Monday, December 27, 2004

Me Learny Stuff New

I go to school online and I occasionally discuss what happens.

Some of these are funny.

Getting Ready to Return: Stress Level Rising - School is about to start 9/7/04 & Logical Vant Against My School - problems getting into class 9/23/04 & Update to Logical Vant - 9/24/04

Statistics: Beginning Statistics - Or the class from H-E-double hockey sticks 9/30/04 & Week 1 of Stats done - 10/6/05 & Importance of editing - 10/7/05 & I'm starting to really hate stats - 10/10/05 & My Learning Group is evil - 10/12/05 & Really, really hating stats - 10/18/05 & Feeling Ill - is it stats or a flu bug? - 10/19/05 & Study break before I destroy computer - 10/19/05 & Stats is drawing to a close - 11/3/05

Information Systems: The Start of a New Class - 11/11/05 & Mind-numbing - 11/17/05 & Save Me Please! - 11/19/05 & Questions Asked (I hate this class!) - 12/20/05

Employment Law: Hitting the Books - 1/10/05 & Concentration - 2/16/05 & Lifting the Weight - 2/16/05 & Great News - 3/1/05

Economics: Notification that School will Start Soon - 8/3/05 & School Starts - 9/6/05 & Freedom! - 10/10/05 & School Update - 10/12/05

Standing On Stage

I like karaoke. In fact, I LOVE karaoke. Now, with that said, I don't like singing myself. I like going and seeing wonderful people. Here are some posts about different nights of karaoke. Many of the recent posts can be found under the category, "Dating 101".

With a Little Help From My Friends - My big brother sings at karaoke, photo post
Whoo-Worthy - Up close and personal picture of my big brother singing
324-06 - A night of karaoke
Home From Karaoke - update for Matt and DM for when I lost my ring but found it
Getting Ready to Go Out
DM at Karaoke - Picture of Dana
The Shirt May Not Be Red... - A picture of me
DM singing - Another picture post
Overheard at The Chalet - a post about a night of karaoke
Normal Hours are for Normal People - Sunday, January 16, 2005 at The Chalet
Comfortably Numb - Sunday, January 31, 2005 at The Chalet
Sunday Has Come and Gone - Sunday, February 20, 2005 at The Chalet
Wild, Wild Weekend - Sunday, April 3, 2005 at The Chalet (post includes non-karaoke stories too)
The "IN" Crowd - Sunday, April 10, 2005 at The Chalet
Feels Like Home - Sunday, May 1, 2005 at The Chalet
Oh My - Thursday, June 2, 2005 at The Chalet (includes a non-karaoke story)
Karaoke Gone Wild (Part Who is keeping track?) - Sunday, June 26, 2006 at The Chalet (the post that explains how James took off his shorts)
Helllloooo Officer - Thursday, July 28, 2005
A Strange Jumble of Odd Topics - Sunday, July 17, 2005
CSI: Chalet - Sunday, August 21, 2005
Update to CSI: Chalet - update to the events from August 21, 2005
Labor Day Karaoke - Char visits, James is drunk, craziness is just around the bend! - Sunday, September 4, 2005
Football Season & Funny Times - Sunday, September 11, 2005
Nothing Out of the Ordinary - Sunday, September 18, 2005
Life Update - Thursday, September 29, 2005
Pep Talks - Thursday, October 20, 2005
Karaoke mention - Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sunday Night Fun - Sunday, November 6, 2005
Little Things Adding Up to a Post - Thursday, November 10, 2005
Always an Adventure - Sunday, November 13, 2005
Update - pictures from Thursday, November 17, 2005 & Sunday, November 18, 2005 & Wednesday, November 21, 2005 & Thursday, November 22, 2005
Weekend Update - Sunday, December 4, 2005
Someone Could Lose an Eye! - Sunday, December 11, 2005
Blank Screen - pre-karaoke post about why I love going to karaoke, December 11, 2005
Slacker Here - links to DM's post about Sunday, December 25, 2005
A New Year of Karaoke - Sunday, January 1, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006 karaoke - AKA DM and I get plastered, fall-down drunk:
Drunken posting & Sober posting about the night & More about the night & a bit more about the night
Temptations - Sunday, January 29, 2006
Felt Like You Haven't Been to Karaoke Lately? - Sunday, February 26, 2006
What a Weekend! - Sunday, March 12, 2006
Posting Pictures - Thursday, March 16, 2006
What Ever Happened to Slightly Crazy? - Sunday, March 19, 2006
Opera, Steak and Karaoke - Sunday, March 26, 2006
Dude, Stop Drinking Bleach - A Friday night in February, not written until March

These are audio clips. The sound quality is not great, but at least it's a little of what happens at karaoke.
You Outta Know - This is me singing & Bryan sings a Toad the Wet Sprocket Song & Cracklin' Rosie - DM singing & Give Me One Reason - DM again & Holly Holy - Another song that Bryan sang & Devil Went Down to Georgia - This is Michael & Steamroller Blues - Bryan singing & Picture - Random people and us making fun of the song & Wicked Game - DM & Hush - Matt sings & Play That Funky Music - Big Wayne & Tuff Enuff - Matt again

Digital Photography

I'm a scrapbooker, what can I say? I love to take pictures and I do share them occasionally on my site. Here are the links to different pictures (sometimes the pictures are links within the posts because I don't want to overload anyone's modem or connection).

Yellow Flowers Yellow Flower (Notice it's not plural, it is a different picture) Pink Flower
Photoblog idea - I never finished this, but there are a couple of links to pictures in here Japanese Footbridge Gnome Coca-Cola World, Las Vegas Clouds opening up Caesar's Palace Rice Creek Evening Falls Zebra Penguins Lion Beth at Como Zoo Think Pink!
Fish head Too Many! - This post has links to pictures of my pets and also my friends.
St. Croix River Smoke (the cat) plays with a ball Fireworks

TV

I rarely watch TV. When I do, I usually end up commenting about it. Why? Because it frightens me.

Late Night Commercials
Olympics:Opening Ceremony & Commercial
Why I Don't Watch Much TV
Valentine's Day Commercials
Soap - A gift from Matt at gift Exchange
Toyota Avalon commercial
Lindsay Lohen annoys me

Lost - I am addicted
My first thought was, "They're remaking Gilligan's Island?"
Why I Love My Job - a banker calls me and the addiction is spreading
Getting off work early & getting the bonus of watching Lost

The Sheepsheadian Files

Or better yet, those posts that are not easily categorized or referenced. These are just some random posts.

These two posts were written in February 2005. They have to do with every category and what type of site I run:

Question & Discovery - My attempt to answer the question I posted

June 2004:

Vampire - My night lifestyle

Chicken and the Horse - A joke I enjoyed

Links - Link to BNL's blog and to the BK Holiday site

Mother Approved - DM labeled me as Mother Approved. This disturbed me.

Customer Service - A post about C2 (low-carb Coke), Cable Company horrors, cute story about Matt's youngest son

July 2004:

Tattoos - Odd places to have tattoos

Blogger introduces easy formatting! - Really lame post

I Hate My Computer - Rush Limbaugh is evil, Sharpie Pens, My old computer was also evil

August 2004:

Are You My Type? - Giving Blood

A Good Day - hanging out with DM, Keem, and Adam, watching old movies, and making picture frames

Surfing Blogs - Finding sites I like, what I don't like in other sites

Other Sites - more surfing

Trying to be Random - Karaoke, Blog surfing, minor DT reference

School Shopping Extravaganza!

Another Obsession - Office Supplies

Ode to a long week - An update to things during the week, work, hoping for Olympics to end, Zelda game, Melissa Etheridge comment

Computer Replacement - the next few links were all about a new computer
I love my computer & Still Love New Computer & Whoo-Hoo! - Figured out stuff on new computer, also a mention of my love for Conan O'Brien

Sears is a good company

September 2004
Update - Sleeping difficulties, DM quote, mention of why we're called Sheepsheadians

Stuff on my mind - Dinner with Keem and DM, Conan O'Brien taking over Tonight Show, Children's TV, Karaoke (Cowboy Joe and also first mention of THE BOY obsession)

My Day - Guy talking about D&D

Como Zoo

Dying My Hair

Stupid People Posts: Sometimes You Have to Deal with Stupid People & Thank You Mr. Silver for Proving My Point

October 2004
Zombies

Seeing Red

Newscasters

Big Black Boots

Friends of Moron Mouth - I help contribute to another site about customer service horror stories, it's called "Out of the Mouths of Morons"

Overheard conversations - Post is titled, "Ah Crap Honey, The Dog Just Exploded"

BNL Blog - Link to my favorite band's blog

Categories created - yes, I did a post about creating categories (this site) and now I'm putting that post into the categories.

When I Broke My Blog - really lame post

Baked Apples - Why I shouldn't cook

A Year in Review - I took a look back at the last 365 days. I did this on October 3rd though.

My Birthday Dinner

November 2004
Lots of different topics - No more stats, politics, karaoke, scrapping, book idea

Another update

Housekeeping a blog

Updating again - I got lazy for a bit

Mad Woman's Lament - My Internet connection went down for an entire weekend. I went a little crazy.

The Connection is Restored

Being Sick

Scrapping Complete - My trip to Las Vegas with DM in March 2004 is finally scrapbooked. I posted a few pictures on a blog linked in this post.

December 2004
Holiday Shopping - A Vant

Happy Hanukkah

Four Day Weekend! (Anticipation for upcoming party)

A Great Party

Fortune Cookies

Computer Problems

Depressing Post about Working Nights

Audio blogging

Wish for Peace, Goodwill and Great Friends

Answers to Random Questions

New Addiction - I became addicted to a video game

Pet Peeve

January 2005
Winter Wonderland - The first big snowfall of the 2004-2005 winter

What I Should Be Doing - Learning new blogging techniques

Comin' Out - Revealing a bit about myself

Stuff - Completely random post about upcoming plans

A Life of Crime - About when I got pulled over (for speeding)

Drugs and Dreaming - Strange dream I had while on pain medication

Dilbert - Link to a comic

Plug - New blogs I've started to read

Shiny New Toy - Shopping for a cell phone

It's So Easy - Shopping is way too easy when Visa is involved

Going Through "The Motions" - It takes me a bit to wake up each morning

February 2005
Preserving Memories Update - I finally updated another one of my sites

Glimpse - Football. Ug. Also, I changed my template.

Change Can Be Good - I went to using Haloscan, but I put all previous comments in the existing posts first.

Losing My I.Q. - Why I shouldn't be allowed near babies

Convenience - Online shopping

Update - Update on my mood after news about my grandma (see family category)

Happy Valentine's Day - A wish of happiness to my friends

Astrology - Do I fit into my sign? Do I even believe in any of this stuff?

Thoughts on Comments - More comments about astrology and other stuff

Strange Days - About being an action hero and a mention of a strange dream

Want Vs. Need - I want an iPod

Puzzlement - Shopping and seeing someone I might know

Sunday - Excitement for the day

Changes - Hints about future post

Explanation Necessary - Random chatter

Changes... - Revealed change - New Hair Style

Too Much Fun - Gizoogle Link

Live Long & Prosper? - About a news story in the Twin Cities

March 2005

Falling off the Wagon - I broke down and bought an iPod

Insanity - Organizing sound files for my iPod

Shuffle, Shuffle - Playing with my iPod

Delete - I got really mad at a 'friend' and deleted a previous, really funny post

Pondering - A really weird dream

Looks can be deceiving - My "evil" twin

Random Chatter - Just an update

Proof - I really ought to watch more news

Corresponding with God - Chain Mail from Jesus!

100 + Things You May or May Not Know About Me - A list

April 2005

My Eyelids Said 4:30... - Feeling run down and needing a holiday

Pure Craziness - Update to my days getting ready for vacation

So, Some Old Guy Died - The Pope dies, I go shopping. Hey, priorities!

May 2005

Time & Energy - Online film developing

Maybe the Waters are Safe - Really bad and really great poetry (not written by me)

Pet Peeve revisited - Learn geography if you're going to talk about it!

Religion & Me - A MEME about religion and my thoughts on the matter

June 2005

Who's Counting? - My 1-year Anniversary of Blogging (post full of great links)

Where Does the Time Go? - A post about future blog topics

The Curse of Murtle - A "Ghost" Story at work

Little Black Book - Cleaning out the Notebook of blog ideas - Post includes moments from playing pool and random observations

July 2005

Taking pictures - I got a new camera

Scene from a restaurant - sitting at Perkins with Char

Power & Electricity - the power in my apartment is out do to a storm

Maybe I do want kids - In which I go to a party with lots of children running around

Facts of Life - a man with bad hair at the pool hall

A Strange Jumble of Odd Topics - Stories about work, karaoke, friends, shopping at iTunes, and a plea to hear from a lurker

August 2005

Cleaning Out the Notebook - Shopping with DM, Scene from Perkins, hanging out with Char, random karaoke moments, Haiku

2 Things (and Rambling) - Update about karaoke, computer games, work, Coke, and iTunes

September 2005

Email from my mom - A surprisingly accurate prediction of a hurricane hitting New Orleans

It Pays to Clean - I go through boxes in storage and find some gems

Brain Teaser - A puzzle (I found this years ago)

I'm Going to Hell - Rejected children's books (I found this years ago as well)

Sleeplessness - Why I'm so tired

L.O.A. - Computer problems

Sweet, sweet Internet - Computer problems continued

Life Update - School, karaoke, work, random observations3

October 2005

A Year in Review

Wires - I set up my new birthday present

SPAM - humor in annoying comments

Irrational Fears - I am afraid of Gatorade

Gotta Love Her - my mom sends me a link to a video of "speech writing" for President Bush

Get Lost - a Friday night adventure in Minnesota

Freedom! - Economics is over, I go to the dentist, an adventure at Target, visiting my parents, and stopping by work

A Pretty Good Day - What I did for my birthday

November 2005

Worry-Wort - My camera needs repair

Wipe-Out! - I fell after work

Slightly Bored - Karaoke, going to Dad's, Halloween at Mom's

Pictures - A lot of pictures I had meant to post a long time ago

My Inbox - emails and forwards I have received (cool pictures!)

Little Things Adding Up - About my fall, work, karaoke, I hate my alarm clock, computer stuff

Blood Types - An educational post about blood

The Flu & the Work Place - about an article I read online

I went shopping - & I talk about an annoying commercial

Where My Mind is At - Sick, talk about my dog, plans for work, Christmas movie watching, scrapbooking, pictures, random mail

Spirit of the Season - Making a CD of Christmas songs

Spam - random spam

Stupid Sickness - I got sick, I talk with iTunes

December 2005

'Twas the Week Before Christmas - Christmas shopping is evil

To clarify - in which I talk about my refrigerators

Things I Need to Say - Work & an attempt to draw out a lurker

Party Shuffle - I write about the iTunes selection of the evening, lots of random conversation

Blank Screen - about karaoke, work, friends, and a MEME

Shopping after Work for Christmas things

Dreaming - a very vivid dream

Slacker Here - About Christmas, karaoke and work

January 2006

Muses & Audiences - I write about what an old flame means to me today

Letter to Self - Trying to motivate myself

Is it Wrong? - Silly post

Lurker & Delurking Week - begging for comments

Daily Laugh - Dilbert

I Get My Oil Changed - I hate auto shops

Unfolding - My horoscope

A night at Perkins - an old farty guy talks to me and the next day I see a topless man

Poll? - looking for ideas

On Vacation and Not Updating As Often As I Would Think - just an update

NYE/Karaoke/Monday/Music/Tuesday - New Year's Eve, karaoke, a couple of days, a new set of music

2005 in Review - I wonder?

My Vacation is Over - I took a week off, hung out with friends

February 2006

Sick - unable to ID my team lead

10 Random Pictures to Tell a story

Horoscope

Puppy Mill Article from my mom

More about how to help against the puppy mill

Impulse Purchasing

Word Cloud

March 2006

What a Weekend

When all else fails, post pictures!

Scene from scrapbooking

Can I borrow a baby?

Searching for...?
These are some posts about searches that directed people to my site. Some are quite disturbing. August 14, 2004, October 8, 2004, November 28, 2004, November 30, 2004, January 2, 2005, January 14, 2005, February 2, 2005, February 20, 2005, March 7, 2005, April 10, 2005, May 17, 2005, July 9, 2005

My Genetics (Dentistry and Beth)
I could probably create a separate category for these posts, but I'm just putting them here.
Drugged Up & After the extraction & Insert Your Own Title & Jaw-Dropping Experience & Nearing the end of the torture & Last appointment & reason to smile

Formatting: October 2005: I play with the template on my site quite often. Here are posts about that. Just a note & Still Playing with the template & Possible Banners November 2005: The final banner is announced

The Old Apartment, The New Apartment, and Random Roommate Stories

During the summer of 2004, I moved. I now have my own place and no longer share a flat with Adam, my best friend and former roommate. These are just some posts I've written about moving, my new place, and roommates of the past.

Science or Plans to Kill Me? - A post about what Adam left for me
Broke into the New Apartment - I moved (did I have to re-explain that?)
Update to my week of vacation - I took a week off to move and it was ending. Boring post.
Haunted - A Joke about odd events in my new apartment
Home, Sweet Home
These next two posts were from when I was not feeling too happy with a former roommate: Lost Post & Unasked questions
Okay, I guess I was upset for longer than I remembered: Narcissism & Bloody Brilliant & It Gets A Bit Better
My First Apartment and First Roommate: Hippy
Newer Posts: I Just Saw the Raisins, Okay? & Coming to Terms
Purging: I'm Done With it [Full Stop]
Current Apartment: Sounds
A story of appliances: To Clarify
Current Apartment: The people upstairs may possibly be on meth
Current Apartment: More Noises

Two Hour Escape

I love to watch movies. I have a pretty extensive collection of DVDs and I will sometimes share my reviews on different movies. I tend to write about movies most people have not seen, mainly because they are the movies I think should get a little more attention.

June 2004: My Favorite Holiday Classics & A Perfect World

July 2004: Going to the Movies - I do mention The Terminal in this post & Kevin Spacey Movies - The Big Kahuna and Glengarry Glenross

January 2005: In Good Company

February 2005: Hitch

May 2005: 100 Best Movies & 100 Worst Movies & Justification of Worst Movies & Sahara & Buying Movies

July 2005: Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute - excitement about an upcoming movie about penguins & Steak & Penguins - DM and I go to see the movie

August 2005: Saved

September 2005: I Have Too Many DVDs - where I discover I do own a movie I wanted & Cellular - I do mention this movie and my thoughts in this random post

MEME

Occasionally, I have done quizzes on the Internet. I tend to not do them as often anymore, but here are a few that I've done before.

What Kind of Shoe are You? & Question MEME - Also has if stranded on desert island, which 10 albums would you bring & Career Test & World's Most Boring Person tests & 20 Questions & Countdown & Japanese Name & Quiz - I got this one from my mom & Books - Self-explanatory & Music - SE & Temperment Test - What type of personality do I have? & 100 + Things About Me - SE & "Stick" - About books and which states I've visited & Religion & Me & 9 Layers & MIT Survey & 5 Things I Miss from Childhood & Se7en & Looking Back - What happened 6 months, 9 months, and one year ago & Brain Lateralization & Give me a name, I'll give you a list & Beth needs... & My blog is worth & Google Image & D&D character & Monster Name & Confessions & Blogthings - this is a LOT of quizzes in one post & Questions about Blogging Habits & MEME time, not Hammer Time - many quizzes in one post & My life rating & How am I in relationships & More quizzes & 10 Firsts & Beth loves... & Sounds - not really a MEME, but it does list my favorite sounds & Signature Themes - again, not really a MEME, but it was a test I had to take at work to determine my strengths & Which Stephen King character am I? & Even more Internet quizzes - there is a slew of them here & Sick & Bored - more Internet quizzes & Have you ever & Found on Udge's Site - more quizzes & These Are Quizzes from a different blog I'm changing & Posting to Post - more quizzes & Non-sensical quiz time - guess what? More quizzes & Fake Memory MEME & 7 Songs & 5 Things & 50 Things that Make Me Happy and Songs that Improve My Mood & Smart? & My Name Made Sexy & Trivia about Me & 4 Things & Beginnings and Endings & Resolutions & Fascinating & Giving into Blogthings & When Will I Die? & Johari Window & Simpson's Character & Calvin & Hobbes & Personality Test

Musical MEMEs: Songs to Describe Me & Songs to Describe Me Part Duex & ABCs & iTunes MEME

Silver Screen MEMEs: 100 Best Movies & 100 Worst Movies & My justification

The Best Friends I Could Ever Wish For

Once in awhile, I will write a post or two about my friends. I do it because I love them. They are the family I've been given the opportunity to choose. I am thankful for my friends each and every day. Some of the posts are serious. Some are funny. Some are sad. Some are a bit of every emotion.

My site is called "Sheepsheadians and Other Stories." My friends are the Sheepsheadians. Our name comes from a card game that we play. Here are some of the posts I've written about my friends. The first post I wrote was, "Sheepshead, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game."

Oh, I like Paul Simon... - About DM
Wicked Kung Fu Dreidel Spin - About Matt, my big brother
Keem's Birthday! - Self-explanatory
My Pledge - Enema talk
Thinking Before You Speak - I didn't mean it, I swear!
World Travelers - DM and I plan a trip
Love to Shop or Love to Laugh - Shopping with Matt
Scrapping with DM - Self-explanatory
New Year's Eve - With DM, Keem, and Matt
Pictures (or links to pictures) of my friends - Self-explanatory
A Night With Matt - Self-explanatory
A Happy Memory of a Parade - A parade (with pictures!)
End of an Era - I am left as the surviving Sheepsheadian at work
My Hero - Matt helps me out
Behind the Wheel - DM drives!
Discovery - Dedicating my site to my friends
Annual Gift Exchange:
Announcement - Talk about excitement and also about previous problems with former roommate
She's a Good Listener - About talking to DM on the phone
DM - Self Portrait of DM (She held the camera)
It's a Family Thing - Our Actual Gift Exchange

Did I Ever Tell You About? - A New Friendship Formed with Char
Busy Weekend - Going to the opera, out to a GREAT dinner, karaoke, shopping, and hanging out with old and new friends
What's Going On - Worry about a missing friend
Not a lot of sense - More worry over the friend
Weekend Update - Still worried. Brought up the subject of rectals at karaoke.
Happy Birthday Dana! - DM's Birthday celebration starts
Naked Passport Photos? - Our adventure to get our passports for Portugal
The "Gig" - We went to Michael's to see Michael's karaoke show
On the Edge - A random conversation with DM
Happy Birthday Johnny! - Best wishes for Johnny's birthday
Have You Misplaced Anything Recently? - Who steals tires???
"Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah!" - Setting up Google Ad Sense to raise money to bring Johnny to America for a visit
Suggestions Needed - Cafe Press established to help fund Johnny's trip
He's a Pig - An old email
Taking Time to Travel to Tomah - DM and I go on a road trip to meet Mark
Smaller Than You Remember (Part 1) - Sheepsheadian Road Trip
Smaller Than You Remember (Part 2) - Sheepsheadian Road Trip continued
A Former Life - Post about former parties (with pictures!)
Steak & Penguins - DM and I go to the movies
Helllloooooo Officer - Char and I visit Perkins
Effing Cool! - I find a way to post a video clip of DM talking about Star Trek
Scenes from the notebook - Random moments from the past few months
Farewell & Goodbye - Char moves to Texas
Scrapbooking (and other stuff) with DM - Pretty obvious
Awesome Day - DM wins pirate pornography - there is a link, I also see Liese and Bruce
Char starts a blog! - Easy enough
Luck? - I go to the casino with Steve & Sarah
Blank Screen - a random post about going out with friends, karaoke, work, etc.
New Year's Eve, Karaoke, Music, and Work - lots into one post
Fascinating - A list of the 10 most fascinating people I've ever known
Word of the Day - DM learns how to pronounce a new word
What a Weekend! - The celebration of DM's birthday
Opera, Steak & Karaoke - the 4th Annual Sheepsheadians Day at the Opera (and 2nd time we got to Manny's together)
Happy Birthday Dana! - Guess who had a birthday
Hanging out with Friends - Char's back, I play pool with her and Sarah

16 Tons and What Do You Get? Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Saint Peter, don't you call me, cause I can't go...
I owe my soul to the company store.

Actually, I love my job. I work in a call center for a large bank, named NABABNA. Well, actually it's a code name. I do write posts for another site, Out of the Mouths of Morons, about customer service horror stories. Once in awhile, moments from my job will end up on my main site.

June 2004 Black Thursday - the day my former manager told me he was leaving our team Quality, Schmality - Quality Assurance horror stories, Quality may just be my arch-nemesis Call Me a Sucker - A customer who touched me

August 2004 Long Day - Just another day in the call center A snippet of what I do - Just description of my day at work Icky! - Inappropriate stares from one of the bankers on our team

September 2004 Escalated Calls - This post should have been for Moron Mouth

October 2004 Random Post - mentions an escalated call I took Quality Dispute - Have I mentioned that I fight Quality often? People think I should go into law after reading some of the disputes Exercise While You Work - I think whistling still wins out Conspiracy - They are trying to drive me insane! (Okay, not really a post about work. But it is about something that happened in the building that I work in!) Poor Choices - About my former manager

November 2004 Twizzlers & Pain, oh the pain!

December 2004 My Many Hats & Girls Night Out

January 2005 A Frustrating Night (and other random moments) & Quality Assurance & Splitting Headache & Losing the Headache & Pleasant Surprise & Boat Ride

February 2005 Prize & Twist of Fate

April 2005 Wild, Wild Weekend - Link to post on Out of the Mouths of Morons about my night Can I Go on the Camel Diet? - Food is always around at work What a Team of Characters - Saying Goodbye to some team members

May 2005 Back to the grindstone - First days back after a 17 day holiday Okay - I may have learned where I picked up this over used word It All Works Out in the End - I got promoted! My First Challenge - I have to hire a team lead

June 2005 Another Anniversary - Things that have happened in my eight years at N.A.B.A.B.N.A. What a Day! - A Great interview while looking for a team lead Oh My! - An interview mishap Interviews - The questions I would have wanted to ask, if legal reasons hadn't kept me from it Bureacracy - The process of actually hiring someone Excitement - Almost to the offering the job step Enthusiasm, Excitement, and Exhaustion - About the day offering the job to Steve Gah! - Steve's First Day as a team lead The Curse of Murtle - A "Ghost" that haunts our bathrooms The Unmaking of a DMan - Donovan's farewell & best of luck party

July 2005 Things I Have Learned... - Things I have observed or learned since becoming a supervisor I'd Take a picture, but... - My camera is stolen at work A Strange Jumble of Odd Topics - Stories about work, mainly funny things my team lead said Not So Subtle Ending to the Beginning of My Day - A story about when I was a teller and a truck crashed into a brick wall

August 2005 The Joys of Management - All managers meeting Darth Vader Pumpkin - Decorating my desk Quickly, Before the Madness Starts - Getting ready for another busy day Can Ice Cream Solve the World's Problems? - I have to fire someone 2 Things (& Rambling) - Update about a day at work

September 2005 Update about work & My former supervisor moves on - I was a hippie, he was a frat boy & Awesome Day - Fun dinner and hanging out with my team lead He Does Make Me Laugh - Validation for hiring Steve Life Update - Work is going well and I have a great group of people to work with

October 2005 Interviewing Tips - I do a lot of interviews in one day Why I Love My Job - It's the people Non-filler post of the night - Update about the team and how we work together I went to training - this post is mostly about karaoke, but I mention the training I'm Done with it [full stop] - An irritation at work regarding questions about my former roommate Get Lost - Going out on a Friday night after work

November 2005 Working Girl - a post about my first job and first boss Wipe-Out! - I fell after work Signature Themes - My management strengths Engagement - I do love my job Sex, Snow, and Suicide - a rather interesting day at work Rest in Peace - a banker passes away Dig - Steve and I joke around at work Training - My schedule for a day (recognition training). It was a 13 1/2 hour day. Love 'Em or Lose 'Em - Training class again. I also talk about a new banker and making a connection. Work Update - a random post full of many topics Ironic - bonding with Steve Beating the Holiday Rush - a productive day

December 2005 Things I Need to Say - my day at work, happy notes from my team Early Meeting - not much, but mentions of the meeting I had that day Party Shuffle - Steve makes us all laugh as he becomes a "fill-off-is-sizer" Luck? - I hurt myself and act like a dolt, then go to the casino with Steve & Sarah and win money It's Unnatural - my thoughts about early morning meetings I Work with the Best People Ever! - I get a really nice surprise when I arrive at work Good Mood - I write about a hero of mine at work and the Secret Santa event we had Blank Screen - I mention the "holiday" party and part of my job I don't overly enjoy (HR issues) Slacker Here - End of the year rush

January 2006 Back to Work - New Year is busy Getting Up Early on a Saturday - Meeting an old banker for lunch Fighting Fires - a busy day after vacation Getting Caught Up - I find out a great banker got a promotion

February 2006 Yeah, Yeah, Enough About the Job I Love Right? - It feels right Really Long Day - is 12 1/2 hours enough? Delirium - I was sick and forgot who Steve was Complimentary - things I heard at work that made me feel good

March 2006 In Which I Spout About My Days... - I survived training

The End Has Come

Although I have a more mathematical thought process, I do love to read. I love reading blogs and there are a few authors I have to read anything they put out.

My main reading obsession is Stephen King. I love most of his works and The Dark Tower series has a special place in my heart (except for maybe the last 5 pages of the final book). The last two books of the series were released in the summer and fall of 2004 and I wrote about this obsession a few times. If you're interested, feel free to click the links:

Obsession, Yes That's What it is - June 7, 2004
I'm Not This Obsessed - June 16, 2004
One Week Until The End - September 14, 2004
Where to Buy the Book - September 18, 2004
1 Hour to Go - September 21, 2004
Mid Book Reading - September 21, 2004
It's Over - September 22, 2004
An Internet Test proving my addiciton - November 2005

Creepy, Crawly Things

Most people have some fears in life. I have a long list of things I'm afraid of and that list is fairly reasonable. I'm afraid of scary movies, making an idiot out of myself, heights, and water. None of those fears come close to my fear of bugs. I hate bugs. I understand that spiders eat bugs, but they scare the living daylights out of me. I am not afraid of snakes, but I fear creepy, crawly things.

I have done a few posts about the creepy, crawly bugs that have permanently scarred me for life. Enjoy my misery: Wasp & Bees & Cricket in My Shoe

What? You mean to tell me that it will cost XXX???

I am car challenged. Automotive topics usually fly right over the top of my head. I do know how to change a flat tire and I'm fully aware that there is no such thing as blinker fluid.

I have written a few posts about my previous car and my new car. I bought a new one in November 2004. Enjoy!

Take a Piece of My Heart Baby & Sleeplessness & Impulse Shopping & Insurance & License Plate & Adventures in the Ditch & Essay (written in high school about my first car)