Catching Ducks

I was driving home on the freeway tonight, cruising along at 65 mph, when all of a sudden the traffic slowed down. I wasn't sure if it was an accident or construction or what. Pretty soon I found out: There was a mattress on the road. 100 feet later, there was a a bed frame on the road. But since we were all slowed down, nobody had any trouble avoiding it!

Labels: driving

It seems like no one uses the word "saw" anymore. I keep hearing, "I seen that." If they said, "I've seen that," I could handle it. But "I seen that"? Ick.

Labels: grammar

For the the last year or so, I've been eating a soy yogurt every day on my break at work . Fred Meyers charged 99¢, as did QFC and PCC. I did most of my shopping at Fred Meyers, so I usually bought my yogurts there. A while back they raised their price to $1.10. I wasn't willing to pay the extra 10¢ five days a week, so I started making regular trips to PCC. I happily discovered that PCC gives a "case discount" of 10% if you buy more than 12 yogurts. Today I was in Fred Meyers and lo and behold! They dropped their price back to 99¢. Apparently I'm not the only one who found a different place to buy my yogurts! Ah, market forces. It's nice when capitialism works!

On a linguistic tangent, I had no idea how to punctuate "lo and behold". I'm assuming that's because it's an archaic phrase that stuck around into modern English. We say it as one word, so no wonder I didn't know how to punctuate it!

Labels: food, grammar

From Firefly:


Zoe: Now we have a boatful of citizens right on top of our stolen cargo. That's a fun mix.
Mal: Ain't no way in the 'verse they could find that compartment, even if they were looking for it.
Zoe: Why not?
Mal: [pause] 'Cause.
Zoe: Oh yeah, this is gonna go great.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just shoot 'em.
Zoe: Shoot 'em?
Mal: Politely.

Labels: Firefly

Thanks to Jack's bad influence, I watch C.S.I. and Without a Trace. When I'm watching the detectives investigate a crime scene, I sometimes wonder what they would think of my apartment. For instance, I currently have a toothbrush wrapped in saran wrap sitting on a shelf in my fridge. What conclusions would they draw from that?

Labels: TV

I've heard and read many times that exercising regularly makes people addicted to the endorphins, so when they stop they don't feel good.

I'm sure this is true for many people (I think my dad has told me this), but it was never true for me. There was a point in my life when I exercised every day. When I stopped, I felt nothing but relief. Exercising never made me feel good (except in the healthier, less-overweight sense). It was always annoying.

I'm not saying I shouldn't exercise, I'm just saying that endorphin thing isn't true for me.

Labels: health

It's hot. And my bus was late. Yuck.

Labels: weather

I'm usually incredibly irregular: anywhere from 24 to 34 days. But for the last three months, it's been 30 days exactly -- whee! But I'm not sure if I can handle knowing when its going to show up. This could be weird...

Labels: health

I had absolutely no idea what this week's quote was going to be.... until I started reading the Project Runway recap on TWoP. The first sentence had me laughing, and voila! I had found my quote. So, here's Jeff:



[Malan] interviews that he was born in Taiwan. My second grade teacher had been a missionary to Taiwan and, when all of the kids came back from the holiday break, she stood at the doorway and bowed to each of us and said, "Gong-shi, Gong-shi. Congratulations, the dragon didn't get you." I'll have to base my future judgements of Malan's pathology on the fact that they tell young children there that a dragon might eat them every New Year's Day.

Labels: TV

Recently I posted the results of an online personality test I took. I was in a rather foul mood when I took the test, and I remember reading the results and thinking what an unpleasant person the results described. I decided it was because I was in such a bad mood, and forgot about it.

What's interesting (to me, anyway) is that both Tofutti Cutie and Zanda told me they found the personality description hilarious!

Labels: friends

This week: one of my favorite TWoP recappers, Shack, recapping one of the worst shows I've ever seen, Tru Calling...


[...] he's going to commit double-homicide in order to protect himself from getting framed for murder? I can't believe how stupid this show is. You know what I think is going on? We accidentally missed a season of The Real World here at Television Without Pity. They set a season in Burbank, and the kids were all required to come up with a television show as their job. And this is the "fruit" of their "labor". It makes perfect sense. This is exactly the kind of story the dipshits on those shows would come up with, when they weren't finding excuses why they didn't do anything at all or complaining about racism and homophobia.

Labels: TV

When I was driving over to my parent's house last night, I passed a minivan being driven by what looked like a 12-year-old girl. She must have been 16 or 17, but she looked so much younger to me!

I must be getting old...

Labels: random silliness

I decided to start a new blog specifically for retail-related stories: Tales from the World of Retail.

Labels: computers, work

I took an online personality test. Here's the results:


My "trait snapshot": neat freak, organized, worrying, phobic, fears the unknown, irritable, pessimistic, emotionally sensitive, fears chaos, risk averse, fragile, unadventurous, depressed, frequently second guesses self, likes to fit in, does not like to stand out, perfectionist, hard working, does not like to be alone, clingy, dependent, practical, ordinary, cautious, takes precautions, good at saving money, suspicious, heart over mind, busy, altruistic




Mostly seems right, except for the "good at saving money" part. They must have me confused with my brother!

Labels: random silliness

From a recent episode of "C.S.I.":



Nick: You know, there's not a lot of blood on the ground for a decapitation like this.
Grissom: Well, we don't know how far he was dragged. Where's the head?
Nick: I'll find it.
[a little bit later]
Grissom: Hey Nick!
Nick: Yeah?
Grissom: I think I found a toupee. Our vic may be bald.
Nick: Thanks. That will help me distinguish it from the other severed heads I find out here.

Labels: TV

Tomorow is the 4th of July, my least favorite holiday. It combines alcohol, hot/sunny weather, and fireworks. New Year's Eve, my second least favorite holiday, at least has the decency to be in winter.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go close the windows and blinds, turn on the fan, and put some headphones on.

Labels: holidays, weather