. I can dig it.
3. I write a memo, as per procedure, addressed to the COMMANDER (la de la). Why to him? Because we are not allowed to call, fax, leave messages, email or otherwise contact payroll. All must be done through him with a memo. So I write my memo.
4. For pay stub 2004-02, I am paid as I should for the pay period, but there is no corrected to the previous error. At this moment, it’s been two weeks since my memo.
5. I write another memo. What are the chances that it will be answered with a correction? Riiight, that’s what I’m thinking. NIL.

Here’s my biggest complaint: I DID NOT make the error. Payroll made the error. But who gets punished by not getting her rightful pay rate? Me. I understand human error, but what is it now? Illegal, I bet. I want to say to them, “Hello, pay me now you freakin’ bastards. If you can’t do your job right, how about going elsewhere? And you, Commander dude, respond to our memos! You expect freakin’ perfection from us, yet if your payroll makes a mistake, we’re just supposed to sit back and wait for them to correct it? Is it right that we have to wait a month or more for someone’s negligence? NO!”

But I’ll never get a chance to say anything of the kind. And it pisses me off!!!

So, F–K PAYROLL! They can kiss my ass!

Shout outs to you all later, when I’m not so steamed about the utter incompetance displayed by the people who figure out our money.

on the jukebox: “You Don’t Know My Name” by Alicia Keys

I was going to tell a story about a boy who met his girl while camping, but I just remembered a dream! So that first. 😉

A FRIEND BACK FROM FLORIDA

I dreamt that Mike was back from Florida! He was at work, in uniform. I was so glad to see him. Awww.

Yeah, that’s it.

STOLEN IN THE WILD

I interrogated my co-worker about his girlfriend. He was in my cubicle, so I thought I’d be utterly curious. And he told me about his girlfriend. 😉

They officially met while camping and he stole her away from her boyfriend. Well, the boyfriend wasn’t there, but he stole her away nonetheless. It was a cute story…

NO HUGGING AT WORK?

My friend just told me a weird bit of gossip going around work. Two women were hugging and someone got offended and now we’re not allowed to hug? Nope, haven’t heard that one yet!

First off, who were the women? Second, who got offended? Because I find it all very SILLY! Someone is going to make a big deal about a hug, yet more offensive things have been allowed to happen before this. We’re all adults (at least in age), so if you’re offended by a hug between two women, tell them. But don’t tell everyone else that they’re not allowed to hug. PLEASE! And is the offended one offended because they don’t get hugs?

If it was a supervisor who got offended, then it just confirms my suspicion that the so-called supervisors have no business being supervisors. A lot of them don’t know what they hell they’re doing! And it gets worse as you go up the chain of command. Horrible.

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I’ve “divorced” Ryan Gosling and “married” Mark Mulder. Woohoo! I hope he never ever reads this and thinks I’m a total freak chick! LOL
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on the jukebox: “So Simple” by Alicia Keys

I want this:

I already have this:

But I want the color one now! Why do they torture me like this? Why didn’t I just wait?

I’m going to get that Blackberry 7510, I just don’t know when. I’m such a freakin’ consumer. Ye gods!

EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN

It’s always, “Hey [insert last name here], do you remember [insert the name he’s searching for].” And she always replies in her nice voice, even if she doesn’t know the answer.

It was only work stuff that day.

MORE FOG, NO SURPRISE

Another foggy drive up the Altamont. Oddly enough, the fog cleared by the time I got into Tracy. I guess that’s a good thing…

on the jukebox: “Llevame Con Tigo” by Carlos Ponce

I can’t believe I forgot to mention Mr. Bloom’s birthday! Yes, it’s today. He’s 27 now (if the IMDB is correct).

So, best wishes to Orlando. I hope he’s spending his day just the way he wants. 😀