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Total Music Geek Out

erratic_prophet | 30 June, 2005 12:05

I decided to steal Edana's variation on a popular meme ciruclating the blogosphere. Kill me now, I just said "blogosphere".

You're supposed to only name six of your favorite songs at the moment, but I can't ever name just six. No, no.. It's not possible. I must list until I can list no more. This list might rival a Stephen King novel and not just for being weird and scary...

Store Wars

erratic_prophet | 29 June, 2005 14:07

It seems that no matter where I go, I can't escape all of this talk of baseball. If I'm not hearing about it from J (total Mets fan), it's my uncle (total Yankees fan), or I'm hearing it at work. Yes, even at work.

Grumpy

erratic_prophet | 28 June, 2005 19:22

Between the humidity, heat, allergies, lack of sleep, panic, work, and cramming I've become a grumpy, grumpy person. So, of course, my father-- who I thought was finally starting to be semi-decent-- decides to be a complete asshole.

Buttons

erratic_prophet | 27 June, 2005 15:23

Buttons. Also known as: Boo Kitty, Boo Bear, Booberry, Booboo, Monsieur Booboo, Mr. Boo, Stinkybutt, Dammit Cat, and Buddha Kitty.

He's my cat. He's fat, he sleeps a lot, he begs for food and snacks constantly, he will cut you if you don't give him food or snacks or a cuddle.. He only just wants the food or snacks. Screw the cuddle. He gets annoyed at me when I laugh. Because he's paranoid. He really hates it when you poke his belly. Did I mention he'll cut you? But he's cute!

Currently?

erratic_prophet | 26 June, 2005 20:16

Between the lack of sleep last night-- everything conspired against me-- and much work today-- again, everything conspired against me-- I found myself passed out on the couch, too tired to wake up and get up to go to the bathroom to pee. TMI? Yeah, maybe. But so what?

Work Conversations

erratic_prophet | 25 June, 2005 19:16

A coworker (referred to as A throughout this post) and I had been discussing another coworker (another R).. Ok, we were trash talking. I'll admit it. This coworker never ever leaves the register and never cleans the area. This worried us because the lazy coworker was closing the store and we would be opening it the next day.

We were going crazy, trying to find out if anyone else would be closing with the other R. Someone who would actually not leave a huge mess for us to deal with when coworker L came in...

Just Call Me K!

erratic_prophet | 24 June, 2005 13:47

I feel slightly dizzy.

It's probably from my fit of hyperventilation.

Make that fits.. Why can't I find a paper bag anywhere?

Retraction

erratic_prophet | 23 June, 2005 09:53

Of course, since I ranted yesterday, Murphy felt he had to jump into action and make things happen. A good portion of the things on my rant list have changed.

Here is the updated version:

Rant List

erratic_prophet | 22 June, 2005 13:10

This should be-- if it hasn't already become-- a weekly thing. It's like my Good vs. Bad or Good, Bad, and Ugly lists. It really needs its own category. I'll get to work on that...

Without much ado, let's get onto what's gotten my panties in a bunch lately..

Summer Vacation

erratic_prophet | 21 June, 2005 12:06

Day 1 of my captivity by the little savages..

I awaken to muffled arguing which soon escalates into less muffled arguing.

"Do it!"

"No!"

"Please!" (I didn't realize that this word could be made to sound like an order until now.)

The Girl

erratic_prophet | 20 June, 2005 15:42

Today is The Girl's 8th birthday.

Yes, she survived my parenting that long. No, I haven't killed her yet. Not that I haven't come close..

Musical Meme

erratic_prophet | 19 June, 2005 22:18

I can't remember where I found this one..

But it's a meme for the musically obsessed. In other words, it's perfect for me.

High School Reunion

erratic_prophet | 18 June, 2005 21:49

I have a confession to make. Although I enjoyed high school and all of its cheesy drama, I have no urge to see people I knew back then. Let me amend that: I have no urge to see most of the people I knew back then. When I realized that there would be no 10 year reunion for our class, I was giddy with joy. If I spot someone I recognize, I duck and run. No, I'm not very social.

I should've known that something would happen. Murphy's Law has been the only active law in my life lately. It all started just minutes before work...

The Lady in the Lobster Hat

erratic_prophet | 17 June, 2005 11:03

I never knew my dreams were such odd things until I started to tell people about them.

I was flipping through a magazine and I saw a red hat. Perched on the brim was a lobster. I turned to my mom, pointed at the picture, and said, "This reminds me of that dream I had a long time ago. In it, I was a restaurant detective-- yeah, I know, work with me here-- and I remember walking through the foyer and seeing this babushka-type woman holding an expensive silver tray with a gutted fish on it and a chic woman wearing a lobster as a hat. After that, it went downhill. I found body parts in the wall behind the toilets.." And that's when I noticed the look on her face. So I said, "Too weird?" and she nodded and said, "Just a bit."

It's a good thing that I skimmed over the parts between the lobster hat and the body parts.

Only in Threes

erratic_prophet | 16 June, 2005 14:09

Another letter from The Mad Poet came today. This is the third from him for those of you keeping track. It came less than a week after his last. I thought I'd get a longer reprieve than that. No rest for the wicked, I guess.

Unscrambler

erratic_prophet | 15 June, 2005 12:20

The Girl has a hard time with unscrambling words. She's been staring at the same sheet for about a half hour now. Why is The Girl at home and not at school? Remember how I said she was a demon in the guise of a sweet little seven year old girl?

Another Stolen Meme

erratic_prophet | 14 June, 2005 21:06

Yet another meme pilfered from Ms.Q..

Apparently, it's based on James Lipton's version of Bernard Pivot's famous questionnaire. Since I don't much like Mr. Lipton, I didn't know of it until now. I have no idea who Mr. Pivot is. Terribly sorry.

Final Countdown

erratic_prophet | 13 June, 2005 21:35

I recently received some dreadful news. It's so very horrible that I'm having a hard time keeping a brave face. I've been shaken to my very core. I find myself wringing my hands like some helpless twit in a romance novel. Just what could be so awful?

The Letter

erratic_prophet | 12 June, 2005 13:13

I stupidly decided to read the letter just before bed. To say it was disturbing would be a gross understatement. I'm glad he's in jail several states away. He should be in a padded cell, though, given what I read..

The Mad Poet Strikes Again!

erratic_prophet | 11 June, 2005 22:06

Got another letter in the mail today from him. Looks like I've got my own prison pen pal. Aren't I lucky? I haven't decided whether to read it or not. Curiosity might get the best of me...

Pros and Cons

erratic_prophet | 10 June, 2005 22:52

Oh. My. God.

I just got home from a thoroughly exhausting day at work. Massive sale this week. My poor little-- or not so little, if I'm completely honest-- feet are killing me. During my mind-numbing work, I came up with a list of pros and cons of said work tonight.

Snippets

erratic_prophet | 09 June, 2005 16:35

Snippets of conversation from the past few days..

***

Me: "(The Boy), what did you win that bucket of candy for again?"

The Boy: "What's 'candyforagain'?"

Me: "What?"

The Boy: "What's 'candyforagain'?"

Me: "Candy. For. Again. What did you win that candy for? I forgot."

The Boy: "Oooooooh.. Why didn't you ask me then?"

Shopping Spree

erratic_prophet | 08 June, 2005 17:35

Or How I Created Two Little Monsters..

We ran to the store last night after dinner. The Girl had been jumping in excitement all throughout dinner. I set down the ground rules and off we went..

The Witch

erratic_prophet | 08 June, 2005 17:14

Since I had some free time, I threw together a quick sketch of the witch I'd mentioned back in my post about my ongoing series of maze dreams. She reminded me a lot of one of the characters Helena Bonham Carter played in Big Fish. (I'm a big fan of both Ms. Carter and the movie.) I, eventually, will redo the sketch and make it an actual drawing-- I hope-- so please don't judge me too harshly on it now. I whipped it off in about ten minutes and went over it a bit because the scanner likes to bleach out my sketches.

Weighing In

erratic_prophet | 07 June, 2005 17:16

So much has been going on lately. I've been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride emotionally. Physically, too. I'd say that it's time for a good vs. bad list, don't you?

Great Google-y Meme

erratic_prophet | 06 June, 2005 23:14

A meme stolen from Miss Zoot. Because I've got nothing. Because I got logged out during my last post and stupidly didn't save it prior to attempting to publish it. Grrr..

Becoming a Better Sa-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..

erratic_prophet | 05 June, 2005 19:42

Today I had to get up butt crack early to go to work. For what? A training seminar on becoming a better salesperson. Because if each one of us just sells one more product, that means $5 million more for our corporate masters. What does that mean for me? It means that I have to try to navigate the roads while barely conscious.

Managerial Speak

erratic_prophet | 04 June, 2005 21:04

What is with managers? I've never heard my name used so many times in my life. And that was in just one conversation.

Ok, it's not all managers. Just two at my store. One of them abuses my name more than the other. We had the following conversation last night...

Blast From the Past

erratic_prophet | 03 June, 2005 15:06

I've got tv on the brain, people.

It was a recent comment from Nickie Goomba that started me off this time. He mentioned Lawrence Welk which made me think about my mom and her parents, my grandparents, and how she hated being forced to watch The Lawrence Welk Show. I was even forced to watch it a time or two just to see how awful it was. I told my mom to write to Amnesty International about it and I'm quite sure she muttered a few unflattering things about me. Few things bring about an irrational rage in my mother and I believe Lawrence Welk happens to be one of them.

On the TV

erratic_prophet | 02 June, 2005 16:47

Russian television...

It was a strange thing to me. My Russian family did what most American families-- mine included-- do. They kept it on all of the time as background noise. If something interesting came on, we'd stop and watch. Usually though, it was just on and no one watched.

Arch Nemesis

erratic_prophet | 01 June, 2005 22:41

Ok, not really an arch nemesis..

But I don't like her. I tried to! I really did! But...I don't. I've noticed that every time we work together, that she works really hard to look like she's doing something when she's totally not doing anything. It's irksome. And that's not the only thing. I compiled a list of sorts on my way home..

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