Author: etoiline

I hope you’re wearing your green

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This is one of my favorite holidays because a) you’re supposed to wear green, and that’s my favorite color (in case you didn’t notice 😉 ) and b) it’s on the 17th, which happens to be one of my favorite numbers. So it’s a good thing. But this day is going to suck, really. I’m about to start on two isolations…and I have to pick up two bloods…can’t mix up the plasmas this time…and I have to try to finish early enough to head over to the DMV because some jerk stole my tabs…and I have to call my dad and tell him that the car needs to be worked on (smoke from the hood is generally a bad thing) and that means that I should probably fix the airbag and the windshield wipers…
but then I get to go out tonight. That should be good. As long as I remember to tape Survivor 😉
So happy St. Pat’s … I hope yours is less busy than mine!

good for a laugh

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A man just moved into a house. Amid the chaos inside he heard a knock at the front door. He flung the door open only to find no one there. With a muttered curse, the man started to slam the door when he spied a snail on the stoop. Exasperated, he picked it up and threw it as far as he could.

A year later there was another knock on the door. The man opened it and the snail, with its hands on its hips, said impatiently, “Now, what the heck was that all about?”

Fashion Sense, and a rant

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So the other night after my mom’s art show we were watching one of Ellen’s HBO comedy specials, and just about all of it was frickin’ hilarious. But there was one meandering thought that just made me bust out laughing, and I had to write it down because I knew I would forget it, and I knew I wanted to share it with you fine folks 😉
“Sometimes I think fashion designers are just seeing what they can make us wear. I’m talking about, you know, the sarong and the sari–I think they’re the same thing, but if they’re not, I’m ‘sarong’ and ‘sari’ …
Get it? ‘So wrong’ and ‘sorry’?
Yeah. I thought it was funny.
I wonder if she has dvds? Or maybe it’s only funny the first time around. Who knows.
x-posted at my LJ.
oy. too bad I don’t have st. patrick’s day off. it’s going to be busy. But possibly I’ll go have fun with the gals at a pub somewhere later that night. And isn’t it great when I have a VLDL and 2 OGTTs in one day? I don’t care if you know what those mean…it just means a heckuva lot of work for me.

the friday five

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1. What was the last song you heard? Five for Fighting – 100 Years

2. What were the last two movies you saw? DVD: The Three Musketeers (Disney) and Underworld

3. What were the last three things you purchased? Certified mail and receipt confirmation, and masking tape and batteries.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend? Read my library books, help the ‘rents set up the art show at my high school, see Hidalgo with Molly, and make sure I have everything I need to get new license tabs next week.

5. Who are the last five people you talked to? Jing, Kenichi, Dong Ho, Luigi, Paige (co-workers)

Fool’s Fate

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I get to see Hidalgo with Molly on Sunday. That makes me happy. More Viggo on a horse! :hehe:

A little outrage

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I got an email the other day from the wB promoting that week’s shows, and one of the ads off to the side was for Sheryl Crow’s ‘best of’ album. The featured song on the ad was ‘I Shall Believe’ …used on One Tree Hill. But that’s *not* where it was originally used on the wB…Roswell had it first, during the episode we all know and love: End of the World. So it made me a little sad and peeved that they couldn’t promote that instead. Ah well.

And another reason to be pissed at the wB: they’re cancelling Angel after this year, the fifth season. So that means next year the only reason I will turn on channel 11 is for Smallville. Stupid wB. I don’t understand why they think they need to cancel shows like this with such a devoted following…but I guess they just want the dvd sales to peak. One of these days I will indeed buy the boxed sets for Buffy and Angel and Roswell…one of these days.

the friday five

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What was…

1. …your first grade teacher’s name? Mrs. Coleman.

2. …your favorite Saturday morning cartoon? Er. I know I watched a lot of cartoons, but I don’t remember what my favorite was. Something like the Smurfs, Carebears, Strawberry Shortcake or Rose Petal Palace…or Fraggle Rock, if you count that. It’s a show at least 😉

3. …the name of your very first best friend? Hah. If I don’t remember tv shows how do you think I remember names? Sigh. I know I had a happy childhood but I honestly don’t remember it.

4. …your favorite breakfast cereal? Cheerios, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios if I was lucky ;)…I never got those sugary kids cereals.

5. …your favorite thing to do after school? Read, of course. That hasn’t changed 🙂