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I spent the entire first 2 hours of work impatiently awaiting the Barenaked Ladies clip to be posted on MyfoxBoston.  (I know, I probably could have been working - but, BNL is one of those bands that makes me REALLY happy, so on a gloomy day like today - I needed the smile). 

Well, I watched & in true BNL fashion - I can't help but chuckle at the lyrics.  They are always so clever and wonderful.  I remember when I went to one of their shows in New Orleans - circa 2000 perhaps?? Anyway - I was in such delight and laughing the ENTIRE time!  I have no children, but will pick up this "kids" album anwyay.

So, thank you Fox & BNL for turning my frown, upside down. 

I seem to be having a real problem with snobbery lately.  It seems that the adult world is very similar to the days of high school and the divide between those who could afford Banana Republic and those who could not. This morning I walked into a conversation about which restaurant had the better $50 steak, I turned around and walked out.  Are you kidding me?  I have just been noticing a lot lately the people that stare eachother up and down, throw out fake compliments and label drop. It's ridiculous. I don't care where you got your jeans, what brand perfume/cologne you are wearing or which French Isle you are next visiting. Stop being so arrogant and self righteous.  Be a good worker, a good friend, a good parent. Leave the braggery to your diary. Please. 

I am feeling quite frustrated with a few things in the news and around town these days...thought that I would write them down.  I am probably just still cranky from the fantabulous time change. My body still can't seem to figure out that 7am is, in fact, 7am and not 6...ANYWAY.

#1 - cigarette tax whiners - I smoked for 13 years. When I started they were around $1.85 or something a pack.  Now they are more expensive.  Soon they are taxing them again.  Good thing I quit a month ago - (which doesn't make me better than any smoker - by the way - since some people seem to think by me saying I quit, I am implying that they are losers...because that is not what I am saying at all).  What I AM saying is get over it. They are going to keep going up. Don't feel all victimized because you are the 'chosen' group to be taxed.  I doubt that the politicians are getting together trying to gang up on you.  You are not being bullied, you are having to smoke more expensive cigarettes.  If you don't want to pay the tax - don't buy cigarettes. It's voluntary.  Or, go to NH.  Whatever.

#2 - those pesky red light runners - seriously. If I have to have a mild heart attack everytime I attempt to take a turn on MY green light and YOUR red light, I am going to scream!!!  Wait your turn. Calm down.  I am not targeting those persons that hit the yellow light mid switch, we have all done that. What I am saying is those drivers who blast through the red light when it's been red for a good 10-30 seconds.  I witnessed a young lady with a cell phone attached to her head run her red light on Friday. She, of course, screamed a vulgurarity at the motorist in front of me that came thisclose to hitting her.

#3 - please don't give your disabled children plastic surgery in order to help them 'fit in'.  If it's something to better their health - hearing, sight, perhaps a club foot - okay, but - facial reconstruction so they can fit in?  That's un called for.  Children deserve to be loved for who they are - not what they look like. Yes, people are also judged on appearance, but - you can't cover up a cognitive disability by changing someone's face.  Let them be, they are beautiful just the way they are.

And I believe that is all for now....Have a nice day & let's hope the temperature gets in line with the beautiful sunshine that we are seeing more of!

SO - I figured that my years as a smoker had to come to an end. 

It all started when I was 14 and dating this 'wicked cool skater' that smoked Marlboro Reds.  All those high school years, hanging out in the coffee shop and reading serious novels, had to smoke right?  For thinking that I was so smart - that was pretty stupid.

Fast forward 13 years and here I am.  I smoked for so long that it was sort of sad for me to finally decide to quit. It's like losing a friend, as pathetic as that sounds.  But, smoking was the only constant in my life that whole time...and hadn't 'hurt' me, yet... The yet is why I decided to quit, again..

I quit once back in 2000 - that lasted a whole year before I started up again.  I started up on September 11th. I was in the Unit Control Center in the 81 Communications Squadron.  12 hour shifts, no windows, a big ole steel door with a window that I was barely tall enough to see out of. We went outside for breaks.  We went to the smoke pit, and so on....

Now. I am done. I cross my fingers that I am done for good.  I quit on Valentine's Day - strapped my patch on Friday morning and hope that the fear alone of a nicotine overdose from smoking while on the patch will get me through the first couple of weeks.  I just wish they weren't so expensive.  $40 for every 2 weeks - and I am supposed to be on it for 8 weeks?  AH!  Oh well, it's a lot cheaper than cancer treatments.  Not to mention I can now better appreciate my fabric softener, Glade plug-ins and Febreze.

I just want it to stick this time.  Smoking is really so gross.

Just a thought....

So I was driving to work on Monday and there is this slight pothole that, well, is always there and you can mostly avoid it....but probably still should get fixed.

Tuesday a.m. the rain made said pothole mammoth sized and now it's unavoidable and I have to basically decide which tire I am going to possbily blow while going over this thing.  Keeping my fingers crossed, holding my breath & thinking 'well, at least I have AAA'. 

Next day, I was glad to see the workers fixing this situation so quickly, however, it would be SUPER if they could schedule road work on busy streets to NOT be at 830am when half of Worcester is getting to work.  I mean, really - the street that the mammoth hole was on is going towards downtown. Couldn't they have better scheduled this?

It's not that I am complaining, per se - but, I just wonder sometimes if things like this are thought about ahead of time. 

 

Can I just say that Iwas pretty unhappy that I had to leave for work thisclose to the Ryan Reynolds interview this morning.   I can't watch it at work...well, I watched the first few seconds and realized that VB was talking so loudly (okay it was the volume that I had it on....but still). 

I have been a Ryan Reynolds fan since 2 Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place. 

Funny guy.

So, next time - if you would be so kind Fox 25 - Ryan Reynolds is coming, please have the interview prior to 810am.  =)

Well, I have to say that  am feeling pretty gross after last night's game. I didn't start watching with anticipation of blowing them out of the water (for some reason I just wasn't sure it was going to happen....) It was like watching a train wreck - didn't want to watch, however, I was sitting at the edge of my seat the whole time.  After it was all said and done, I was left with nothing more than a headache.  There is always next year, but - an undefeated season doesn't happen - we let it slip through our fingers. *sigh*

The only up side was the Pepsi Max commercial & the prime rib that I had for dinner....

Can we blame Gisele?  Ha ha - kidding, but - how in the heck did that happen?

People with entitlement issues bother me. No one is entitled to have whatever they want as an adult just because they had a poor childhood.  I didn't have much growing up & was slightly embarassed when we would go to the super market and we had to put things back at the register  my mother did not have enough food stamps to pay for it all.  But, that makes me THANKFUL for the things that I have now & the things that my mother is able to provide for (as I call them - lovingly) the 2nd batch of children that she had. 

Some people are just so spoiled with themselves that they can't see the big picture.  Yeah, sure - sometimes you are entitled to certain things....but to use it as an excuse so that you never have to take blame or to use it to justify certain bad decisions - "Well, my dad left when I was young".  Give me a break!  Be an adult!  Be an example of what TO do, not what NOT to do. 

Okay, I get it - getting there quicker seems a lot more appealing then getting to your destination 2 minutes later. 

There is this intersection on my way home from work everyday.  I sit at the green light to turn left waiting for car #1 - 2- 3 to pass through their RED light so that I can make my legal turn.  It's sort of been a running joke, I wait and count how many people are so impatient that they just can't seem to wait another 2 minutes for their turn to come around again.  Maybe I am not your typical Massachusetts driver, but I would rather get to my destination, period - then get in a wreck and have my car insurance that much higher.  I'm good, bring on the 2 minutes.  Cars #1, 2 and 3 aren't even my problem though - it's when the light has been red on their side for a good 30 seconds when some van comes flying around the corner.  Dude looks at me and wonders why I am looking at him like he is insane.  Then I notice, a cell phone.  So sorry that I interupted your phone call to give you a look - but, hello!  What if I were just as impatient as those drivers, I would have been in an accident by now. 

So, I am for getting rid of cell phones while driving - what if some kid from the local high school was riding his bike or I had pulled out on (gasp!) my green light.

Okay, that's it - I am heading home for the day now. Wish me luck!