Moonlit Jazz

on the jukebox: “Nessun Dorma (from “Turandot”) by Michael Amante

Hall opens doors to Eckersley… I am so happy for Eck! I first started watching baseball just before he joined the A’s and when he came along, he was just AWESOME! I loved the cool wildness about him. And man, what a closer! So, I tip my imaginary cap to Mr. Eckersley. He totally deserves it…

EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN

“I’m looking for lunch,” he joked, poking at the big garbage can in the office. Just before dinner time, she stopped by his cubicle to ask him what he was listening to. “Sublime,” he replied. She commented that she was listening to The Return of the King. “The soundtrack?” He asked. “Is it all orchestra?” She answered yes to both. “Is there a good battle song in there?” She couldn’t answer that one since she was listening to the soundtrack low so as not to disturb the rest of the office. “Maybe I’ll pop it in my car so that I can play it loud,” she mused…

MARRIED? YOU DON’T SAY!

As I drove down Gleason on my way to work, my phone rang. It was my friend Rachel! It was great to hear from her and she had a big surprise to boot. She and her fellow decided to move their wedding date up. Instead of getting married in 2006, they decided on the end of February/beginning of March. This year. 2004. And she wants me to be in it!

YE GODS!

As much as I want to be there for her, I think the short notice shall be my downfall. I simply won’t have enough time on the books to go to Ohio next month, then to Hawaii in April. Totally sucks!

So I’m a bit sad. I hope she understands. Alas…

Isn’t it cute how you can see just one of Saffy’s eyes? Meggie is looking adorable as usual…

on the jukebox: “Caruso” by Josh Groban

I LOVE this layout. ::swoons::

Once again, many many thanks to ::celeste:: on this most lovely creation. You ROCK! 😉 And go to the dentist! I’m lucky, my teeth are healthy (woohoo!). But I need my last baby tooth pulled out (ever heard of a 30-something having a baby tooth?) and some cavities filled. Bugger! Oh well. 😛

Meesh, thanks for visiting! I like the picture of your keyboard. So glowy! LOL!

Vikkicar, truth be told, my regard for Mr. Bloom did not come into full, umm, bloom until Pirates of the Caribbean. Sure, I thought he was kinda sexy cool in LOTR, but as Will Turner he had more fire and passion. Yowsa! He will definitely grow on you. Trust me…

Savor the Bloom layout now, my readers. Come baseball season, it’s A’s all the way! 😉

I don’t want to go to work. BLAH!

Omigosh, I finally finished fiddling with it. Whew!

This layout was created by the talented and wonderful ::celeste:: . I only had to add my stuff and upload it. Like it? I need to fiddle more with some other stuff, but suffice to say that I will be using this layout for a long while. Heck, it’s POTC! 😀

Now it’s time for bed. I have a dentist appointment in the morning. Ye gods!

on the jukebox: “La Venganza” by Carlos Ponce

Let’s see, on the music front, this weekend I bought: Josh Groban’s Closer, Carlos Ponce’s La Historia, Michael Amante’s Tell Her I Love Her. I guess it was a weekend of men and their music? 😉 Oh, and on Friday Husband bought the soundtrack to Return of the King for me. I am loved. 🙂

Reason for Carlos Ponce: Even though La Historia is composed of almost all of Carlos’ previous releases (with the exception of “La Venganza”), I bought it because included was a DVD of all of Carlos’ videos to date. Woohoo! And of course I just had to do some screencaps. Carlos is such a beauty.

from “Amiga Sombra”… Groovy shirt!

I had told myself that I would read one book a month (Husband heard 1 book a week, but ye gods!), but I have yet to choose a book. What is my problem? Blah on me!

As soon as the football game is over (Oklahoma vs. LSU), we’re going to watch Pirates of the Caribbean on this:

POTC is going to look good on this!

So off I go!

Wait, one more screencap of the handsome Señor Ponce, from the video “Escuchame”.

Yes, I got a new toy.

We went to Good Guys for a big purchase and I checked out the digital cameras while we were there. My mother-in-law wanted one and she chose the Minolta DiMage G500. I got play around with it and ended up liking it so much that we went back later and got one for me! I am so spoiled. I know this.

The camera is AWESOME! I’m going to have so much fun with it. Husband likes it because it’s Minolta. I like it because I can use both SD cards and Memory Sticks. And it’s 5.0 megapixels. And it’s small!

Eomer from the Two Towers

REMARKS TO THE COMMENTS…

Allison, I like your dream. LOL! Oh, and your layout is SMASHING! I love it, of course. 😉

Sharon, nothing wrong with obsessing over unattainable men! It keeps the brain active. 😛 And why not over Mr. Bloom? He’s scrumptious!

::celeste::, I am totally stalking you. But I’m glad you don’t mind. 😉 And ooooh, THANK YOU FOR THE FANSIGN!!! (I’ve added it to the sidebar there, in case anyone is wondering.) It’s so lovely and I love it! Ah, and that’s a weird dream. LOL!

CHEATER…

It’s really 04 January 2004, but I since I’m writing about the 3rd, I changed the date to reflect that. Horrible, isn’t it?

“THIS LOVE” BY MAROON 5

I just saw the video on VH-1. They silenced out a couple of the words in the song:

I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied

then later:

My pressure on your hips
Sinking my fingertips
Into every inch of you
Cause I know that’s what you want me to do

I was shocked! It’s not like the words were “bad.” They were merely suggestive when taken into context. And hot damn sexy! Yowsa.

Needless to say, I love the video. But of course, I LOVE MAROON 5. 😉

on the jukebox: “Absolutely Zero” by Jason Mraz

I’ve had the oddest dreams the past couple of nights.

The first dreams of 2004… Something A’s themed. I don’t know if it was Fan Fest or something like that. The players were in uniform, but Dennis Eckersley was there too. WEIRD!… I had a ring that I wore on a chain alá The One Ring. Riiiight. I don’t know what I was supposed to do with it, but I knew that I shouldn’t wear it on my finger…

I know I had a weird dream this morning, but now I can’t remember it! Darn it! I’ll probably remember when I have no means of writing it down. Isn’t that the way? 😛

F-CK PAYROLL!!!

I probably shouldn’t be so ticked off, but I am. Payroll SUCKS A$$!!!

Here are my suggestions for a better payroll:

UPDATE YOUR PAYROLL SOFTWARE… Why the hell do we check the box that says “Hours worked this pay period is a permanent schedule” if this is continually ignored? Minor adjustments should not drastically alter a timesheet. If we check the box, add the “SH2” line for shift differential, where is the confusion?

BE PERFECT… The hundreds of us are expected to turn in our timesheets completely and correctly, so we should expect no less than perfection from our perfectly completed timesheets. Do it right if you want us to do it right.

RECTIFY THE SITUATION PROMPTLY… The county owes everyone even after each paycheck is written. It is in everyone’s best interest to correct mistakes, ESPECIALLY mistakes by payroll. Why should we have to wait for a correction when it’s payroll’s fault?!

WE WORK, WE GET PAID… It’s utterly simple. If we work overtime, PAY US. If you do not get notice of our termination, PAY US. When we fill out our timesheets completely and correctly, PAY US. And if it’s YOUR FAULT and NOT ours, FIX IT NOW! We are owed for all hours worked, so PAY US. So simple.

Of course, TIIC think that by making the timesheet process complicated, they can not pay us if we make a mistake. But what about those of us who do not make mistakes? Why should we have to wait two weeks, four weeks, two months for the correction? Is that freakin’ legal?

This is why I did not sign that dumbass memo. They want to hold us accountable for our mistakes and any mishaps that might not even be our fault, but they do not want to be responsible for their own mistakes. I bet if we took a poll, we’d find out that more mistakes are made on their part as opposed to ours. I know that for me personally, ALL incorrect paystubs were their fault. And I can deal with human error, but what I cannot understand and what I find UNACCEPTALBE is the fact that they don’t cut checks for the backpay and that they take AGES to rectify the situation. I should, at the LATEST, see the correction in the next paystub. What are the chances? We shall see.

But enough of the negative energy! BLAH!

FOGGY MORNING

Our groovy cleaning lady is here this morning, which is why I’m up and ready and writing. Every other Friday I have the luxury of at least two hours of morning internet surfing and writing. Of course, I had to wake up an hour and a half earlier than usual, but such is life. I shall not complain. After all, my house is getting cleaned!

‘Tis VERY FOGGY outside. I should take a picture of it. LOL! I must say, as scary as it is to drive in fog, I prefer it to rain. Most of the time. Maybe I’ll change my mind if I drive in fog tonight. 😉

The first movie I watch on our plasma tv will be Pirates of the Caribbean…

I haven’t read the OBloom article in GQ. I looked at the pictures though. ::sigh:: He’s a beauty, isn’t he? I didn’t think that I’d be this into him. Oh well, I give in!

WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON

I want to see this movie! I want to see it because of Josh Duhamel. It looks like a cute movie. I hope it’s decent. I’m going to see it anyway. LOL! And I’m sorry, but this is so wrong. I just wonder if there will be girls out there who actually think that Tad Hamilton is a real person. It made me laugh, but it’s just so wrong! 😉

on the jukebox: “Simply Yours” by Jennifer Hanson

I wandered by Val’s site and found the following. I couldn’t resist doing one of my own…

FIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR 2004
Write more stories
Exercise
Update my domains
Check out the job market out here in the Valley
Read at least one book a month

FIVE THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2004
Opening day between the A’s and the Rangers
The ten year anniversary
Kauai
The World Series in Oakland (I too dream)
The wedding in October

FIVE THINGS I’M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2004
Working dreary days in the dungeon
Coming back home after Kauai
The World Series NOT in Oakland
Going to the dentist
The end of the 2004 baseball season

FIVE MOVIES I WILL SEE IN 2004
Troy
My Date with Tad Hamilton
The Notebook
Stay
The Chronicles of Riddick

FIVE BOOKS I WANT TO READ IN 2004
The Lord of the Rings (all books, I’ll count as one)
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
As many Jennifer Crusie books as possible
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

FIVE THINGS I’M GOING TO TRY TO CUT BACK ON IN 2004
Crappy tv
Swearing
Yelling at the utter stupidity of work stuff
Fatty foods
Indulging my Yorkie

FIVE THINGS I’M GOING TO TRY TO DO MORE OF IN 2004
Read for pleasure
Tidy up the house
Watch movies while they’re still in theatres
Keep up with the household finances
Talk to my friends

Today we did some window shopping of plasma TVs. We want one of those. 😉 We also did some purchasing of items. I bought the Outkast CD Speakerboxxx/Love Below at Circuit City. At Barnes and Noble we went a little crazy. I got two magazines (one of them the GQ with Orlando Bloom on the cover ::SWOONS!!!::), two books (The Claddagh Ring by Malachy McCourt and Grimm’s Fairy Tales), and a 5×7 photo frame. Anything else? I can’t remember. LOL! It was probably too much as it is.

I really do want to do more reading this year. I spend too much time online though. Like right now I could be reading something. I just put my books away and saw all the books I haven’t read yet. Ye gods! So many. So many. I need to pick one right now and start reading. But what to choose? Too many choices!