February 27, 2006

Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side

We've all been getting down with the sickness over here. Though rather than being in a Dutchie-induced haze, it's all about the cold meds. Let me just say that a person can have some messed up dreams when combining anti-crazy drugs and cold medicine.

I suffered through the flu all last week, only going to work on Friday to struggle my way through Yet Another Terminally And Inevitably Boring Meeting. Mandatory, that is. Actually, my problem with the meeting was not that it was dull (a lot of updating from participants that had little to do with me), but that I kept wanting to put on my Manufacturing Systems hat when that is not my function anymore. Problems were being discussed that, as a Systems Engineer, I've encountered before. And so I wanted to be all Little Miss Problem Solver, Madam Two-Cents, Pretty Princess Buttinsky. I had to keep reminding myself to zip it. Nobody likes a know-it-all, after all.

Calvin, the poor kid, has inherited my illness. Well, my illness of the contagious kind, anyway. He sounds like Senior Sessy Frog. Remember that episode of Friends where Phoebe has a cold and she thinks her cold voice is sexy? It's like that. I must remember to get Calvin to sing "Smelly Cat" for me later.

Let's see, what else has been going on in the seventeen days its been since I've last written? Well, there's school - I got a B+ in my Managerial Accounting class, and man am I glad that's over with. I have my last Communications class tomorrow night in which I present a completely bullshit song and dance about a book on leadership that I almost, but not quite, entirely did not read. I'm good at those. Then I start Economics (which is another area in which I call bullshit - my credits from the other Econ classes I've taken didn't carry over to this school) and International Business for the March/April semester.

Are you sick of hearing me whine about school yet? I am.

We went to the Renaissance Festival a couple of weekends ago and had a good time. We sent Marie and her friend in their own direction, and it was so nice to stroll around, hand-in-hand with Calvin. The Ren Fest is pretty much the same every year, so if you go read this entry it will prevent me from having to type the same thing all over again. Heh.

Work has been insanely busy (gasp! look at all the new information right there!). This fact is not at all helped by the steady stream of departing co-workers from the group. Our particular business group has a hiring freeze at the moment, which means that the positions of those departing will not be back-filled. Which means that their work will be redistributed to the (dwindling) number of people remaining. Which means, as one co-worker described it, "This summer is going to be a bitch." I just keep chanting the mantra, "It's good to be gainfully employed," and try not to fuss too much. I have waaaay too many bills to knock the steady paycheck.

Speaking (roundaboutly) of money, we filed our taxes and will be receiving a small, yet tidy, refund. We seem to have discovered the way to strike enough of a balance that we neither owe, nor give Uncle Sam an interest-free loan of too great an amount. With our habit of filing as soon as we receive all the required paperwork, it means we can sit back and relax and make fun of the people sitting in a loooong line at the post office at 11:55 pm on April 14th. Great sport, that.

Arizona is now going on 133 days without rain. That's over four months, people. This state has exceeded even my expectations of stupidity.

I need more good music for my iPod. Anybody out there have some good stuff that they can recommend? Favorite songs, albums, new artists, old stuff that I've forgotten about?

We've watched a lot of movies (a LOT a lot). And here are my Movie Reviews in Two Sentences, More or Less:

Flight Plan - Ih, I totally spotted the bad guy a half hour into the movie. And for some reason Jodie Foster annoys me.
The Legend of Zorro - Two hours of my life that I'll never get back. I just wanted to smack that little kid.
The Fog - A scary movie that didn't scare me. And the ending was stupid.
Just Like Heaven - So saccharine that it gave me cavities.
Hard Promises - This is a 1991 movie starring William Peterson (Grissom of CSI fame). I just have to say, who knew his ass was that cute? My head was exploding throughout the movie.
Waiting - If you haven't seen this movie, YOU GO NOW. I'm buying this one, and it will become first in my one-liner repertoire, replacing even Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the Movie Whose Lines I Most Often Insert Into Casual Conversation Whether It Is Appropriate To Do So Or Not.
Transporter II - I love that guy. The movie was decent, too.
Lord of War - I couldn't finish it. There was a severe lack of momentum.
Doom - We (I) bought it strictly for The Rock's chest. The movie will probably be elevated to "Predator" status by the other members of my family.
War of the Worlds - It was better than I expected. I still hate Tom Cruise.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - It didn't suck. I still hate Brad Pitt.
The 40 Year Old Virgin - You know, I was surprised by this one. It was actually really funny.
Underworld: Evolution - You know that List that couples have of the stars that each are allowed to sleep with if they happen to show up at the front door and say, "I must have you now"? Yes, well, Kate Beckinsale is on both of our lists - but Scott Speedman is just on mine.
Must Love Dogs - Every bit as saccharine as "Just Like Heaven", but in my eyes John Cusack can do no wrong.
Valiant - The animated movie about WWII messenger pigeons. Calvin the WWII buff says that it was historically accurate, and we were both entertained by it.
Wedding Crashers - I laughed, but there was tequila. It might have been funny without it, but at present I just don't know.

Okay, that's all I can remember. Uhh, about the movies and about what I've been doing for the past two weeks. Over and out!

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