Shelli’s Sentiments

We interrupt this previously scheduled post to bring you this message from Dell. Shelli will be taking a little blogcation. This is something that she wasn’t anticipating and will only be slightly enjoying. Let me assure you that had she actually planned this blogcation instead of having it forced upon her, she would be enjoying it much more. As has happened in the past, her laptop computer is overheating. Maybe it thinks it is being sympathetic and having hot flashes, too. Or maybe it’s because Shelli is so hot that it can’t help but overheat. Whatever the case, it is on it’s way back to the laptop hospital.

As you all know, Shelli has a husband, two children (who live at home) and a grandchild (who visits frequently). She has to compete with all of them for use of the desktop computer that is in the living room. This means that she will not be writing posts, visiting blogs, playing on Facebook (except for poking and some other small FB tasks that she can do on her Blackberry) or Twittering. (She could Twitter if Twitter ever fixed their IM service so she could go back to getting her Twitters on her phone via gtalk.) Please be kind to her in Parking Wars. In fact, everyone should take a break from Parking Wars so that they don’t get too far ahead of her. It is unknown how long she will be gone. It could be 2 days, or it could be 10. However, her absence from the computer will allow for lots of introspection, spiritual growth and for her to get to know her family again.

She will miss you.

I woke up yesterday morning 45 minutes after I should have woken up. Thank God I had showered the night before because there was barely time to wash my face and comb my hair. Then when I got to the highway, it was backed up past where my entrance ramp was and was like a parking lot almost all the way to my exit ramp, a good 3-5 miles (which is a long way in stop and go traffic). Even thought I was barely moving, my mind was going 65 miles an hour. You know how it is, when you start out behind, you feel like you have to move double time to get everything done. I was calling my friend, Lise’s, cell and work phone, trying to ask her to open up my rooms and get the computers going. (We have to get the rooms set up for the day and the computers in each room take some booting time before they are ready on the medical record program that we use for our charting, etc..) She finally realized I had been trying to get a hold of her and opened my rooms while she was calling me back telling me everything was under control.

I got to the clinic and realized that I didn’t have my badge that we need to swipe in order to log in. No problem, I thought, I’ll just log in via computer when I get to my desk. No, of course. That would have been too easy. I went to boot up my computer and, of course, overnight, they downloaded an update and now it was going to take 15-20 minutes to install. Sigh. No problem, I just used another computer to clock in.

That was just the first hour of my day. The rest of the work day went much like that. Busy, busy, busy. People were late, other people were early, etc., etc., etc.. I thought to myself and said to others, “This party I have after work is going to be so relaxing.” It was one of those home parties where there are things to buy, sample, whatever. This one had a photographic art and cards company, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware and a custom made purse company called Purse-oot of Happiness (she had some ready made, but you could also pick your fabric and your pattern and she will make them for you). Relaxing? Not so much. I rushed home and changed clothes, redid my hair and sprayed some spritzer on so I didn’t smell like sweat and doctor’s office and then I ran across the street to my neighbor’s who was having the party.

The party itself was nice. It was fun to see some of the women from my neighborhood and to have good food and some of the women had wine (not really my thing) and there was good conversation. There were a LOT of people there, both people wanting to buy stuff and then the sales people. There was a lot of stuff to see and lots of money to spend. I managed to get out of there without spending more than $12. I know! The purses were just to garish for my tastes and also they were WAY too expensive. Who needs Tupperware when you can buy Rubbermaid for 1/10 the price and you don’t feel bad when it gets ruined, you just throw it away and buy something new. The art/photograpy/cards and portraits? Not my style. But the Tastefully Simple stuff? Really good. If only I was the cook/baker in the family. That’s what I ended up buying, Absolutely Almond Pound Cake. It was super yummeh!

I think I finally sat down on the couch to do nothing but watch TV and vegetate at about 8:30. Whew! My kids didn’t even have anything going on and I still felt like I was running a marathon. I guess that probably means that I have a life, too.

Still, I hope that things are a little more even paced today.

I got this from Adam. I thought it was interesting and I didn’t have anything else to post so…

He took the top 100 movies of the last 25 years, as stated by Entertainment Weekly and bolded ones that he has seen and asterisked the ones he liked. I did the same.

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)**
3. Titanic (1997)**
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)**
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)**
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)**
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)**
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)**
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)**
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)**
21. Schindler’s List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)**
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)**
30. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)**
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)**
34. Fargo (1996)**
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)**
37. Pretty Woman (1990)**
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)**
40. Speed (1994)**
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)**
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)**
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)**
48. Scarface (1983)**
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)**
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)**
55. Risky Business (1983)**
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)**
58. Ghostbusters (1984)**
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)**
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)**
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)**
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)**
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)**
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma and Louise (1991)**
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)**
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)**
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)**
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut (1999)

He stated that there were some that weren’t on there that should be, one being Princess Bride. As that is one of my all time favorite movies, I would have to agree. Some others that I thought of were Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean (any of them, in my opinion) and Crash.

I wasn’t going to post anything about this, but I was surfing around the blog land and so many were talking about what Carlin meant to them and I realized that he did make an impression on me. I frequently quote his 7 words speech. A lot of people who don’t know me very well think that I am so sweet and innocent so when those words come out of my mouth, it shocks them a little bit. I like that. My favorite bit that he did, though, was his monologue that he did on The Tonight Show in 2006 called What Kind of Man. I tried to get it so I could embed it here, but the embedding was disabled on YouTube. You can see it here. Here are the lyrics (They really seem like lyrics because the way he does it, it sounds like a rap, it’s so cool.):

I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium, digital and smoke-free, a diversified multi-cultural post-modern deconstructionist, politically, anatomically, and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been uplinked and downloaded, I’ve been inputed and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech lowlife, a state-of-the-art bi-coastal multitasker, and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond. I’m new wave, but I’m old school, and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat-seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice-activated and biodegradable. I interface with my database, and my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive, and from time to time, I’m radioactive. Behind the 8-ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, dodging the bullet, pushing the envelope. I’m on point, on task, on message, and off drugs. I got no need for coke and speed. I have no urge to binge and purge. I’m in the moment, on the edge, over the top, but under the radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistics missionary. A street-wise smart bomb, a top-gun bottom-feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps, I run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing bigfoot slamdunk rainmaker with a proactive outreach. A raging workaholic, a working rageaholic, out of rehab and in denial. I got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant, and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up, you can’t dumb me down, ’cause I’m tireless, and I’m wireless. I’m an alphamale on beta blockers. I’m a non-believer and an overachiever, laid back, but fashion forward, up front, down home, low rent, high maintenance; super size, long lasting, high definition, fast acting, oven ready, and built to last. I’m a hands-on, footloose, kneejerk headcase, prematurly post-traumatic, and I have a love child who sends me hate mail. But I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing, a supportive, bonding, nurturing, primary caregiver. My output is down, but my income is up. I take a short position on a long bond, and my revenue stream has its own cash flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds, I watch trash sports. I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user friendly, and lactose intolerant. I like rough sex, I like tough love, I use the F-word in my e-mails, and the software on my hard drive is hardcore, no soft porn. I bought a microwave at a minimall, I bought a minivan at a megastore, I eat fast food in the slow lane. I’m tollfree, bite size, ready to wear, and I come in all sizes. A fully equipped, factory authorized, hospital tested, clinically proven, scientifically formulated medical miracle. I’ve been prewashed, precooked, preheated, prescreened, preapproved, postdated, freeze dried, double wrapped, vacuum packed, and I have an unlimited broadband capacity. I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal, lean and mean, cocked, locked, and ready to rock; rough, tough, and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide, I got glide in my stride. Drivin’ and movin’, sailin’ and spinin’, jivin’ and groovin’, wailin’ and winnin’. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hardy, and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin’ in, there ain’t no doubt, and I’m hangin’ tough, over and out.

How appropriate that last sentence is. Rest in peace, George Carlin.

Alternate title: Stupid Shit That Keeps You Awake At Night

What kind of stupid shit keeps you awake at night? Here is some of the things that keep me awake sometimes:

• My toenails are too long.
• The hair on my legs is too long and it gets pulled by sticking through the sheets and/or blankets.
• I run out of AmbienCR and forget to refill it, realizing it at 10:30 when the pharmacy is already closed and then I keep myself awake by thinking that I absolutely need to have AmbienCR to go to sleep at night.
• Obsessing over the fact that I did not write a post for a Monday before I went to bed on a Sunday.
• My hands are dry and I am trying to go to sleep without getting my ass out of bed to go put some lotion.
• My feet are dry and I am trying to go to sleep without getting my ass out of bed to go put some lotion.
• Worries.
• Spousal snoring.
• Hearing my son coughing up his lungs in the next room.
• Headache.
• Nausea.
• Thinking about how awesome I am for keeping my feed reader clear by reading all posts that were written all weekend long.
• Thinking about being laptopless because I have to send it back, yet again, to fix the overheating problem.
• Playing word games, such as Word Challenge, Scramble, WordTwist and Text Twirl in my head so that when I am actually playing them, I can win, win, win.
• Thinking about requesting refills on several different meds that I am out of or almost out of.
• Replaying conversations that I have had throughout the day and telling myself that this was stupid to say or that was clever or whatever.
• My ear canals itch.
• Sunburn.
• A restless puppy.
• Too hot.
• Too cold.

Yes, I am a dork, thank you very much. Sorry this post wasn’t up at midnight for those of you who are sitting on pins and needles, just waiting for my posts to publish. Don’t tell me that none of you are doing that. It will hurt my feelings.

I think I might go back to bed now, since I got about 15 minutes of sleep last night. Good thing I don’t have to work today. Yes, I requested refills on my prescriptions now.