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emmy awards 2012

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:14:24 GMT

i'm pretty sure that sums up how i feel about the emmys.
all of my american shows were either not nominated or lost.
and all of my british shows - that were nominated - lost.
so... yeah.
even the fashion was really quite unimpressive this year.
and jimmy kimmel was an okay host. i would have much rather seen fallon host though.

but, below the cuts i've nominated some of my favorite fashions for the night.
so... yeah. i'm still upset that chris mckenna lost the only shot "community" had at an emmy this year.
ARGH.

well, onto fashion, then! ;)

TINA FEY
I definitely didn't think she'd make my best dressed list, but this color and cut of dress was AMAZING on Tina. Coupled with her hair, she looked absolutely stunning. It's so nice to see her in a color that isn't black and in a shape of dress that is super flattering for her figure. And there's just enough detail on the dress so that it's pretty, but not overwhelming. Four for you, Tina!

JULIE BOWEN
I usually hate this color (neon-y tones and things that are super bright aren't really my thing) but Julie looked quite stunning in this gown. Her skin tone matched it perfectly and I loved her hair and minimal jewelry. Good job, Emmy winner.

ZOOEY DESCHANEL
Princess Zooey, you look perfect! Her dress is Reem Acra, which I tweeted yesterday would probably be my first choice if I ever went to an awards show because of how feminine and delicate those dresses are. And she looks perfectly elegant in it. The bust is a little bit weird, as far as the way it fits her (it feels like it should be up a little higher), but I really loved the dress overall, so she makes the good list this year. ;)

LESLIE MANN
I absolutely love the color combination of the yellow-orange and teal jewelry. The top of the dress looks so elegant and vintage-y, and the dress has pockets which, of course, just makes it perfect. I love how comfortable she looked in it, too. (And she said on the red carper that it was a very comfortable dress!) If I had to wear something at a hot awards show for hours on end, I'd want comfort over anything else. And she looks gorgeous in it. So, yay!

EMILY VANCAMP
I actually liked this dress! I'm not usually a fan of grey on the red carpet (or neutral tones... or white...) but I think she pulled it off well. I think I just like how airy and light the material is, to be honest. And it fit Emily quite nicely. Plus, she was wearing a bracelet with a bow on it. A BOW.

JANE LEVY
I love when redheads wear blue or cobalt or turquoise. I don't know why - maybe it's the pale skintone - but this color usually looks stunning on them, and Jane is no exception. She looks elegant but not matronly. I know she's a young actress, so the cinched waist and the jewelry (and the capped sleeves, for that matter), really help to make her look youthful and vibrant. She was definitely one of my best-dressed of the night.

dan harmon's advice to writers (from his AMA on reddit)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:01:46 GMT

“My suggestion for young writers: find your voice and shout it. Know who you are, know what you love, know what you hate and why. Take a piece of paper and press it to the top of your brain and share that map of your universe with anyone who will bother to look at it. If that doesn’t appeal to you, the problem solves itself, because there are those among us who are compelled to do it, and they are the ones that should be doing it. Hollywood was a different place when I moved here - one notable difference being that I had to move here, because Hollywood was a geographic location, whereas it is increasingly becoming simply an industry spread around the world. Rob Schrab and I wrote a spec script and we wrote our phone number on the cover sheet and we kept ten copies of it in the back seat of each of our cars. And we annoyed the hell out of anyone we met that we thought might possibly read it. And we got lucky. Nowadays, you probably don’t need the backseat of the car, you can bug people and say, “can I please email you my script, and if you have a chance, could you read it?” Many will say no, some will say yes, most of them won’t read it anyway. But it’s really all you can do on your end. You can just write and try to get people to read it and hope that somehow, one of them knows an agent.

Yes, I believe in my heart of hearts that, to quote Stuart Cornfeld, a producer working for Ben Stiller’s Red Hour, “talent will out.” Talent will out. If you should be doing what you are doing, either by grace of God or the industry’s greed, you are going to be discovered. The difficulty is that you can’t control when (That, by the way, is the unfair syndrome that results in, for instance, there not being enough black voices in television. Disenfranchised demographics statistically don’t have the outside support system to pursue a career as frivolous and unpredictable as writing so you have Harvard graduates giving jobs to Harvard graduates in precisely the vocations that require their sheltered point of view the least, which leads to bad TV which leads to disenfranchisement of unsheltered demographics but that’s an answer to a different question and now the Ketel One is doing the talking). But yes, short or tall, black or white, male or female, weird or handsome, if you are talented, your talent will out. It will rise to the top. And one of the least likable aspects of my personality, by all reports, is that I associate talent with “goodness.” So by my perverse definitions, yes, good writing and good people rise to the top and get to make a difference. It’s just very important that MORE OF US TRY. I’m looking at you, sixth grade black girl in a public school that likes to write but isn’t being told writing is an option by anyone. Maybe it’s not an option but if it’s your COMPULSION, I believe you owe it to your God, your government and yourself to indulge it come hell or high water.

The wheels of animation turn slowly, especially at the beginning. We’re still waiting to get an official nod from Adult Swim but it’s looking good. I can’t express adequately how excited I am about “Rick and Morty.” It’s not going to be a substitute for “Community” for 100 percent of Community fans, some will love it but some people that hated Community will love Rick and Morty and some people that love Community will hate Rick and Morty, but the bottom line is, it’s a really, REALLY exciting pilot and the series has a unique potential to go just about anywhere. I want to get started on it really bad.”

... i just.
i mean.
like.
what even is this? it's amazing. and inspiring and motivational.
AND SO GOOD I JUST CAN'T.
ugh.

i am seriously contemplating lately

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:55:06 GMT

i am getting seriously burnt out at work.
i don't know if it's this week or just... the stress of three months finally hammering me, but i'm tired.
my sleeping patterns have been off lately too.
normally i'd fall asleep around 10:30 or 11 at the latest.
but it's gotten to 11:30-12 before i can even get in bed anymore.
and then i wake up at 6:30 for work, just tired and not unmotivated, but burnt out.
the interns are all gone now which (in theory) is a great thing.
it means that it's just us again -- quiet and relatively peaceful. *knocks on wood*

BUT there's one big caveat with the interns leaving.
their projects don't leave with them.
so that means there are currently 22 unfinished courses floating around here.
not to mention the three new courses that they want worked on.
so, simple math -- 25 courses between two people. it's doable, right?
(WRONG.)

and maybe it's a bad attitude, or the fact that my italy trip is the ONLY break i'll get.
(that was all my vacation time, seriously, for a year.)
but i'm just... so burning out with being here.
i definitely WANT another job.
but i'm also thinking about some other options.

for example, i'm seriously contemplating going to grad school to get my MFA in creative writing so i can teach at the college level. i know, crazy, right? i always thought that i'd get out of college, get a job as a writer or editor somewhere and get a lot of experience. and then, i assumed, i'd get married and have kids and then later on in life -- when i was successful and published a best-selling novel -- i'd go back to school and teach creative writing as a professor.

that was my whole "plan." but i'm beginning to learn that plans don't always work the way you anticipate.
i'm almost 24, single, and in my first job out of college where i am not writing or editing.
so yeah. my life plans haven't gone completely the way i wanted.
don't get me wrong -- i'm thankful for what i have in life.
but i'm beginning to realize that maybe i should stop trying to PLAN so much.
sigh.

nevertheless, looking into teaching creative writing, literature, or composition at the community college that is around here is a great prospect. i have to do a lot of digging, but i could make more money than i do now if i went back and got my master's and began to teach. sure, it'd be a LOT of work (and i'd have to have a job while i did so in order to save money), but i really want to. ever since i've graduated, i've thought of going back to school.

because the weird truth is that... i kind of miss it, really.
i miss workshops and talking about literature and writing with people who GET it.
anyway, this is my grand idea. there's a LOT to still think about (taking the GRE, etc.) but the application deadline is january 15th of 2013. so i have a little bit of time to pray and seriously consider it.

so just keep me in thoughts. ;)

otherwise, everyone is getting ready to move!
i went to a going away soiree for my good friend sarah last friday.
it was great to hang out with her and some friends i don't get a chance to see.
but it's sad because she's moving to north carolina so i won't see her.
my friend amy left for grad school at the beginning of the summer (she's in VA).
and karlee leaves september 10th for london for a whole year.
i'm going to REALLY be bummed when she leaves.
(i'm also selfishly glad that my other best friend decided to take a year off before going to medical school, or else i'd feel REALLY lonely.)

so weekends have been full of parties and get-togethers, which is nice. :)
this weekend is a birthday celebration for my friend leah.
and next weekend is an open "reception" for a friend who got married a few months ago.
at least there are things to look forward to, right? ;)

and. well. that's about it in my world.
how about yours?

because...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:24:16 GMT

my life is boring and i'd rather post a television meme than actually write about what's happening with me right now.

Pick 5 shows, and answer the following questions. Don’t cheat.

1. Community
2. Doctor Who
3. Downton Abbey
4. Sherlock
5. Suits

1. Who is your favourite character in 2? (Doctor Who)

It is REALLY hard to pick favorites when it comes to Doctor Who. I'd be a cop-out if I said The Doctor, because then I'd have to pick which one. But it's also REALLY hard to choose a favorite companion. So right now it's a five-way tie for favorites between Ten-Rose-Donna-Eleven-Amy. ;)

2. Who is your least favourite character in 5? (Suits)

UGH. Louis. Of course. Although he does have some pretty hilarious moments throughout the first season (and I have only seen up to the first season so far), so there's that at least.

3. What’s your favourite episode of 4? (Sherlock)

Probably "A Scandal in Belgravia" or "The Reichenbach Fall." Both are FABULOUS episodes.

4. What is your favourite season of 1? (Community)

Season three, to be honest. It was the season that had the least "meh" episodes, in my opinion. Although season 1 isn't too far behind.

5. What’s your favourite relationship in 3? (Downton Abbey)

MATTHEW/MARY. I mean, I'm just saying. No, wait. Anna/Bates. Okay, I can't decide. Let's call it a tie.

6. Who is your anti-relationship in 2? (Doctor Who)

Ten/Martha. I mean, they introduced Martha as this whiny, pining woman who just wanted to be cared about by Ten (who JUST lost the person he loved most in the universe, so sorry, Martha). She was kind of irritating until she got to the point of AWESOME at the end of that series (and then when she returned in series 4, too). I just wish they had made her like that from the get-go. But I just can't get aboard Ten/Martha in a romantic-sense ever.

7. How long have you watched 1? (Community)

I started watching the first season after "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" aired, so I guess that was in May of 2010. Ever since then, I've been hooked. :)

8. How did you become interested in 3? (Downton Abbey)
Everyone and their mother in the Community fandom seemed to watch Downton Abbey, and so - at their urging - I decided to give it a shot and loved it!

9. Who is your favourite actor in 4? (Sherlock)

Benedict Cumberbatch. Though Martin Freeman is not far behind.

10. Which show do you prefer 1, 2, or 5? (Community, Doctor Who, Suits)

Oh gosh. Well I JUST started watching Suits and finished the first season. And I love it for its wit and hilarity, but also for its drama. Doctor Who I am just near-obsessed with because it is wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey and keeps you on the edge of your seat. And Community? Well, that's the show that I just adore to bits and pieces and can always make me laugh.

11. Which show have you seen more episodes of? 1 or 3? (Community, Downton Abbey)

Well, Community HAS more episodes. So it wins by default.

12. If you could be anyone from 4 who would you be? (Sherlock)

Molly because she's adorable.

13. How would you kill off your favourite character in 1? (Community)

Um. I'm not killing of Annie Edison. NOPE.

14. Would a 3/4 crossover work? (Downton Abbey/Sherlock)

... this might literally be the most hilarious/amazing/weird thing EVER.

15. Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple (Community):

Jeff and Shirley, because he respects her and she understands him. They're Tinkle Town and Big Cheddar!

16. Overall, which show has a better cast, 3 or 5? (Downton Abbey, Suits)

MAGGIE-FREAKING-SMITH. So... Downton Abbey, but only because they have a lot more people.

17. Which has better theme music, 2 or 4? (Doctor Who, Sherlock)

DOCTOR WHO. That is all.

i've been so bad at updating

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:09:16 GMT

SO very bad.
but nothing much of consequence has happened lately.
so perhaps that's why i've been slow to update anything.
OH. i will say though, in case you wanted to see photos from my trip abroad and don't follow me on twitter, i posted a blog entry detailing our adventures and some photos from italy & london. you can click here to read all about it! :)

otherwise, i've been working and working. and working.
one of our three interns left last week and the other leaves the end of this week.
of course, the male intern - the ONE i'd love to leave - is here until the end of august.
joy of joys.

i sent my resume in to an advertising company in ft. lauderdale just for kicks.
as it turns out, they called me and left a message, asking if i'd call them back.
(which i did, to no avail -- i still haven't heard from them.)
and as much as i'd love to get out of here... i don't know. ft. lauderdale is 3-4 hours away from here.
*sigh* why can't i just find something close to me that i WANT to do?

in other random news, the girls from work and i had a harry potter scene-it night last friday!
it was a blaaaaaast to hang out with them and play. and drink hogwarts house color martinis (a virgin ravenclaw for me!)
one of the sweetest things though is that i went over and kate knows i don't drink.
and so when she said: "we're making house martinis!" before i even said anything, she said: "and i got gingerale for you."
which, let me just say, was SUPER nice of her. i've been to places where friends of mine drink and i've been left out of participating in things because of it, but it was so nice of her to include me and to buy me something without me even asking her to. :)

aaaaaand then kate creamed us all in the game, lol.
seriously, she was about twenty spaces ahead of us the whole time.
but it was fun and that's all that mattered.
we've decided that we need to have a british movie night soon so we can watch jane eyre and pride and prejudice and drink tea and have little sandwiches and cookies... because we are all adults. clearly. ;)

THIRTY FIVE HOURS until kimmierocks and office_bluth get to meet each other AND go see joel do his stand-up show in new york city. AND thirty five-ish more hours until they hopefully catch up with him after the show and give him a present from a bunch of us. :D

(i'm not jealous or anything. not at all.)

but i do suppose i should do some actual work today...
so, let's go do that. weeeee!

hellooooooooo tuesday!

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:03:23 GMT

i'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
well, technically i was back on friday.
and after a nice, relaxing weekend (and falling asleep at 8PM on friday night with my laptop still on my lap), i finally have shaken off the remnants of jetlag that i had. :)

the trip was amazing and fantastic and you can read (and see) all about it on the blog post that i made last night.
otherwise, yesterday was pretty decent at work, for a monday. most of the time was spent handing out presents, talking about my trip, and doing non-stressful busywork. today is more back into the swing of things except... well, i now have the reigns once again as the intern wrangler.

(i told heather that i need my own theme music.)

literally, i have done nothing today apart from helping the interns with their assignments.
i'm printing, reviewing, looking at PDFs, editing... and applied for another job.
this one is actually in ft. lauderdale, which i'm kind of bummed about because i'd ideally want to stay in orlando.
still, it's a social media position which is great!

otherwise, really, i'm just back into the groove of things.
and by groove, i mean job-that-isn't-ending-any-time-soon-of-my-own-free-will.
i also think i have a dentist appointment tomorrow.

but i went to ITALY. and LONDON. and both were amaaaaaazing.
and, to just top it all off, apparently joel was in rome on vacation the same time that i was.
so i tweeted about how i hadn't run into him yet.
(and yes, i was being sarcastic. i know rome is a huge city, and i'd never run into ANYONE there, let alone him.)
still, he became my favorite person once more when i woke up to a DM that said this:

once again, joel wins everything.
sorry guys. ;)

.... !!!

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:58:17 GMT

SEE YOU LATER, FRIENDS!

i hope to return tanner, with lots of pictures, and about 10 pounds of gelato.
pray for a safe and good vacation. :)

community confessions

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:29:47 GMT

because i'm being less-than-productive and focused today, here are some of my favorite community confessions at the moment:

(ESPECIALLY YES TO THIS ONE!)
just like i will always think of a moot point as a "moo point."

my whole brain is crying!

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:04:51 GMT

I LEAVE IN EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS.

meanwhile, i leave actual work in about six hours.
so yay yay yay for that!

i'm also alternating between being excited and super nervous.
1) i hate flying because of my ears. so i'm praying those will be okay for the flight.
2) i'm freaking out because i feel like i'm forgetting to pack things. but i don't think i am. but i FEEL like i am, if that makes sense, lol. i triple-checked my packing list and everything. (and then forgot socks this morning for the plane ride, so there's that...)

i actually can't believe i'm going! eeeeeeeeeeeeep!
(can you tell i'll be utterly useless at work today in terms of productivity?)

... yeah, it's another meme. what of it?

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:48:34 GMT

Choose your top 5 Shows: (in no particular order)

1. Community
2. New Girl
3. Doctor Who
4. Friends
5. Once Upon a Time

The first character I fell in love with:

1. Britta Perry

2. Coach

3. Rose Tyler

4. Monica Gellar

5. Snow White/Mary Margaret

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:

1. Troy Barnes

2. Schmidt

3. The Eleventh Doctor

4. Ross Gellar

5. Rumpelstiltskin

The character everyone else loves that I hate:

1. I don't actually HATE anyone on the show, but I guess... Starburns?

2. Again, I don't have a character that I hate.

3. I guess Martha Jones.

4. Richard or Ursula

5. David

The character I love that everyone else hates:

1. Pierce Hawthorne; Todd

2. Jess Day

3. Amy Pond

4. Uh, Ross? I don't know. Does anyone actually hate someone in Friends?

5. August

The character I would... well, you know:

1. Jeff Winger

2. Nick Miller

3. The Tenth Doctor

4. Chandler Bing

5. August

The character you’re most like:

1. Annie Edison

2. Jess Day

3. Rose Tyler

4. Monica Gellar

5. Snow White/Emma

The character I’d slap:

1. Professor Slater; Annie Kim

2. Probably Schmidt, on occasion.

3. I assume I'd want to slap the Doctor when he was being dumb

4. Probably Ross, on occasion

5. The Evil Queen/Regina

Who are your five favorite characters?

1. Annie, Troy, Jeff, Britta, Shirley

2. Jess, Nick, Winston, Schmidt, CeCe

3. Ten, Eleven, Rose, Amy, Donna

4. Monica, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey (come on. I can't NOT pick one!)

5. Red/Ruby, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow/Mary Margaret, Belle, Emma

Who are your least favorite characters?

1. Chang, Vice Dean Laybourne

2. Caroline

3. Martha Jones

4. Richard; Janice (even though both are hilarious, I'm not their biggest fans)

5. The Evil Queen/Regina, David

A pairing that you love?

1. Jeff/Annie

2. Nick/Jess; Schmidt/CeCe

3. Ten/Rose; Eleven/Amy

4. Monica/Chandler; Ross/Rachel; Phoebe/Mike; Joey/food

5. Snow/Charming; Rumpel/Belle; Red/being awesome

tv meme - 9 cancelled or ended shows

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:01:50 GMT

it's midday at work.
that means it's time for a good 'ol fashioned meme! :)

01. Friends
"We were ON a break!" "If you say that one more time, I'M going to break up with you!"

02. Pushing Daisies
"The facts were these..."

03. Lizzie McGuire
"Gordo, promise that we'll always stay close to each other, even in high school." "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere."

03. Scrubs
"I guess it's because we all want to believe that what we do is very important, that people hang on to our every word, that they care what we think. The truth is, you should consider yourself lucky if you even occasionally get to make someone - anyone - feel a little better. After that, it's all about the people that you've let into your life. and as my mind drifted to faces that I've seen here before, I was taken to memories of family... And as I rounded that corner, they all came at me in a wave of shared experience."

04. Providence
"Do you believe in the afterlife?" "I barely believe in this life."

05. 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
"Okay readers, today we're having a little pop quiz, it's multiple choice, so sharpen your number 2 pencils and put your thinking caps on. Ready? Here's a quote: "Dad, you're an idiot." Now, contestants, this was said to me because of which of the following transgressions? A: Coming to the breakfast table wearing pajamas and black socks? B: Asking my oldest daughter if that guy I saw her talking to yesterday at school was her boyfriend? C: Referring to rapper Fiddy Cent as "Fifty Cents"? or D: Entering the room? Okay, pencils down. Actually it was a trick question. The answer is all of the above. Now do you know how many times I called my father an idiot? Zero. Why? Because I feared him. Back then we didn't share our deep personal feelings, our deepest conversations usually revolved around the tigers bull pen. But my kids, I can't get them to shut up! There's not a feeling that my kids are afraid to express over and over and over. And my wife reassures me this is a good thing over and over and over, and she's always right. So do I wish that my kids feared me? Well my house would be quieter, and I'd spend a lot less time in the bathroom, but no. Because I know that whenever they insult me whether it's a "You're an idiot," "You're a geek," or an "I hate you," an "I love you" isn't far behind. And it's the knowledge that my wife and kids love me that makes it safe for me to wear pajamas and black socks to the breakfast table."

06. Reba
"So when Daddy marries Barbra Jean, what am I suppose to call her anyway?" "You're not suppose to call her anything, when you see her at the Wal-Mart, just point to her and say, 'There she is. The woman who stole my daddy.'"

07. 7th Heaven
"You, Lucy Camden, are an outstanding person. And if they gave out an award for the best in the human race, you would win it year after year."

08. Drake & Josh
"You're the best, you know that?" "Well, yes."

09. Wizards of Waverly Place

"I'm Alex, I'm your little sister! I taunt you and I tease you and I make your life miserable, but you love me anyway. You're everything that I ever wanted to be. I'm jealous of how, how smart you are and how kind and how nice. Please don't leave me here!"

blah, blah. work... blah, blah.

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:13:39 GMT

so it's tuesday. blah, blah, blah.
basically all this means is that we are a day closer to wednesday.
WHICH IS THE DAY BEFORE THURSDAY. WHEN I LEAVE.
honestly, my productivity is beginning its rapid, downward spiral.
but there's nothing super pressing at work so i guess that's good.
still. i feel my focus considerably slip after lunch these days.

tropical storm debby is turning florida into a giant puddle.
it's been raining pretty much non-stop since... friday? i want to say that's when it started.
and we need the rain, so it's a good thing, i suppose. still. i'd rather not swim to work.

work is... interesting.
the interns are doing a decent job, i suppose.
it's just becoming clear that we will have to do all of the extra work they can't help with.
and when they're gone, we will have all those extra courses to keep track of.
(honestly, it's hard to keep track of the ones i have NOW, and i haven't even done that many!)

otherwise, i'm just hoping that my ears are fine on the flight over there.
since my cold, my ear has returned to normal, but occasionally -- usually after i shower -- it'll make a popping sound. but i just heard about earplanes, which are apparently supposed to help equalize the pressure and prevent them from popping/hurting. so we will see. i just remember that my flight to brasil was SO bad years ago, that i wanted to cry from the pain. and the medical person we had on our team had to give me painkillers to help. so i don't want to relive THAT.

otherwise, packing is basically all i have been doing.
and mentally triple-checking everything, haha.
so yeah.
that's all. :)

monday, one day...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:51:07 GMT

i absolutely ALWAYS think about this when i remember the days of the week.
it's pretty much perfect.

speaking of pretty much perfect, on thursday ("the third day!") I LEAVE FOR MY VACATION.
i honestly could not be more thrilled than i am right now to just... go.
i really need time away from work, because i haven't had off in a year, and this will be perfect.
also, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A JOB I APPLIED FOR TODAY.
it's an ACTUAL editor position at a small publishing company near where i work now.
so, yeah. i have to call back and give some references and schedule an interview.
of course, it's a pain that they didn't call back until NOW (i applied over a month ago)... because i leave this week.
but i'll hopefully be able to make one for after my trip. that'd be awesome.
so that was my excitement for the day.
edit: aaaaaaaand my excitement was squashed.
researching the company, i've found out that 98% of people have had issues with them scamming them (because it's a "christian self-publishing company"). welp, that's one less phone call i'll have to make today!

otherwise, my weekend was actually pretty fun!

saturday i had to get up super early with my family to go volunteer with church.
but it was really cool -- we do this thing called niceSERVE twice a year.
and all the campuses go out into the community and just do volunteer projects.
we do everything from landscaping to hanging out in nursing homes to playing with kids.
we volunteered at harvest time international, which is a cool organization that collects donations from all over and sorts them in their huge warehouse to give to a) underprivileged people in the community and b) overseas. we sorted and folded these HUGE cardboard boxes that were just full of washcloths, sheets, and towels to send to haiti and honduras.
additionally, this organization maintains a "store" where everything is 25, 50, or 75 cents so people can come in and shop who are 200-400% below the poverty line. the guy who was working with us said they'll get upwards of 1,200 people who come in on saturdays and a little less during the week. that's crazy to me.

so it was good to sort and fold clean towels and such to give to foreign countries. :)
saturday night was fun -- i got dressed up and drove to international drive for my friend's bachelorette dinner at taverna opa, which is a greek place. it was a LOT of fun and there were about 17 of us there. all of us danced on the table and threw napkins. it was awesome. and the food was pretty decent too -- it was cool because instead of giving you bread and butter, they give you pita and a mortar and pestle and you can grind your own hummus! so, needless to say, we had a lot of fun. and the DJ played a remix of "call me maybe" just for chloe. :)

it's tropical storm season here, so it rained pretty much all weekend (and today too).
yesterday was church and then i went to karlee's to borrow two of her purses for my trip.
we ended up having german food for lunch which was nom-tastic (yeah, i said it). and then we just hung out and talked and played with my new camera (which is so pretty. SO SO pretty!)
and that was basically my day, due to tropical storm debby.

so now i'm just trying to get as much packed as possible for the flight.
and i'm nervously thinking that i'm going to forget something integral, but my passport is already in my bag, so we're good to go. haha. it's just going to be hard because i have to work on thursday and then we leave for the airport at like, 3pm. so i have to bring my carry-on to work with me and a change of clothes for the airplane. bah.

BUT LONDON.
AND ITALY.
so really, that's all! ;)

OH WAIT I LIED. DOCTOR WHO COMES BACK AUGUST 25TH.*
now THAT is all.

*well, apparently tumblr lied and it's more or less october.
but whatever. THERE'S A HORIZON IN SIGHT.

hi & some stuff

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:30:21 GMT

'ello, wednesday! (i originally wrote tuesday, and then changed it because -- HELLO! -- did i sleep through all of yesterday? it's the middle of the week and that makes me happy.) today will be a good day if only because i'm headed to the cheesecake factory after work to celebrate my sister's birthday! she turns 17 today which is completely mind-boggling to me. because i remember the night she was born. it's super weird.

yesterday was pretty uneventful at work, which is really how i prefer it.
i left at 10:30 for an 11 AM doctor's appointment and was back to work at 12:15.
which, you know, nice way to kill the morning/afternoon for me!
after lunch, i worked on projects -- the ones we are doing right now aren't super pressing, which is nice.
and then my boss called us in to show us stuff at a little after 5.
somehow, it dissolved into a discussion of disney movies. that lasted about 20 minutes.
it was all kinds of amusing.

otherwise, life is pretty decent.
i have a SLAMMED week though for the rest of the week.
tonight is dinner with the family and tomorrow is work, gym, and then thursday night re-watch (bust out "accounting for lawyers" because that's where we'll be!). friday is, well, FRIDAY. i'm supposed to hang out with the work girls because heather got harry potter scene-it and we want to play. saturday i'm waking up early to volunteer with my church for the morning/afternoon. and then that night is chloe's bachelorette dinner at taverna opa down on international drive. sunday is church and supposedly hanging out with simi and/or karlee.

and then it'll be monday and i'll be freaking out with my packing list and getting stuff ready for my trip!
i only have EIGHT more days left and i can't believe it! i'm SO excited. mainly i'm just hoping i can sleep on the flight to london and that my ears don't bother me because usually when i'm on planes, they hurt and pop REALLY bad. so if anyone has any suggestions for that, i'd appreciate them. :)

(otherwise, i'm just using this entry as an excuse to include a joel mchale gif.
what?)

COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE AWARDS!

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:58:23 GMT

i -- obviously -- could NOT be more thrilled that "community" finally got the recognition that it deserved last night by winning "best comedy" (over "modern family," no less!). and i hope, in my heart of hearts, that this solidifies them for at least some sort of recognition by the emmy voters. i know that the show hasn't had the best of press recently, with the chevy/dan feud and the dan harmon departure in general, but this? this could really be something good for the little show that could!

i was a bit disappointed that danny or jim didn't win (and that gillian and alison didn't win either, to be fair). i'm really (and i mean REALLY) pulling for a joel nomination in best actor for the emmys. he's done SO MUCH with jeff winger that it kind of blows my mind. i mean, the writers are to credit for the evolution of his character, but joel is really to take credit for how endearing and wonderful and nuanced jeff winger has become. and yeah. i just love joel, so...

speaking of just loving joel, michael ausiello tweeted a photo of joel and sarah last night at the CCTAs and i just about died. look at how adorable and sweet those two are! ugh. i can't stand it.

at any rate, "community" won and i am over the moon with excitement for them!

other bits of exciting news -- my boss and heather and i had an hour-long meeting yesterday.
well, we had the interns in there first and then once they left, taylor had us shut the door and asked how last week went. and... yeah. we had to tell him how our male intern was giving heather issues (which he said should NOT have happened). and i explained to him that they had to be communicated to -- like, they didn't grasp that they needed to tell us when they were done with something or ask for help. and my boss explained that it should be our responsibility to TELL them to do things and they shouldn't be hindering our own work. they are here to help us, and he said that he'll have a talk with them this week about it. i explained that once we kind of set ground rules, they seemed to be better.

(and then he's like "well you could have called me!" and heather and i were like "uhhhh. you were on vacation. it wasn't THAT big of a deal.")

but it was good to clear the air with that and explain some of the things we had noticed in his absence.
we felt MUCH better after that.

in general, yesterday was decent. it went by quite fast.
today probably will too since i have a doctor's appointment at 11.
it'll be nice to break up my day.

other than that, my bb sister turns 17 tomorrow.
WHOA. ...when did i get old?

oh, weekends.

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:13:12 GMT

so this weekend was... relatively uneventful.
it has been super bad weather here recently, so thursday morning i began the day with thunderstorms.
friday wasn't much better -- it was pretty gloomy the entire day and rained later on.
so i spent friday doing... wait, what DID i spend it doing?
i think i read. ...sure, we'll go with that.
OH. 0penhearts had her #babyarrr THIS WEEKEND.
he is adorable and his name is joseph and i'm so SO happy for her and her hubs. :)

saturday i DO remember what i did.
i woke up and went to the gym like a good little girl.
and then i did chores and went shopping for my vacation at kohl's.
which was awesome because i got two dresses (one from the lauren conrad collection! which i love. i absolutely adore her stuff and if i could buy all of it, i probably would) and a top and a bra for like, $60. and i saved $132. that's right. A LOT. so i was quite proud of myself for managing to do that. and then, of course, as soon as i got out of the store... it was like a monsoon hit. it was TERRIBLE. the rest of the night was spent inside because of that.

i ended up watching "the road to el dorado" (cute movie!) and reading while it rained.
and i added fandago on twitter because they're giving away $3 off your next purchase codes if you follow them.
so i did and the little light for the DM popped up on my iPhone and i thought, for a split second, it was joel mchale again. but then i remembered i signed up for that thing so i tweeted: "i saw the little DM light on my phone and thought it was one from @joelmchale...but it wasn't. however, YAY fandago discount!"

and then:

he needs to stop being adorable.
i can't even handle this. he's not a real person.
anyway, that was probably the most exciting thing to happen this weekend.

and then yesterday was church and the tony awards.
in the afternoon i made veritas724's nutella cookie recipe.
i thought i royally messed them up (because i'm not a baker and because the batter was pretty wet when i went to drop them onto the cookie sheet), but they came out quite well! my family (guinea pigs for me, haha) really enjoyed them. the first batch i made too big so they were pretty gooey in the centers. but the second and third batches turned out quite nicely! i'll definitely be making them again because... come on. nutella. cookies.

otherwise, today should be a relatively quiet day around the office.
it's moe's monday, my boss is out all week on vacation.
the VP and kate are at a trade show in new jersey and are gone today.
and the president is back in utah (we hope) for the week. so YAY quiet office.
basically though all i want to do is count down the days until MY vacation (SEVENTEEN DAYS) and go to sleep. but alas, i have interns to wrangle and projects to work on. #sadness

but i am SO excited for this weekend -- friday night i'll be hanging out with karlee, watching "community" and eating chinese food. and then saturday i get to spend with simi. :) yay best friends!

eh, why not?

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:03:36 GMT

i saw this floating around tumblr, so i thought... what the heck.
(the truth is that i just don't want to do any work today.)
(there. happy?)

1. Annie Edison - Community
"How much effort do I rate?"

2. Schmidt - New Girl
"He's a Jew in the desert. I don't want him to wander."

3. The Dowager Countess (Violet) - Downton Abbey
"I'm a woman Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose."

4. The Eleventh Doctor - Doctor Who
"We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

5. Santana Lopez - Glee
"Okay, look... believe what you want, but no one's forcing me to be here. And if you tell anyone this, I'll deny it - but I like being in Glee Club. It's the best part of my day, okay? I wasn't gonna go and mess it up."

6. Red/Ruby - Once Upon a Time
"I should be out there having adventures with lemurs!"

7. Marshall Eriksen - How I Met Your Mother
"Boom. Lawyered."

8. Rose Tyler - Doctor Who
"I thought you and me were — Well, I obviously got it wrong. I've been to the year 5 billion, right, but this... Now, this is really seeing the future. You just leave us behind. Is that what you're gonna do to me?"

9. Ned - Pushing Daisies
"Candy might be sweet, but it's a traveling carnival blowing through town. Pie is home. People always come home."

FINALLY RECOGNIZED

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:09:26 GMT

COMMUNITY IS FINALLY RECOGNIZED FOR AWARDS!

i'm really REALLY excited that community has been nominated for six -- count 'em! -- awards for the 2012 critics' choice awards. not only is the show nominated for best comedy, which is exciting, but the cast have nominations in important categories. joel is up for best actor in a comedy series (awwwww, my bb!), and i really hope he upsets it. joel deserves some recognition for this show because yeah, i know it's an ensemble comedy (and i love that about it because it will ALWAYS be about the group), but he IS the title character in the show. he deserves to be recognized for all of the work he's done. additionally, alison and gillian are up for best supporting actress in a comedy and i'm thrilled for them too. i'm bummed yvette isn't in there, but both she and donald (and chevy) didn't get any noms. someday, this show will have every actor respected and awarded for how hard they work.

danny and jim are up in (what i think) is the toughest category -- best supporting actor in a comedy series. they're up against max greenfield (schmidt in "new girl"), ty burrell ("modern family"), nick offerman ("parks and rec"), and damon wayans jr. ("happy endings"). and... ugh. that's the worst category because i would LOVE to see max win just because of how absolutely hysterical he is as schmidt. and damon is hilarious as brad as well. but honestly i think it should go to jim for all he's done with the dean. he's made a character that could have easily been forgettable into a hilarious, wonderful greendale dean.

otherwise, BENEDICT IS NOMINATED. he's up for best actor in a movie/miniseries. and "sherlock" itself is up for best movie/miniseries. zooey deschanel is also nominated for best actress in a comedy series. and "new girl" is up against "community" (alongside "the big bang theory," "parks and rec," "girls," and "modern family") for best comedy. "downton abbey" even has a few nominations in there! they're up for best drama series, and michelle dockery is nominated for best actress in a drama series.

so basically MAKE THIS THE EMMY NOMINATIONS TOO, 'KAY?
this season of "glee" was AWFUL, but i'll bet they get nominated at the emmys (or at least lea and/or chris will).
i'll be ticked though if "glee" gets a nom for best comedy and "community" gets overlooked. somehow, i don't think i'll have to worry about "new girl" -- i'm pretty sure they'll get an emmy nom and zooey will likely get one too. i was reading somewhere (i can't remember which article it was) that the dan harmon drama may prevent emmy voters from voting the show in this year, and that would be an absolute travesty, to be honest.

but i guess we'll have to see.
happy awards season! ;)

giggle

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:26:48 GMT

so i watched the MTV movie awards last night.
why?
because apparently i still think i'm a teenager. but i'm not. and the awards were SO awkward the majority of the time and just... i mean, russell brand hosted, so you can probably guess where that was going. their first award of the night was an award for movie "dirt bag." sometimes i think that MTV is everything that is wrong with everything in the world. regardless, there were SOME bright spots -- seeing celebrities like chris hemsworth on stage and catching a sneak peek of "the dark night rises" which looks amazing.

and then, they gave the absolutely adorable emma stone an award -- the first ever award -- for trailblazer.
when she got up to give her speech, she was actually crying and it was so wonderful because there are two people in the celebrity realm that i feel like i'd be friends with under normal circumstances (taylor swift and emma stone). emma is hilarious and fun, but she's also a class act.

(another perk of watching the awards was that there was a skit featuring jj abrams, jennifer lawrence, and joel mchale which was HILARIOUS. and now joel's tweet from last week about archery makes so much more sense.)

anyway, i twitter-spazzed over emma stone's perfectness (AND THE FACT THAT SHE'S 23. THE SAME AGE AS ME. well MY life feels just... peachy now). i just wanted to give her a hug when she was on stage. so i said: "so on the list of people i want to meet and hug for an awkward length of time, emma stone and @joelmchale are currently tied."

... then this morning i woke up to this:

JOEL MCHALE.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE A REAL PERSON.
ugh.

well, my monday is starting out well.
and even if the rest of the day is completely awful, i'll have this to hold onto. ;)

some interesting things happened

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:55:18 GMT

well, maybe one interesting thing at work last week that i never mentioned.
long story short, there's this annoying guy at a competing company who's upset we sell our course cheaper than he does and have more people buying it. so he registered for the course and decided that he'd file an official complaint with the insurance department for that state noting all the things "wrong" with the course -- misinformation included. my boss had me peruse his complaints, look at our course and then compare it to the official state code. well, as it turns out... that guy was an idiot. i mean, he told us that things were wrong THAT WERE CLEARLY RIGHT. i had statutes to back it up. at one point, the information he said was "wrong" was nearly WORD FOR WORD from the official drivers handbook for the state.

yeah. idiot.
so i drafted up an 11-page document with screenshots supporting our course and basically proving that this guy has no idea what he's talking about. and i gave it to my boss, who was pleased. he called me into his office at the end of last week and the VP of our company was in there (but he's always having meetings with my boss). and my boss asked me to e-mail the document to the VP. so i did (nervously, might i add. i've never actually e-mailed him ANYTHING before).

so on thursday, the VP comes in and goes in to talk to my boss.
but before he does, he stops right in front of my desk, looks at me and says: "fantastic job on the document, by the way." and i just kind of blinked and was like "thank you" because i'm pretty sure this is the first time our VP has ever actually spoken to me before. not for lack of ever being in our room -- he is in our room ALL THE TIME. but he is... well, basically he never addresses people who aren't "important." so it was kind of a nice way to end the day with him complimenting my work.

... of course, this doesn't stop me from looking for other jobs.
i just applied on friday for one at a community college here to be a tutoring center coordinator.
so yeah. that'd be pretty cool! i've worked at a tutoring center before when i went to PBA.
we'll see what comes of this (if anything).

this weekend has gone by VERY fast.
i spent friday night pretty much doing nothing.
it was really rainy and gross here, so i picked up chinese food for me and my brother for dinner.
and then i spent the rest of the night watching movies with my sister and mom.
saturday i woke up early to call the doctor and schedule an appointment.
my ear -- which has been muffled for two weeks -- is a bit better now. they flushed it out (weirdest feeling EVER) and gave me some ear drops. apparently it's not infected, but just inflamed. so i guess that's good at least. the ear drops will hopefully prevent it from becoming infected. i still can't completely hear out of it, but it's not as bad as it was two weeks ago, so i guess that's a bonus. i'd just like to be completely rid of this cold once and for all!

the rest of saturday was spent at the gym and shopping.
my sister and i went to macy's, but i couldn't find anything i liked.
she convinced me to buy an adorable top and a pair of shorts at charlotte russe though!
and then we went to the loft, but didn't find anything we liked enough there.
my parents went to a church last night so we were on our own for dinner, so kristin and i decided to go to target and bought $1 pasta and sauce and garlic bread and came back and made that while watching "mean girls." so that was fun. :)

sundays are always church days, and i got to see my friend chloe who is getting married soon and catch up which was awesome. and i've been lamenting the end of another weekend ever since i woke up this morning. boo.

and basically... that's all.

i dreamed a dream in time gone by

Wed, 30 May 2012 15:54:45 GMT

les miserables is one of my favorite musicals of all-time.
it has a special place in my heart because during my sophomore year of high school, we performed it.
i know what you're thinking -- a high school version of les miserables? yes. that was our reaction too.
we literally thought mr. c (our drama teacher) had gone crazy.
i mean... come on. it's LES MISERABLES.
first of all, for those who don't know, les mis is an opera. so the only dialogue is still technically musical.
secondly, it is perhaps the most demanding and depressing show ever.
everyone dies at the end of it, basically. the final number concludes with the ghosts of people who have died in the barricades serenading cosette and marius and a dying jean valjean. javert jumps off a bridge and kills himself. fantine dies from illness. eponine is shot while trying to deliver a message to marius.

... all in all, not a cushy high school choice for a spring musical.
especially in light of the fact that, just a year prior, we did grease.
let THAT sink in.

nevertheless, i was in the ensemble for the show and couldn't have been more excited.
the first acting exercise i remember mr. c directing with the cast was having all of us sit on the stage. he then had us close our eyes and imagine leaving school that day. we walk home from the bus stop or wherever, and -- in the place where our house used to be just that morning -- we find that a giant explosion had occurred, wiping out the whole block. your family, friends, neighbors... all gone. we opened our eyes and he said that the exercise was to put into perspective only a little bit of the pain that the characters in the play felt. i STILL remember that exercise, years later.

the show itself was amazing. we sold out both weekends, which very rarely happened. people were literally packed into the auditorium. one of the best memories that i have (besides being on stage with the whole cast) was that every night a bunch of girls and i would sit in the wings and wait to go on stage, because our scene was coming up. we would watch this girl named ansley (this is her) who played eponine do her death scene with taylor (this guy, who is also in an amscot commercial. small world), who was marius. and even though we knew it was coming every night. even though we had watched them joke about it and goof around... whenever they did that scene, we all bawled.

so les miserables is special to me. that show is literally one of my fondest memories of high school.
and when i heard they were making a movie of it, i was like "... oh geez. of course."
but after seeing the trailer, i'm really more intrigued than anything now.
visually, it looks fantastic.
vocally... i'm interested.

i know that hugh jackman is playing valjean and russell crowe is javert.
but i can't help thinking that they would have been PERFECT had they been flopped.
jackman would have been an awesome javert, and visually i just see russell as more of a valjean.
but perhaps because of vocal range and whatnot, they went the way that they did.
anne hathaway is... interesting as fantine.
i mean, she has a great voice, but like kimmierocks and i discussed today, she has a LOT of vibrato. fantines are usually more belters. "i dreamed a dream" is kind of the classic song to belt. i really would have loved to see a bit more of that, since it's really fantine's only song in the show. nevertheless, i like anne so we'll see.

i'm pleased with who they chose for cosette because -- let's face it -- cosette's character is the pretty, blonde soprano (and i know amanda seyfried is a super soprano also with nice vibrato). so she is perfect. i don't know the marius, but he looks the part, so that's good! i'm VERY excited for the thenardiers (sacha baron cohen and helena bonham carter will STEAL this musical). perfect casting is perfect.

and i am very VERY happy that they went with an unknown young woman (samantha barks) who has played eponine on stage before and in revival shows to play her part in the movie. undoubtedly, eponine is usually everyone's favorite character. so i'm thrilled to see how she does!

basically, i love musicals.
i'm a dork.
the end.

well this is a brighter spot in a bleak day.

Tue, 29 May 2012 14:47:08 GMT

i was wondering where my random tumblr traffic was coming from.
apparently it's coming from greendalecommunity.tumblr.com!

awwwww, that's nice! #simulatedShirley
thanks, random person, for making my day slightly less terrible. :)

oh, it's actually tuesday

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:08:46 GMT

this morning it was REALLY hard to get up and out of my bed, knowing i had to go back to work.
like... i just couldn't bring myself to do it. (and yet, here i am.)
i think it's getting harder and harder to accept being here.
i really want another job -- one where i am actually doing some sort of writing.
one where i actually slightly enjoy going to work each morning.
i basically am just back to really being discontent. and it's not good.

but thankfully, this weekend was a three-day weekend and it's exactly what i needed.
quite sadly, tropical storm beryl made her way across florida (and is still moving bands along the state now).
i had plans with friends to go to weeki wachee yesterday, but we got completely rained out.
actually, most of this weekend was spent indoors.
friday night was good though -- i went to starbucks with karlee, leah, and amy (three of my close friends).
we sat and talked for like, three hours about our lives and random stuff.
karlee leaves for london in september (i'm not going to know what to do with myself once she's gone), and amy leaves soon for virginia, where she'll be in grad school too. my friend sarah leaves for north carolina soon and kelly moves this week from sarasota to nashville.

so it's... weird that all of my friends are moving to other places.
i'm really thankful that simi is taking a year off before going to grad school, or else she'd be gone too.
i just feel... stuck. or maybe stuck isn't the right word. i just feel odd. like everyone is moving on and i'm not.
and that's not to say that i want to move, necessarily. but i'd love to go to grad school, let's be honest.
i just can't financially afford to right now. so i'm at the place where i just am and i don't know how to deal.

saturday brought the tropical storm our way, so we had a lot of rain and wind here.
i got my hair highlighted because my mom and sister were practically begging me to again.
and then... i don't think i did much. friday night i finished the second season of downton abbey and it was SO GOOD. i'm excited for the third season now!

but saturday was mainly just doing nothing -- reading and relaxing.
sunday consisted of church and celebrating the fact that i could sleep in on monday.
and i did -- until 11, which is rare for me. and then the day was spent (again) doing relatively nothing because of the weather. so instead, i basically just read and watched television. hoorah!

today two new interns start. i don't have to worry though because they're both in school and the new girl they hired (the third intern) starts a job in august, so she'll be gone. and i'm praying (because it would be wonderful) that i have a new job by then.

regardless of everything, a MONTH from today i will be in london and then on my way to italy where i can take tours, eat good food, and drink wine. so... yeah. if i can make it through the next three weeks or so (because this coming friday is actually june 1st and that's super weird), i think i'll be okay.

in other news, i still can't properly hear out of my ear.
lovely.
it's going to be a great tuesday.

oh, this place

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:50:20 GMT

so. two weeks ago, my boss hired a new person to help send out cards and certificates for our courses.
even before ashley left (really when she got transferred to her new position within the company), her and kate had been super behind on things. there weren't enough of them to catch up.
and we needed someone to do stuff, so he hired this new guy, chris.
he's... interesting. but he's necessary.

heather and i are technically "writers."
we haven't gotten a chance to do much writing lately because of HOW FAR BEHIND we all are.
and it's not our fault -- you all remember the big catastrophe that was december - now.
back in december, we had our christmas party. and two girls visited -- the CEO's step-daughter and her friend.

last week, my boss informed us that the CEO had hired his step-daughter's friend to work part-time for us.
... well, okay then. my boss was told of this (and didn't interview her, she was simply given the job).
she started this week and works 8:30-1:30 mondays through fridays.
okay.

my boss is out of town in tampa for training all week, but today when the girls and i came back from lunch, all of chris' desk (monintors, papers, table, everything) was moved. we get in just as he is calling heather's phone. after the call, she informs us that the CEO hired TWO MORE "interns" to work in our office and help out.

... well then. this is just peachy.
here's a few reasons why it's peachy: 1) our boss is super nice. he's usually kind of socially awkward, but he's been trying recently. heather and i have both been here for over a year and originally did a lot of writing. but, well, chaos happened and we've gotten busy. now the CEO decided that he'd give three people some jobs in a department (and a room) that is too small to even house us. my boss assures us that this doesn't mean they're prepping them to take our jobs or anything. as nice as that sounds, clearly -- as indicated by how these people were hired -- that's not really his call. he can comfort us all he wants to, but at the end of the day, he doesn't run the company. and they're in the market of making crappy decisions.

2) WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE. the VP of the company asked a few weeks ago if taylor wanted to hire another writer -- he told him no. he said that he didn't need anyone else and that heather and i would have enough to do on our own. again -- clearly not his call when it comes to this sort of stuff.

3) heather and i will have to train them on how to do things. how is training three new people going to help us get work done faster if WE are spending all of our time helping THEM?

i'm so beyond over this place it's not even funny.
and you know what? if they want to replace me I DON'T EVEN CARE AT THIS POINT.
seriously, if they came in tomorrow and were like "pack up your stuff," i would only be sad to leave heather, kate, my boss, and christine. THAT'S IT. nothing else about this place would make me sad to leave it. the paycheck, yes, would be a huge bummer to leave. but i kind of have faith that if i'm meant to be somewhere else (or even just mean to not be here) God will provide somehow.

UGH.
HULK SMASH.

apart from the fact that my place of employment is cray-cray, this week has been okay.
my ear is muffled today -- more so than yesterday -- but it keeps popping, so i'm hoping my z pack is kicking in.
otherwise, my sore throat and cough are gone. i have a little stuffy nose, but worlds better than it has been.
the last thing to go will be the crappy voice i have at the moment! (and the ear thing too, i hope)

last night was my small group, which was a lot of fun.
i hadn't seen them last week since i was sick so that was a bummer.
as it turns out, michael and i are sick twins! we literally had the exact same symptoms.
both our doctors put us on z pack too. woo! so yeah, we were alternating between coughing and sounding manly (well, him more than usual, lol) all night.

we were randomly talking last night about misspelling names on labels of things. lili showed us a label where the pharmacy spelled her names "lilinan" instead of "lillian" and michael talked about how they horribly botches his name on something and it made me think of the friends episode where monica, rachel, chandler, and joey play the trivia game to win the apartment and chandler says that the tv guide that comes to their place says "ms. chanandler bong" on it. at any rate, i tried to explain that scene to them, but no one there was an avid friends fan, so i was like "friends?! nobody?"

and tyler -- cute boy who is the twin brother of the guy who my friend chloe is marrying (the wedding i can't go to because i'll be in europe) was like: "no, but community!" and we discussed it. and i asked him if he saw the last three episodes and he's like "of course!" and we agreed that they were awesome. and then i explained the dan harmon situation to him because he didn't know about it and he was like "noooooo. what? seriously? how can they do that?" (echoing our sentiments exactly, buddy).

AND he DOESN'T watch the show live (i told him that it moved to fridays in the fall, and he said he never knew when it aired live anyway), so LISTEN TO THAT ONE, NIELSEN. not everyone watches live! anyway, it was cute because everyone else was talking about stuff and michael looked over because we were talking and was like "i can only assume you're talking about community." HE KNOWS ME SO WELL.

later on when i was leaving, i walked to the door and tried to put my strappy sandals on without bending down because i was in a dress. and it wasn't working too well because i couldn't get the shoe on (and actually missed the shoe altogether) and he apparently had been watching me from across the room and said "almost got it!" and i just laughed and looked at him.

ugh.
i don't like that i think he's cute again.
i was holding off for a while because i didn't have to see him.
it's like... when you don't want to admit you like someone because that automatically means you have emotions invested and if they don't like you back, you can feel heartbroken.
so *sigh.*

thursday night summer re-watches kick off tonight!
we're picking up right where we left off -- modern warfare!
so join me on twitter at 8PM est with the hashtag #paintball2010. :D

adding this to the list of reasons why joel mchale is my favorite human being

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:57:55 GMT

i mean, a) look at how adorable his face is. his faaaaaace.
secondly, i tweeted exactly two things yesterday involving him throughout the entire day.
and yet, and YET, he still DMs me in response to one of them.
and he's utterly amusing. my tweet was as follows:

My @joelmchale always looks so dapper. #TheSoup

(because it's true. joel really always does look dapper when his hosts.
and i don't even know why i use that word, but it just suits him, i think.)

and this morning i woke up to find this in my inbox:

#whyjoelmchaleismynewBFF
apologies in advance to office_bluth