And so I return

I trust everyone has had a decent, if not better, Thanksgiving.
And to those crazies who went shopping on Black Friday, I hope you all had the sense not to get into fistfights over material things.
I have spent my day after the holiday in packing, cleaning, and watching High School Musical. The packing I merely endured, the cleaning I hated, and High School Musical I enjoyed. I shall now go into detail, if you are interested, then do, read on.

As I am moving soon (have I mentioned that? I don't recall if I have) I decided to pack my clothing for the road trip today. I have too many and not nearly enough clothes all at the same time. It's not entirely easy to pack when you have no clue as to how long you'll be living out of a suitcase. It's also hard when you don't have a clear mental idea of how the weather will be where you're going. I've not lived on the East Coast before, I've been living "out west" for about 12 years now. Oh well, change is good.

Now, as to the cleaning. Part of the cleaning I did involved going outside and checking our basement window "wells" and removing debris from them. (BTW, isn't "debris" an interesting word. Silent s's fascinate me... moving on) It's usually just branches or trash that has fallen in, but today I discovered a dead bird in the window to my bedroom. Now, it had to have been in there for quite awhile, but it was tucked into a corner that isn't really visible from inside. Just about a week ago, I seized the opportunity of Ray being at my house to ask him to remove a dead mouse from a different window. I did this because I hate dead animals. In general, I refuse to touch them. However, in the case of this bird, Ray is not often at our house, and besides, he's out of town right now. So, I had to remove a dead bird from my own window. I honestly gagged when I felt it's dead body through the gloves. After I had thrown it away, I actually went into the bathroom and cried. I cried over a wild bird that had been dead for only God knows how long. Man, that was depressing.

On a pleasant note however, I watched High School Musical for the very first time today. How I managed to miss it all this time I don't know. It's been wildly successful and we all know how Disney latches onto cash cows like this one. I found out that it would be on tonight, and decided to sit down and watch it. While I was watching, they were doing this "Pop up" info thing that was a little distracting, but pretty funny. I really enjoyed this little bit of fluff. HSM isn't exactly thought-provoking but it's pleasant and cute. Besides, I rather like musicals. I don't know why, but I do.

Such was my day. I just felt like writing, and posting another pic of Josh Groban, which I found here .

Till next I write!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get an user pic on here....

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Wow, I met one!

Ok, so, I'm sure that anyone who reads this (assuming that such a person exists out there...) has come across my statements of "I don't date." I hadn't met any other person who wasn't out looking for someone to hook up with before this Sunday. Sure, I've come across them on the internet (Barlow Girl's message board is positively teeming with non-daters [and do excuse me if I feel like some of them are just bandwagon jumpers]), but meeting one in real life, very rare.

Granted, I've known this guy for a couple months, I just didn't know this about him. I still wouldn't have known if another girl who lived in the same town he lived in was his girlfriend, and when this guy said no, Ray (poorly) explained why. (He did it so poorly that I can't remember what he said...) So, this guy explained that he believes that God has a wife picked out for him already, so why should he be dating now?

I'm so glad to see evidence that these people really exist. They're not just figments of my imagination. Nor are they hermits who never leave their computer keyboards... Though I'm beginning to fit that description... Um, moving on.

Yeah, I know I've probably met "plenty" of other people who hold these beliefs. It just doesn't come up in conversation often. Can you imagine just saying hi to a guy and him saying, "Hey, how are ya'? Oh and by the way, I won't ask you out 'cause I don't date." If any guy said that to me I'd look at them like they had 3 heads. The opportunity for saying that sort of thing doesn't pop up in most conversations. I mean, if you just started telling people this, most of the opposite gender are going to get the impression that you thought they were just waiting for you to ask them out, and how conceited can you be, huh?

Ok, my grammar has gone out the door. I'd better stop writing now. I ought to be e-mailing anyway...

Till next I write!

The Office

Man, I never thought an episode of the Office would prompt me to blog!

I know that Pam really ought not to have expected things to happen any other way, but to have Jim be so... cold to her is just, just, just hard to watch! I do like Karen, a little bit, anyway. But I like Pam, and I've liked Pam longer. I admit, Jim put his heart on the line, and Pam may as well have run over it with a truck, but man, do I want those two together.

I suppose it's all very realistic. It wouldn't be good for ratings for Jim and Pam to get together and live happily ever after. Happy couples don't make good TV, apparently dragging everything out for months is.

I hate this... but I can't stop watching. I mean, if I stop watching, there will be no more pranks, like timing Dwight's laps around the building with a thermometer.

Till next I write!

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Josh Groban's Awake is now in stores!

I am now kicking myself for buying the single for Solo Por Ti. I loved the clip of it, and disliked the other single for this album, You Are Loved (Don't Give Up). I figured that most of the CD would be like that... clips or songs that I found less than satisfactory with a few great ones here and there.

Then, today I went onto Itunes and listened to clips from all the songs. I like almost all of them! I want to buy and download the whole thing! But... I've already got one song, and it bugs me to pay for a song twice. I did it once, only because the download was cheaper if I bought it all rather than buying the other songs individually.

I used to have a "source" for listening to all of Josh Groban's albums before I bought any of the songs. I'm not really in touch with that person anymore... besides I'm not so sure that she would have bought the CD yet.

I'm off to decide whether patience will be practiced in this situation, or I'll impulse buy. We all know what I should do... we've yet to find out what I will do.

Till next I write!


Later:
Yes, I bought a few special tracks... 13 of them I think... really special. It was still cheaper, and I got the Itunes bonus tracks (same as the special edition ones, but I only got the songs I wanted! Go me!)

Youtube is getting to be a habit with me. I mean, either I'm on there looking for 80's cartoon clips or I'm looking for music videos. Either official ones, or fan videos like this video. I have to admit, I hate the song "Sexyback" but I love the way they use it in this video. One of these days I'll just have to figure out how to make my own MVs, but they'll never be as good as the ones I find out there.

P.S. Ever seen the video "How to fold a shirt"? It's awesome!

Till next I write!