Thursday, March 19, 2009

Twitter

Hi All... I'm so sorry for the delay in posting but in my own defense, y'all aren't posting comments so I'm not sure anyone is missing my blogs anyway.

But alas, another reason that I have fallen behind is due to the ability to tweet my feelings/stories so quickly and able to go right back to work or in my case tonight, resting my poor stomach!

So I'm taking a hint from my current fave author and expanding on my tweets!!!

"@mrskutcher - I know u get a lot of these but ? for the females.. dumb celeb diet ads on FB n web, do they have 2 ask b4 use celeb picture??"

Demi Moore replied to my tweet! Which is nice because I really wanted to know if celebs approved being in those acai diet ads. Those ads are targeted at young girls and even almost 30 year old woman, like me! And I don't appreciate it because even smart women, yes like me again!, have down days when we can fall victim to the BS. So now I want to remind everyone... celebrities are PAID to look good, its their job.

"to all the ladies - yes u should b healthy n exercise but remember, celebs job is too look good. u'd workout hrs/day for that kinda $ too"

Any celeb (or average person) who says they don't eat right or workout is LYING... either that or they puke; check out their teeth and shape of their mouth - I kid you not! I love food too much to be anorexic and I hate throwing up (sob every time) too much to be bulimic. So I'm just me... battling with weight but doing it the right way.


"ugh so today was aggravating. was in excel hell. plus female cowrkr is not a team playr, blog about this l8r luckily good beats evil again!"

So at my still somewhat new job, our group moved so we can all sit together. None of us work together, at all, but one person - Big B - decided we should all sit together for connectivity. I liked my seat where I was, even though I didn't have an office. Big B has an office... but she is the same level as my coworker Mrs. Nice and I. See she says she lucked into that office... so now that she is insisting the whole team move for connectivity and teaming, shouldn't we all start on an even playing field? So I ask the Boss what the new seating is like and she says "Big B has an office and you & Mrs. Nice have the end cubes" aka the crap cubes, smaller than our current cubes and terrible location. So I say "If you are going to give 1 of 3 managers an office, I think it should be transparent as to why... its one thing for 1 of 3 managers to luck into an office but its another thing to make that conscious decision when we move". Boss thanks me, says she didn't think of it that way and says Big B told her she needs an office for her job responsibilities. I point out that we have a shared conference room for those items and that all the mgrs have similiar job responsibilities. Boss says she'll talk to Big B. I say I will too because I don't do passive aggressive or politics. I talk to Big B who totally doesn't care about the team at all... in fact the only person benefiting from our move is the Sr mgr (who by the way, could have taken Big B's existing office bc Sr mgrs are allowed them)... everyone else gets a crappier cube and Big B gets to keep her office. Well let me tell you, good conquers evil, team players win, you can get ahead withOUT stepping on other people and Karma my friends is a Bitch. Boss decides we should rotate or draw name, Big B doesn't want to draw name... so Boss pulls names out of bag for office rotation---> TheQueen is pulled first, then Mrs. Nice & finally the BigB. She has to wait 8 months until she gets the office... Karma baby!

"I'm taking deep breaths to try to drown out negative petty almost 31 year old females who honestly need to grow the F up"

So the Big B was being so hostile on the day of our move that finally today, we had to put it all on the table. So we did and I think its improved our working relationship... as she said "we won't be linking arms skipping out of here today but we probably wouldn't do that ever anyway"... she got the last part right because while I'm a drama queen, I'm no Big B either!

Other tweets that I need to explain:
"if take kids 2 temple/houseofworship, do u let them run wild @ service? Give kids somethn quiet to do-ok crawling under my seat, not so much"
RJ & I went to our first shabbat service followed by shabbat potluck dinner.... wtf with the kids! Catholics may be too judgemental but they sure as hell know how to control kids in church; the glass room if your kid is a screamer or sitting still in pews if they know how to be quiet.

"question: 2 ppl work for same co. 1 has 8 yr exp n solid skill set. Other has 12 yrs exp but not as wide skill set. Who should get promoted?"
I submitted a self nomination for a position that I'm very qualified for and should have been hired into.. not to mention I was told I could be considered as soon as there was another opening AND that I was one of a few people to be considered! Now I'm being told my application won't be looked at because I only have 8 years experience. Um hello, I can still be as or more qualified as someone with 10, 12 or even 20. Needless to say, I'm not taking this laying down and I have a meeting with the BIG BOSS who also hired me and made the statements noted earlier.


"so citi won't refi w lower rates unless u have hardship n cant pay mortgage; so again resp ppl who pay bills are being penalized pls explain"

This one is so aggravating, I can't even start right now. I also direct messaged PrezObama on twitter asking him to look into this blatant discrimination and penalization of responsible people. F'n Bullshit.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

fortune cookie

yummy.. we had chinese take out tonight - fabulous sezchuan chicken, double pan fried noodles and pork fried rice for RJ.... topped off with fortune cookies which are my favorite!





So I open my fortune cookie awaiting the concise poignant direction that usually brings comfort or at a minimum humor and here is what it said.....






NOTHING


My fortune cookie was empty! I looked at RJ, "Is it bad luck"


RJ laughs, interrupts and says "no honey, its probably the down economy, they can't afford to put a fortune in every cookie"


I laugh and finish my question "to eat the fortune cookie with no fortune?"


Then as I ate the last morsel of my cookie I wondered.... is it a symbol of the economy....nothing is certain so how can a fortune be given?

So what do you know about this girl?

Ok so as mentioned, I went shopping with my friend Charlie for a bday gift for a girl he has been dating since early December. We were both working from our respective homes yesterday and I was tired of work from being in the midwest this week and dealing with irritating people (see separate blog) plus I got home at like 2am so needless to say, I wasn't feeling work. On Thursday from the midwest airport, I emailed CBrown "lets play hookey tomorrow afternoon and grab lunch and hang out" to which he replied "It could happen"... ok you know I had a response to that!!!

"Could happen? U r so lame. Its a good thing I like being ur go to friend for all things fun. I will call u in the am. Even if we go later than lunch and you bring ur bberry. You know it'd be more fun to get her a gift if I'm there to contribute ideas."

And contribute ideas, I did! I think in the end he spent too much money but after the hassle that is shopping with him, it was worth it. We had a great time and I earned my mini burger, fries and black cherry soda for which he treated!

So we are at lunch and I'm asking him questions about her and I'm giving the typical girl ideas (perfume, earrings - no ring, no necklace- too early on, a small bag) and he says.... mmm maybe a season of Private Practice or some girlie show. I go "um do you like this girl or not?" thats such a blase gift. Then he goes, "I just don't know". So I say, "what does she like?" and he says "thats the problem, I don't know her". Um ok... what! So by this point we are walking through the mall and I gesture to a store "well you could pick a bunch of random crap and put it into a gift basket for her, thats kind of the go to for guys who don't have a clue" he starts laughing bc I hit the nail on the head --> the store, Bath&Body!

We make our way to the directory, on the way we see a women doing that fast walk but I'm not running shuffle across the mall, he looks at me silently portraying 'what?' and without skipping a beat I say "She's in a rush, there's a big sale!". He doubles over laughing. I start scanning the directory and give my top 3 gift ideas:
- Ipod: She has one but I explain he could give her a small one for travel or working out
- Digital Camera: Lots of reasonably priced ones
- Perfume
We head towards Apple store and on the way pass a 'make your own soap' store and it smells god awful, Charlie says "mmm yeah I could buy perfume that ends up smelling like that when its put on and I'll be gagging all the time"... dork! On the way, we see brookstone, I like brookstone for idea generating and take him through some things: keychain digital picture viewer maybe or I teased he could get her a personal massager (yeah you all know what those look like!!). We stop so he can try out the back massager (this one is legit) that RJ & I bought his mom for holidays, Charlie almost bought one.. I had to peel him off the chair! And that is when I saw it... the digital photo frame! Why didn't I think of this sooner? I've bought 2 ppl this for a gift. Charlie loves it but I tell him we can get it cheaper at best buy so off we go.

Best Buy is not in the mall so we have to find our way back to the car which at the Nordstrom garage at Natick mall, it was like that Seinfeld episode!!!

After finally finding the car, it almost came to hitting the panic button, and getting the frame, we headed to target for gift bag and card. I start pointing to girlie gift bags
CBrown "Um, I would NEVER pick that bag"

Hello! its not for you, its for her. Whatever, we finally agree to a bag that still has some pink but is closer to what he might have picked if I wasn't there. Let me tell you miss thang (no nickname for her unless she lasts 6 months... but funny side story, she is younger so I got a lot of jokes in about potential gifts at toys r us or build a bear--- ha I kill myself. Best was when he said "I could just call my sister, they are the same age" and I say "Or you could just give her a gift bag full of $ and tell her its what you get all the 25 yr olds in your life" btw he always gives his sis $... he almost pushed me after that one but I saw the smile!), you can thank me for the good gift bag!! Ok so we have the bag now we need a card. I try to think like a guy.. I pick some basic cards... he vetos them all. He finally finds one and he is SOOOO proud. I read it, its good but then I look at the inside of the cover after I finish reading.....

"Insert Gift Card"
I laugh and show him. 10 mins more of searching and he says "whatever thats the best card" and grabs it.... me "guess you could just say you didn't see it and she'll think ur so adorably helpless"
I did get a little push but I also got treated to gummy bears and we all know Target has the BEST gummy bears.
All in all, a great afternoon!

I'm a lazy __fill in the blank______

Yay! Fill in the blank fun..... with my version, you can fill a blank in with 2-3 words

I'm a lazy _______. I haven't posted any blogs lately because I had to __________. I definitely have stories to share that include women being _________, flying high on ________, running into celebs like _____________ in the most unlikely places and of course me being a _________ ___________.


Seriously, I'd love for anyone to fill in the blanks so I feel like someone reads the blog besides my bff. Post a comment and on Monday, I'll fill it in for the real story. In the meantime, I will post some stuff today/tomorrow about....

- Shopping with Charlie Brown for a bday gift for a girl he's been dating for oh 3 months or so
- Cliques at work on teams but these cliques just do NOT make sense
- My hair... ahhhhh... my hair is in need ppl... its almost to the point of a meltdown
- The economy... no I can't solve it, I'm going to blog about the ppl on twitter who think they can

Off to _________ and potentially _________ so I'll be posting soon. have a great saturday!