Different strokes

So today I went to the bank to close out my Seattle accounts
and as I'm withdrawal the 12 cents from my "savings" account
I hear a transaction going on behind me
there's a young woman talking about transferring funds
$80,000 to be exact
unfortunately i had to get back to work
or else i would have waited outside the bank
clonked her on the head, and snatched her purse
oh well, probably for the best that i didn't

so i've been trolling the blogoverse
or more popularly called the blogosphere
frankly, neither of those names have a good ring
anyway, i'm always amazed by what people write about
i'm truly stuck in the world of the mundane
the daily goings-on (going-ons?) of my everyday life
i don't write about my thougths of local/state/national/global matters
now i'm going to be honest
i generally think i'm a smart cookie
but i gotta admit that when i read what other folks write
i feel woefully uninformed

and now back to my diatribes about bradgelina
just kidding
(would us weekly every use "diatribe?"
i think not!)

Productive Sunday

i am spending this sunday in my apt
being extremely productive
1) i watched one of the netflix i've had out for over a month
i enjoyed "the upside of anger"
i liked kevin costner's character
and the ending took me by surprise
2) i've made a budget
i don't like my budget
but i am going to print it out
stick it to my fridge
and follow it

and now i'm going to make a hamburger
b/c as a budget-conscious young woman
i went to the grocery store
instead of buying all of my meals out

I Just Walked 2 Miles for a Chicken

I found a Pathmark "close" to home
And while it was nice to be in a store that features ghetto white bread
(Pathmark--the grocery store of my college years)
never again will i trek there
you see, it is the most gorgeous day here
mid-70s, sunny, low humidity
so if dragging my groceries home on a day like today was painful
i can't imagine it will be any better in january
so, fresh direct it is

So luckily I got home in time to see the 2nd quarter
of the UW Notre Dame game
I saw UW score!
It is a new year!
Seattle looks absolutely beautiful from Husky Field
(and you can drive to buy a chicken)
I'm watching the game in hopes of seeing people i know
Yet another reason I'm a dork

Lizzie is in DC at the anti-war rally
She should have taken a picture of me to hold up
to show my support
i will sing "fortunate son" once in my apt tonight
as a show of solidarity
that one's for you GW

And speaking of chickens (Texas National Guard indeed!)
i'm going to go find a recipe to make a kickass roasted bird

Dreaded reality

ok, i have the weakness of reality shows
as evidenced by the last post about tommy lee
so here's what i've learned

1) i am scared about america's youth
as presented on mtv's "my super sweet 16"
god help me if i stay in the college setting
and these brats cross my path
"i am the prettiest girl, and i deserve this $250,000 party
and oh my god, look, a BMW!"
i just heard my favorite line from a twit of a 15-year-old
"it's like we're celebrities, but not famous"
and seriously, what 16-year-old's parents lets them
pierce their nose or belly button?
the sense of entitlement and lack of authority/rules
is just astounding

2) inxs has a good back catalogue of hits
yeah yeah
i'm one of maybe 16 people watching that show
about them picking their new lead singer
let's chalk that up to the fact that i have
a tv crush on one of the contestants

3) i never want a tattoo as much as when i watch
this show about a tattoo parlor in miami

4) look at items 1-3, you would think
all i do is watch tv
but that's not a true
i just cram a lot of tv into a little time
i'm a master flipper

and on that note
i should go to bed

i am shamed...

but in this time of turmoil
with natural disasters and the disastarous reactions by our government
there's so much i could choose to write about
sure, i could say that the director of FEMA should immediately tender his resignation
and then perhaps i could talk about how it's vital that there is
an independent counsel review of the government's response

but no, here's my topic of choice
tommy lee goes to college
i'm going to be brief
but in flipping around, i found the first episode of this reality show
and anything based around a college setting
has me at hello
so they show tommy going to look for on-campus housing
he goes wandering thru BEAUTIFUL residence halls
and all i can think of is
"damn, that's a fine-looking corridor!
ooh, they put big whiteboards on all the doors!"
he finally chooses a roommate and a fairly sumptuous room
(at least by res hall standards)
well, tommy can't have standard issue DORM furniture and surroundings
so he tricks the place out
flat screen tv, guitars on the walls, vibrating leather barcaloungers, etc etc
and again, the RD in me is mentally screaming
"you CAN"T hang stuff in the walls!!"

i am shamed because that is finally what got me to post
after 10 days

and now i'm watching the 9-11esque telethon for the gulf coast
it is just horrifying how almost every person they show
from the devastation is african-american
as sean put it
if this tragedy struck orange county, CA
you know those voices would have been heard sooner
this is truly a shameful part of our american history
and when the time is right
the people in those high places who made those tragic decisions
must be held accountable