1. Reason 500,000 that I am strange: I miss the chance of the random blizzard popping up on Halloween.
2. Song that just won't leave my head: Kellerman's Resort Song from "Dirty Dancing." Honestly, I'm humming it now. And I haven't watched that movie in months.
3. I have decided to find a new home for the Jumpin' Husker Ferrets. It should make it easier to travel in the next few months when not worrying about bothering my BR friends with the 'please watch them for 2 weeks while I vacay' requests.
4. Nip/Tuck has once again piqued my interest. For how long? That's anybody's guess.
5. For Halloween this year, I have decided to be happy. For a change.

Current Mood: Altogether spooky

Currently Listening to: Kalamazoo by Ben Folds

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Today's Goal: To breathe.

Happy Birthday, Matt!

1. Fun fact: I WILL watch BRAVO's countdown of the 100 Scariest Movie Moments/30 More Scary Movie Moments every time it is on TV. And I mean it. Every.time.it.is.aired.I.will.watch.as.though.it.has.changed.somehow.in.the.past.12.hours. Darn you, BRAVO!
2. Cross-stitching 2007 has begun again. I finished one project and got 1/3 of the way through another over the weekend. Honestly, I don't know how many projects I have completed thus far this year. (Yeah, once again I suck.)
3. I wanna be Sweet Dee when I grow up. Or at least for Halloween.
4. I like the soup options at Quizno's much better than the salads.
5. This weeks' sign of the apocolypse: Bring It On 4.

1. In high school, my sister's favorite color was orange.
2. She liked orange so much that our mother made her a hunter orange prom dress.
3. The dress was really, really cute. Actually.
4. Her favorite toy as a child would either be her Little Miss Make-up Doll or her conveyor belt equipped cash register.
5. She used to name all of our cats (we lived on a farm, we had almost as many as Becky's neighbors do).
6. She enjoyed making a cape for one cat, so that s/he could become SuperKitty.
7. While getting ready for school, I used to freak her out by putting a sock on my hand. The sock puppet would then threaten to bite her.
8. She's a much better driver than me.
9. She saw Heathers before me. Due to the fact that she stayed home 'sick' from school the day after we rented the movie from Video Mania. So, when I was watching it later that night, she kept on blurting out facts about the movie.
10. I eventually forgave her for trying to ruin my Heathers experience.
11. She wants to dance at Splash.
12. She has created her own form of sign language.
13. While growing up, she was mistaken for the fourth child of my aunt more than as my sister. My red hair stood out in a wave of blonde.

• Brought my lunch 4-out-of-5 days.
• Finished reading Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore. (Whom I adore.)
• Discovered Samantha Who?
• Began updating my resume.
• Almost won a couple games of Scrabble.
• Avoided my Cane's craving.
• Caught up on filing.
• Discussed the meaning of life beyond work...with just about everyone.
• Made conversation uncomfortable for a few colleagues.
• Discussed toys with MoSus.

1. Dependable
2. Honest
3. Ethical
4. Hard-working
5. Flexible
6. Knowledgeable
7. Scrabble-ific
8. Tall
9. Easy-going
10. Husker
11. Klutzy
12. Likable
13. Modest

1. If I still worked in Nebraska, I would have gotten off of work early yesterday due to the firing of the Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (True story...about the AD. Only semi-true story about the shortened day...depends on where I was employed.)
2. I may be slightly responsible for Becky's recent addiction to raspberry mocha fraps from Starbucks.
3. Christopher Moore is my newest author crush. He's not that cute, but I his writing. (I still lust after Chuck Klosterman and Jasper Fforde, of course.)
4. Wow. I'm a geek.
5. My two new favorite television series for the season are: Samantha Who? and Pushing Daisies. Let the countdown til their demise begin.

• Lunched with KD & Brandon on Thursday at Whole Foods. (Yummy!)
• Happy houred with Jules, Zach & Brett at On the Border after work on Thursday.
• Introduced Jules to sushi at lunch on Friday. Moe assisted in this effort.
• Bought 3 new books at the bookstore. (Couldn't help myself.)
• Hit up Hollydays with Moe & Jules after work. (I love me some Cherry Republic products.)
• Supped with Moe & Jules at O'Charley's on Friday after Hollydays.
• Got my hairs cut by Brandon on Saturday. (While Nebraska decided that winning was once again not an option. Ugh!)
• Cleaned the Jumpin' Husker apartment.
• Shopped til I almost dropped with Moe at Target & Petco on Sunday. (Picked up the following DVDs: Dexter (Season 1) & It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Seasons 1&2). Woot!)
• Took Moe out for lupper at Deano's.
• Enjoyed watching Legally Blonde: The Musical on MTV.

Overall, it has been a good few days. Hopefully this trend will continue.

Well, I really should be getting to work. And stuff.

Appetizer
When was the last time you were surprised?

About a week ago when the custodian sneaked into my office while I was concentrating on my computer. He really didn't 'sneak,' but I just wasn't aware he was there until he asked a question and I jumped a little in my chair.

Soup
Fill in the blanks: My eyes are ________, but I wish they were __________.

My eyes are blue, but I wish they were sparkling with happiness.

Salad
If you were a Beanie Baby, what would you look like and what would your name be?

Klutzy Koala.

Main Course
Name two things you consistently do that you consider to be healthy habits.

1. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

2. Rinse & disinfect the shower & bathtub daily.

Dessert
What brand of toothpaste are you using these days? Do you like it? Why or why not?

Colgate Cool Mint. It's okay, I guess. I basically bought it due to my coupon habit.

1. Filing. It honestly never ends in my office.
2. Making copies. <Insert your own SNL line here.>
3. Cutting ribbon. If you want details, ask.
4. Walking to the west side of campus.
5. Updating a database.
6. Cleaning out my e-mail.
7. Dusting my office.
8. Calling my mother.
9. Guilting MoSus into adding the Scrabulous application to her facebook account.
10. Submitting my updated resume to potential employers.
11. Decorating the lower part of my office.
12. Eating a healthy lunch that I brought from home.
13. Stop procrastinating.

Things that I will most like do today

• Dink around on the interweb.
• Play Scrabble.
• Eat at Cane's for lunch.
• Talk myself out of applying for new employment.
• Complain.
• Meet with my supervisor for our weekly one-on-one.
• Paperwork...just not as much as I should.
• Purchase books from the bookstore.
• Procrastinate.

• I am starting to dislike college football. More specifically teams (that will go unnamed) that seem to have promise, but then completely fall a part anytime we (I mean, they) play a ranked team on national television.
• The Jumpin' Husker Ferrets are currently clean...and upset with me for that fact. I have the scratch marks to prove it.
• Floyd spent 4 hours on Saturday snuggling with me. What a good ferret.
• I really need to read more of Christopher Moore's work.
• Have a shopping list ready for a trip to Target. Now I need to arrange the trip to Target.
• I really, really like Pushing Daisies. So I hope the normal curse of Me liking something good on tv has finally been lifted. We shall see.
• The aunts on Pushing Daisies are named after my cousins. Honestly. In my mind, they are.
• Exercise needs to be reintroduced to my vocabulary.
• Copying machines are an invention of the devil.
• Paper cuts suck.
• Wal Mart is a happy place on Tuesday mornings. Who knew?
• I suck at Scrabble.

Well, I should be getting back to productivity now. Have a delightful Tuesday.

• Finished reading A Spot of Bother. Not sure how I feel about it. I really liked Haddon's first book. This one was just eh...or maybe it's due to the fact that it's the first non-vampire/alternate universe book I've read in awhile?
• Switched the Jumpin' Husker Ferrets food. They are still not speaking to me.
• Been bored with TV. Even the new shows or the new seasons of shows that I've been anticipating. I believe this is due to the fact that I'm old. Not that there's a serious lack of good television. (Fingers crossed that Pushing Daisies does not disappoint.)
• I am homesick. It's official. And I'm doing my best to get home soon. (December at the latest.)

1. Just when I thought I understood college football, Saturday, September 29, 2007, happens.
2. T is in Minnesota. MoSus is in Tennessee. And I'm still in Louisiana.
3. OCD strikes again. I finished a 600+-page book in one day. Why? Because I wanted to finish all three books in the Twilight series in the month of September.
4. I'm beginning to wonder if I truly do love the 80s?
5. My office looks like a war zone. And I feel like escaping to Canada to avoid the draft.