Random Shite #7

One time my mom told me about a party she went to and they served slices of ham and cheese rolled together, cigar-style. She explained this to me with such zeal that you'd think she invented it. Joe tried really hard not to laugh.

Watching Jimmy Roberts' Olympic Moments is pretty much the same as watching Oprah. They're all sad stories that end up making me shed tears. Today's tear jerker was that of a young Turkish figure skater and the major sacrifices her parents made for her to pursue skating. Sniff sniff.

It ended up that the new job thing didn't work out. The money wasn't there and I can't really switch jobs for less money. We agreed to look at the opportunity again further down the road.

New Strategy for Shutting Down Wal-Mart

If you still shop at Wal-Mart for whatever reason (it's convenient, they have everything I need, it's affordable), there may be a reason to stop. If the fall of America isn't from the war, there may soon be a new reason. See if you can follow me on this.

Human cases of the deadly H5N1 virus (bird flu) has been documented in Iraq. Human cases, people! And how many American troops do we have in Iraq? Thousands? Well, every plane full of returning soldiers holds the potential of carrying those buggers back to the USA. And where will the virus show up?

Wal-Mart

Let's think about this for a moment.

When an American soldier returns to his home, what is the first thing he will do? The most American you can do, of course. Go to Wal-Mart. Any day now, bird flu will be tranmittable from human to human. And when that day comes, Wal-Mart will be teaming with virus within hours. And how many people walk through the doors of Wal-Mart on an hourly basis?

You get the drift.

Let's all do our part and stop going to Wal-Mart. The economy...and your health may depend on it.

CONSPIRACY!!

Something very strange happened to my blog about Wal-Mart. It mysteriously disappeared.

I will try to re-create the blog and re-publish. Damn you, censors!

Moving Up the Corporate Ladder

I'm totally stressed out lately. I have a major work dilemma. Never in my life have I ever had to quit a job because I had options. Usually I was being let go because of a merger or I had to leave because I was going away to college. You know, there were outside factors leading to my change in jobs. But I never left a job because I could. Well, that's my dilemma.

A former co-worker has offered me a position to work with her. She's in charge of way too many departments at the new place and needs help. This would normally be an easy decision but the problem is that I've begun to like my job and I really like my boss. There's a good bit of convenience since there is an office for me to work in across the street. Plus, it took a while to finally feel comfortable at my job and I would hate to uproot and try to fit into a new place. Yes, change scares me.

So that's my dilemma and I don't know what I want to do. I don't want to pass up a can't miss opportunity but I also feel like I'm not done with my current job yet.

Macarena is listed...TWICE!!!

If you ask me, this list is way lame. But here goes...

The Rules:

For this one, you need to go to musicoutfitters.com and type the year you graduated from high school into the search box.

Click on the link “Top 100 hits of… (your graduation year)” and cut and paste the results into your blog.

Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favourite. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about)

Top 100 Hits of 1996 / Top 100 Songs of 1996

1. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
2. One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
3. Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
4. Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project
5. Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
6. Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman
7. Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
8. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
9. You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
10. Twisted, Keith Sweat
11. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train), Quad City Dj's
12. Missing, Everything But The Girl
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette
14. Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Whitney Houston
15. Follow You Down / Til I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms
16. Sittin' Up In My Room, Brandy
17. How Do U Want It / California Love, 2Pac
18. It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
19. Change The World, Eric Clapton
20. Hey Lover, LL Cool J
21. Loungin, LL Cool J
22. Insensitive, Jann Arden
23. Be My Lover, La Bouche
24. Name, Goo Goo Dolls
25. Who Will Save Your Soul, Jewel
26. Where Do You Go, No Mercy
27. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), R. Kelly
28. Counting Blue Cars, Dishwalla
29. You Learn / You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
30. One Of Us, Joan Osborne
31. Wonder, Natalie Merchant
32. Not Gon' Cry, Mary J. Blige
33. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
34. Only You, 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
35. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know), R. Kelly
36. You're The One, SWV
37. Sweet Dreams, La Bouche
38. Before You Walk Out Of My Life / Like This And Like That, Monica
39. Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
40. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), Coolio
41. The World I Know, Collective Soul
42. No Diggity, BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
43. Anything, 3t
44. 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins
45. Diggin' On You, TLC
46. Why I Love You So Much / Ain't Nobody, Monica
47. Kissin' You, Total
48. Count On Me, Whitney Houston and Cece Winans
49. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
50. Time, Hootie and The Blowfish
51. You'll See, Madonna
52. Last Night, Az Yet
53. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
54. The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, Color Me Badd
55. All The Things (Your Man Won't Do), Joe
56. Wonderwall, Oasis
57. Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check / Everything Remains Raw, Busta Rhymes
58. Tell Me, Groove Theory
59. Elevators (Me and You), Outkast
60. Hook, Blues Traveler
61. Doin It, LL Cool J
62. Fastlove, George Michael
63. Touch Me Tease Me, Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
64. Tonite's Tha Night, Kris Kross
65. Children, Robert Miles
66. Theme From Mission: Impossible, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen 67. Closer To Free, Bodeans
68. Just A Girl, No Doubt
69. If Your Girl Only Knew, Aaliyah
70. Lady, D'angelo
71. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First), John Mellencamp
72. Pony, Ginuwine
73. Nobody, Keith Sweat
74. Old Man and Me (When I Get To Heaven), Hootie and The Blowfish
75. If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
76. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
77. Keep On, Keepin' On, Mc Lyte
78. Jealousy, Natalie Merchant
79. I Want To Come Over, Melissa Etheridge
80. Who Do U Love, Deborah Cox
81. Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
82. This Is Your Night, Amber
83. You Remind Me Of Something, R. Kelly
84. Runaway, Janet Jackson
85. Set U Free, Planet Soul
86. Hit Me Off, New Edition
87. No One Else, Total
88. My Boo, Ghost Town Dj's
89. Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
90. That Girl, Maxi Priest Featuring Shaggy
91. Po Pimp, Do Or Die
92. Until It Sleeps, Metallica
93. Hay, Crucial Conflict
94. Beautiful Life, Ace Of Base
95. Back For Good, Take That
96. I Got Id / Long Road, Pearl Jam
97. Soon As I Get Home, Faith Evans
98. Macarena, Los Del Rio
99. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
100. Don't Cry, Seal

And The #1 Reason to Have A Camera Phone...

Just a few minutes ago, Joe and I were driving on Tyler Run Road when we saw flashing lights. Police Activity. But it's not what you think. A limo got beached on an incline trying to pull out of a driveway (or back into it, whichever).

Just when you think having a camera phone was a complete waste. We would've drove through extra slow and made sure those people saw us take their picture while laughing hysterically.

But alas, no camera phone, so I can't share with you the true hilarity of the situation. Sorry folks.

TNG

As in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Duh.

I was totally into TNG in my high school years. Every single episode was awesome in an after-school special kind of way. And who couldn't resist all those kick ass characters?


Who was the genius that told LeVar Burton to wear a banana clip over his eyes? BRILLIANT! I was so fascinated by the huge hive of hair the counselor had on her head, I would mentally debate whether it was real or just a wig. I was totally into Data, of all people. He was so smart and had such a curious personality. Warf was cool with his weird butt-like forehead. And of course, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard. He was the ultimate in sultry leadership.

This show rocks!