First Night Back at the Desk
Jan. 12th, 2006 01:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coffeesnob318Yay! Normal schedule again! And the desk is mine...all mine. *evil completely trustworthy cackle*
Not much happening tonight. We have about 3 1/2 people in the building. I get to make folders for the new move-ins. I get to do part-time payroll. But all of that can wait until it is completely dead down here. No sense in squandering the meager social opportunities.
I did take Bradford the Lion (well, if no one else is going to name him, I will. Bradford's as good a name as any) off the bulletin board where he was hanging, push-pinned by the tail. Poor Bradford. *hugs him; Bradford roars* Shhh...Bradford! Quiet hours.
Yes. I'm talking to a stuffed lion. In my defense, he started it.
I have been perusing the friendslist. I got tired after 45 minutes. Sorry if I missed something brilliant you said. I would like to thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dtdesperado for mentioning the Godfather theme. Because now I'm humming it. Again. I just got it out of my head this afternoon. And now there it is again. Great. :)
I picked up a few memes. I'll cut-tag the long one
Heh. I got two of these alphabet things. And most of the prompts are different. So I'll do both...only at the same time. I've got the time.
Snagged fromdtdesperado and blaire23
A - Accent: Texan - the intensity is inversely proportional to the amount of time it's been since I've been to visit the parents.
A - Age: 30
B - Breakfast Item: Scambled eggs and pasta
B - Best friend: Head reeling. Don't make me choose!
C - Chore You Hate: Yes. Oh, you mean a specific one. I'll also have to go with dusting.
C - Crush: No one
D - Dad's Name: Stanley
E - Essential Everyday Item: cell phone
E - Easiest Person to Talk To: my sister
F - Flavour Ice Cream: coffee or banana (sans nuts)
F - Favorite Band: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
G - Gummy Bears or Worms - Worms - those sour ones. Mmm...worms
H - Hometown: Childress TX
I - Insomnia: Story of my life
I - Instrument: Piano; french horn. And I play a mean kazoo.
J - Job Title: Night desk clerk; Adjunct Speech Instructor
K - Kids: I'm in favor of them. I'd like to have a lot, just not by birthing a lot. Adoption sounds like a brilliant option.
L - Living Arrangements: apartment
L - Longest Car Ride: From Denton to Charleston, South Carolina and then back through New Orleans. But not all at once. We stayed the night with friends and family and Margat's creepy cousin and some bars along the way.
M - Mum's Birthplace: Childress TX (world travelers, we are not)
M - Milk Flavor: ? Um...regular? Skim, actually. Unless it's chocolate, then bring on the fat.
N - Number of Significant Others You've Had: Define "significant." I say two, but my friend Brian from my freshman year of college swears I'm an ex of his. So apparently kissing me once during a road trip = significant. Weirdo.
O - Overnight Hospital Stays: one
O - One Wish: Money tree. Of course, I'd probably forget to water it, it would die, and then how stupid would I feel?
P - Phobia: RAs named Liz. Just kidding. Just seeing if you were reading. :) Um...I have a horrible fear that bugs will crawl on me when I'm sleeping. Perhaps one root of the insomnia?
Q - Queer: Define "queer." I'm odd at times. But my sexual preference is mostly straight.
Q - Quote: This week, it is from a horrible training video on stress management: "As you control your breathing, you control your life." I know it's true, but I still laughed and laughed.
R - Religious Affiliation: Bypassing my issues with the word "religious," Christian.
R - Reason to smile: Coffee. And back to working nights. And adorable exchange students locking themselves out of their rooms and, thus, having to come see me in the middle of the night.
S - Siblings: one younger sister
S - Song you last heard: Theme song to Friends (it was the last thing on before I left the house tonight)
T - Time I Wake Up: That's a tricky one. I could go through all seven days and why they're different, but I think I might even bore myself with that one, and I'm pretty easily amused. So I'll just say roughly 5 pm on weekdays and roughly 9 am on weekends.
U - Unnatural Hair Colours I've Had: Pink and blue. Soon followed by pink and seaweed green. Attractive.
U - Unknown Fact About Me - I've been through lifeguard training but was never certified because I couldn't quite pass one of the timed tests. A few years ago, I learned that they took the timed tests out, so I could probably pass now. This nugget of information freaks me out because, although there are many areas of life where speed doesn't matter, lifeguarding is not one of those areas. So I've never retested...in a lame form of silent protest.
V - Vegetable You Refuse To Eat: Beets
W - Worst Habit: Making piles in my office at home that I will "get to eventually."
X - X-rays I've Had: Teeth, feet, chest
Y - Yummy: cheese and Kix (but not together)
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Stolen clean away fromblaire23 (with the name of the "sexiest things" object changed so that I'd have another excuse to think about Jake Gyllenhaal)
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "5 Sexiest Things About Jake Gyllenhaal" or "Top 5 things to drink"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to all your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Then you post this offer in your own journal.
Not much happening tonight. We have about 3 1/2 people in the building. I get to make folders for the new move-ins. I get to do part-time payroll. But all of that can wait until it is completely dead down here. No sense in squandering the meager social opportunities.
I did take Bradford the Lion (well, if no one else is going to name him, I will. Bradford's as good a name as any) off the bulletin board where he was hanging, push-pinned by the tail. Poor Bradford. *hugs him; Bradford roars* Shhh...Bradford! Quiet hours.
Yes. I'm talking to a stuffed lion. In my defense, he started it.
I have been perusing the friendslist. I got tired after 45 minutes. Sorry if I missed something brilliant you said. I would like to thank
dtdesperado for mentioning the Godfather theme. Because now I'm humming it. Again. I just got it out of my head this afternoon. And now there it is again. Great. :)I picked up a few memes. I'll cut-tag the long one
Heh. I got two of these alphabet things. And most of the prompts are different. So I'll do both...only at the same time. I've got the time.
Snagged from
dtdesperado and blaire23A - Accent: Texan - the intensity is inversely proportional to the amount of time it's been since I've been to visit the parents.
A - Age: 30
B - Breakfast Item: Scambled eggs and pasta
B - Best friend: Head reeling. Don't make me choose!
C - Chore You Hate: Yes. Oh, you mean a specific one. I'll also have to go with dusting.
C - Crush: No one
D - Dad's Name: Stanley
E - Essential Everyday Item: cell phone
E - Easiest Person to Talk To: my sister
F - Flavour Ice Cream: coffee or banana (sans nuts)
F - Favorite Band: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
G - Gummy Bears or Worms - Worms - those sour ones. Mmm...worms
H - Hometown: Childress TX
I - Insomnia: Story of my life
I - Instrument: Piano; french horn. And I play a mean kazoo.
J - Job Title: Night desk clerk; Adjunct Speech Instructor
K - Kids: I'm in favor of them. I'd like to have a lot, just not by birthing a lot. Adoption sounds like a brilliant option.
L - Living Arrangements: apartment
L - Longest Car Ride: From Denton to Charleston, South Carolina and then back through New Orleans. But not all at once. We stayed the night with friends and family and Margat's creepy cousin and some bars along the way.
M - Mum's Birthplace: Childress TX (world travelers, we are not)
M - Milk Flavor: ? Um...regular? Skim, actually. Unless it's chocolate, then bring on the fat.
N - Number of Significant Others You've Had: Define "significant." I say two, but my friend Brian from my freshman year of college swears I'm an ex of his. So apparently kissing me once during a road trip = significant. Weirdo.
O - Overnight Hospital Stays: one
O - One Wish: Money tree. Of course, I'd probably forget to water it, it would die, and then how stupid would I feel?
P - Phobia: RAs named Liz. Just kidding. Just seeing if you were reading. :) Um...I have a horrible fear that bugs will crawl on me when I'm sleeping. Perhaps one root of the insomnia?
Q - Queer: Define "queer." I'm odd at times. But my sexual preference is mostly straight.
Q - Quote: This week, it is from a horrible training video on stress management: "As you control your breathing, you control your life." I know it's true, but I still laughed and laughed.
R - Religious Affiliation: Bypassing my issues with the word "religious," Christian.
R - Reason to smile: Coffee. And back to working nights. And adorable exchange students locking themselves out of their rooms and, thus, having to come see me in the middle of the night.
S - Siblings: one younger sister
S - Song you last heard: Theme song to Friends (it was the last thing on before I left the house tonight)
T - Time I Wake Up: That's a tricky one. I could go through all seven days and why they're different, but I think I might even bore myself with that one, and I'm pretty easily amused. So I'll just say roughly 5 pm on weekdays and roughly 9 am on weekends.
U - Unnatural Hair Colours I've Had: Pink and blue. Soon followed by pink and seaweed green. Attractive.
U - Unknown Fact About Me - I've been through lifeguard training but was never certified because I couldn't quite pass one of the timed tests. A few years ago, I learned that they took the timed tests out, so I could probably pass now. This nugget of information freaks me out because, although there are many areas of life where speed doesn't matter, lifeguarding is not one of those areas. So I've never retested...in a lame form of silent protest.
V - Vegetable You Refuse To Eat: Beets
W - Worst Habit: Making piles in my office at home that I will "get to eventually."
X - X-rays I've Had: Teeth, feet, chest
Y - Yummy: cheese and Kix (but not together)
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Stolen clean away from
blaire23 (with the name of the "sexiest things" object changed so that I'd have another excuse to think about Jake Gyllenhaal)You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "5 Sexiest Things About Jake Gyllenhaal" or "Top 5 things to drink"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to all your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Then you post this offer in your own journal.
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Date: 2006-01-12 11:55 am (UTC)5 sexiest things about jake Gyllenhaal:
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Date: 2006-01-13 07:32 am (UTC)1. Arms. *points at icon*
2. Chest. *points at icon*
3. Butt. Unfortunately, you can't see it in the icon, but, as butts go, it's magnificent. And he likes to show it off, which earns him extra points.
4. The smirk. I love the smirk. I like my boys a bit cocky (no pun intended. Honest.).
5. The scruffiness. Just enough to be sexy but not mountain-mannish.
Holy ketchup. He's fantastic.
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Date: 2006-01-13 12:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 08:26 am (UTC)My top two:
1. Brad Pitt. Obvious enough. Chosen (and given first place) because I've never seen him not look sexy. Even in Snatch where he was all grimy all the time - still sexy. Even in Fight Club where he was almost greasy - whoa. Sexy. The man cannot not be sexy.
2. Johnny Depp. Same reason. I've never seen him not be sexy. And the man never ages. At 42, he still looks as hot as he did at 25.
The last eight, in no particular order, lest my brain explode from trying to decide:
3. Matt Damon. Rawr. In The Bourne Identity - those back muscles. Holy Moses.
4. Michael Rosenbaum. C'mon - you saw that one coming. He's adorable. I've always had an affinity for bald men, but the first time I saw Lex Luthor, the affinity definitely grew. I like him best scruffy, though.
5. Jake Gyllenhaal. In some movies *cough*Jarhead*cough* the sex appeal is obvious. In others *cough*Bubble Boy*cough* you may have to look for it. But it's there. And it's worth the look. Oh yes.
6. Hugh Grant. He's so pretty. I don't have much more to say than that, because his sexiness is clear. I know that different people have different tastes. Certain things (like floppy hair or blue eyes) appeal to some but not to others. Different strokes for different folks and all that jazz. But I say to all the world - if you can look at Hugh Grant and not think that he is sexy - I'm sorry. Your taste is wrong.
7. David Beckham. "Sports fan" is not one of the top ten things that anyone who knows me would ever use to describe me, but the chance of seeing him in action makes me really, really care about soccer a lot.
8. Jason Statham. The Transporter. Handsome Rob in The Italian Job. Enough said.
9. Taye Diggs. This man is like candy. Just when I thought I couldn't love Ally McBeal any more than I already did, they had him half-naked, pouring water down the length of his body. God bless David E. Kelley.
10. Colin Firth, drenched in fairly traded coffee. *points at icon* That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally. I've dreamed of it. And it was glorious.
So there you have it. My top ten list. I'd insert pictures, but I've already spent the better part of an hour "researching" and typing this reply.
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Date: 2006-01-14 05:24 am (UTC)gah
he's teh sexy
and so are all your pics :)
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Date: 2006-01-17 07:04 am (UTC)5 Items
Date: 2006-01-12 04:22 pm (UTC)Re: 5 Items
Date: 2006-01-13 08:38 am (UTC)2. Tasteful flowers. Less is more. Check?
3. A fantastic place to have the reception. Check!
4. One adorable gay couple. Check!
5. One extraordinary coffee snob from Texas who looks marvelous in a tuxedo, if she does say so herself. Check!
HELP!
Date: 2006-01-12 04:32 pm (UTC)Re: HELP!
Date: 2006-01-13 08:42 am (UTC)<*lj-cut*> and <*/lj-cut*> to end.
If you want to put specific clicky text (I think the default says something like "read more"):
<*lj-cut* text="Insert clever text of choice here"*> and just end with the same code as above.
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Date: 2006-01-12 08:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 09:03 am (UTC)Ready? Here goes.
1. To sell chicken. And believe me, I'd so buy that chicken.
2. Because he has a sudden urge to cross the road for no apparent reason.
3. To satisfy a really weird fetish. Complete with clucking.
4. Because it's cold outside (not here, mind you, but surely it's cold somewhere. A girl can dream), and chicken suits are warm.
5. Because he's finally decided that he can't live if "living" is without me. Because the large, painful void in his heart that inevitably comes with being out of my presence for extended periods of time (you know, such as his whole life up to this point) has become too much to bear. Because he knows that just showing up in all his glory on my doorstep could quite possibly result in my fainting dead away or, even worse, a fatal heart attack, which would doom him to a life of miserable wandering of the streets, lost without my touch. So he shows up wearing the chicken suit. And we live happily ever after.
So remember - if a guy in a chicken suit comes to your front door, you should never turn him away, because it might be Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Date: 2006-01-13 01:49 pm (UTC)2. Because he has a sudden urge to cross the road for no apparent reason.
*dies*
My keyboard thanks you for the warning.
We need a manip of him in a chicken suit.
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Date: 2006-01-12 08:56 pm (UTC)Chore You Hate: Yes. Oh, you mean a specific one
Bwahahahahaha
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Date: 2006-01-13 09:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 05:03 pm (UTC)Sentences like that are one of the many reasons I love you so.
I want it on a T-shirt.