vacation

i am on vacation until June 14th. off to see the nations capital for the first time in 10 years.

if i get a free geeky moment, i might post something. highly unlikely though.

i'll let you know when i get back.

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things that make me laugh

i was just reading something depressing so to get those thoughts out of my head, here's a list of things that make me laugh:

--how mtv edits out words like "guns" "drugs" "smoking" anything alcohol, drug, tobacco, violence related. like those things are edited when i hear the song on the radio...i don't think a song with the lyrics "I do it for the drugs..." is as bad as say a program by the name of Jackass...or just about any other program on that damn station truthfully.

--how these commercials for wax make the process look so painless and easy. how can waxing your legs/underarms/bikini line be painless and easy? what happens when only some of the hair comes up? and what do you do during those weeks that your hair has to grow back to that length before you can wax it again? wear pants? c'mon now!

--political arguements on any cable news channel. abortion, laci peterson, al franken vs. bill o'reilly, eric rudolph...you name it, there's two people at each others throats on tv debating it. i know people are passionate about their causes, but do you really think screaming at someone who disagrees is a civil, adult way to handle the situation? like screaming changes people's minds.

--record labels and their losing battle against the internet and slumping cd sales. the only commercials that come on m2 these days are for some iffy band that no one has heard of and not many people care about. hearing a 10 second clip isn't going to make me want to rush out and buy that cd (or call the 800 number and spend 18 bucks on something i've never heard). and do they really think they'll be able to stop all unauthorized music downloads? what if i emailed my friend some mp3's? is that copyright infringement?

--the FCC. what a joke that commission is. do they really think that by loosening regulations, the public will be able to connect with more opinions and more sources of media? i took Mass Comm Law (or a variation of) when i was in college and the regulations that passed yesterday do not seem to be in the publics best interest. i hope everyone loves Clear Channel radio and Disney/Viacom television stations. Like Joe Scarborough (my favorite conservative)said on MSNBC last night, "And chances are very good that if the FCC has its way, your City Council and Congressional elections will be shaped by the editorial policies of a media giant in Manhattan, Paris or Berlin." it's going to get pretty boring in the media world over the next few years. thank you Michael Powell! (son of the great *cough* colin powell)

ok i feel better now, more lists to come at a later date.

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manic monday

wish it was sundaaaaaaay...

i dunno how i feel today. i'm tired--physically and emotionally. not to sound ungrateful, but i'm tired of people going on and on about how wonderful my straight hair is. i'm happy with it! i love it! i just don't want to go around to everyone saying "look at me! i had curly hair and now it's straight!" this person at work kept doing that for me. she'd go tell people i've never even talked to and how great my hair looks. thank you. i think i said that a billion times. i also told her to stop it! i'm an attention monger when i want to be and today really wasn't that day. so it's old news to me now and i hope maybe tomorrow we can go on with our business.

speaking of business...today i realized how people use me at work. this one lady, bless her heart, has cancer right. so she only comes to work like once or twice a week. well today was a day she came in, but she didn't do anything. our boss gave her something to do and the only reason i know that is because at the end of the day she brought it to me and asked me to do it in the morning since she didn't get to it today. why didn't she get to it today? it was a simple put a label on an envelope and mail thing. she didn't get to it b/c she spent the whole (and i mean entire 3 hours) afternoon talking to people in our office. mind you there is a grand total of 5 people who work there and answer the phone when it rings: myself, cancer woman, naive girl, hick woman, perm lady. well...if cancer woman, naive girl and perm lady are all chatting it up in the break room...who's left to do any work? myself and the hick woman. and the hick woman doesn't do shit unless the building is on fire and there's no other options. so it just kind of upset me that at the end of the day when i spent the whole afternoon working my ass off, she brings me this assignment she was given and expects me to take care of it in the morning, and NOT LET ANYONE KNOW I'M DOING HER WORK! that's what peeved me most i guess.

but on the other hand, i feel bad griping about all of this because i am getting like 7 days off from work without being charged and we never work a whole day on fridays and when my paycheck was short my boss gave me cash to make up the difference and i got a fancy new keyboard and wireless mouse to play with and no one else did. i still love my job! i just wish i wasn't taken advantage of so often.

i just got done washing and restyling my straight hair. it's not as easy as it looks! but it's still easier than it used to be. took me like 15 mins instead of an hour. yay. it's so short i can't pull it back in my clippy anymore though!

al franken and bill o'reilly mixed it up on c-span. they just showed a clip of it just a sec ago on MSNBC. i don't care for either of them, but i love how BOR acts so childish when he's in an arguement. i watch his show every now and then just to see him freak out and yell at people.

anyway...i guess i'm just gripey today. i'm going on vacation in 3 days though! yay!

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