Frame of Reference

That's what my bosses are doing today. They make us work on Memorial Day and then question why we aren't busy. But hey, why should I care? I'm getting paid to sit here and read. It's just that sometimes I can't help feeling I'm stuck in a Saturday detention. Doesn't help that half of the employees called in 'sick' today. Maybe I'm just jealous and bitter. I did have a wonderful weekend though! We went to the lake on Saturday and couldn't have asked for better weather. Had a BBQ, soaked up some sun, went home and slept. I watched Trainspotting while I unpacked some more boxes. It was disturbing to say the least and the baby, TRAUMATIZING. Johnny Lee Miller is absolutely adorable though. On Sunday we went to the theater and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End . I was a little 'iffy' about it because I had read it was over 2 1/2 hours long. The second one wasn't very good in my opinion, but I decided to give this one a ...

Well, my mother is still alive. We thought she was a 'gonner' for sure. I was even beginning to think about which songs I wanted played at her funeral. Thank the heavens she saw the doctor and got everything taken care of though. I think she might just stick around for a few more years. I subscribed to the blockbuster mailing list thing so that I could have a chance to watch all of the "GREAT" movies that our local blockbuster just doesn't have anymore. Last night though I watched a more recent release, "Catch and Release" starring Jennifer Garner. It wasn't that great. I would give it a 1.5 out of 5. I think that Kevin Smith really carried the movie. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Jennifer Garner, this just wasn't an exciting character. My favorite part of the movie is when Jennifer's character paints her room a light blue color. Kevin Smith walks in: "You painted the room.....It looks like a TAMPON BOX!!" I snickered. I...

: Random Thought of the Day : Idle Hands are the devil's playground. Isn't that what they say? What is an Idle Mind then? Must be something much more dangerous than simply having idle hands. I rented " My Own Private Idaho " a couple of nights ago. It's pretty trippy. I looked it up and it's supposed to be based on a William Shakespeare play. Isn't everything nowadays? I didn't like the dialogue. During the scene in the abandoned hotel when they were directly quoting Shakespeare, I felt it really took them out of the movie. My favorite character was Scott played by Keanu Reeves. I was intrigued with the notion of a 'rich boy' slumming with every intention of going back to his privileged life. River Pheonix's character was almost too apathetic for me. True, he showed emotion and I even felt sorry for him...but he was just too listless and blase about his whole situation. I don't think anyone who falls asleep in one city and wakes up in a...

We have a dry erase bored in our office and sometimes I get in a goofy mood and draw things on it. All appropriate of course, I mean..I do work in an office surrounded by children. Yesterday afternoon I was doodling during a slow period and I ended up drawing a Zombie squirrel. It was nothing exciting. A 1st grader could have drawn it. It was just two circles with arms sticking out and a huge tail with zombie eyes. *shrugs* I thought it was cute. You wouldn't believe the stir this critter caused. I walked in this morning and everyone is asking me why I drew a zombie squirrel. It was funny at first but after the 5 th question I was getting pretty irritated. Why the freak does it matter???? Is a zombie squirrel -SO- outlandish? My goodness. I watched "Stomp the Yard" last night. It was very entertaining, but not that much different, story wise, from " Drumline ". I would recommend it just for the incredible dancing though. Wow!! I also finished reading "Sacr...

My surgery went very well! Here's a run down of what happened in case anyone is interested. I got to the office and filled out the required paperwork. Boring. Then I was taken back to a room and given a little hair net thingie and booties to go over my shoes. The nurse gave me a Valium to chew up and an ibuprofen for any swelling. I got eye drops in my eyes every 10 minutes or so to numb them. After that we walked back to the surgery room and the doctor came in. They taped one eye shut and then taped my eyelashes (upper and lower) down. You can't really feel anything except pressure. Then I felt the metal thing being put in place to hold my eye lids open. Like I said, no pain, just a pressure sensation. After that it felt like he rubbed gel in my eye because everything was really blurry and things moved so quickly. He told me to focus on this green light and try to keep my attention on it. I would say it was over in 5 minutes. I could see immediately afterwards. It was a little...

It seems like so much has happened since my last update. I 'got a wild hare' to research my family tree. I don't know much about my father, but thankfully I found someone who did. I was basically able to trace my family back to the mayflower. I'm also related to Shirly Temple -Very distantly of course...and a few presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. A lot of politicians and freedom fighters. It was very interesting. Unfortunately, my maternal grandmother's family is full Cherokee and their is just no record of them. Hopefully, when we go back to Oklahoma in June I will be able to fill in some of the gaps. I also just got back from a wonderful vacation in Florida. The weather was pretty amazing. I think it stayed around 84 the whole entire time I was there. It didn't rain at all! I took a lot of pictures...around 120 to be exact. You can check out my Flickr page to see some of them. I don't want to post them ALL here, but I will a few of my favo...