Happy, Mad, Sad, Glad . . all in one day??

Sometimes in life you find that sometimes Friday will really rock or really suck. Sometimes they start out bad and get really good; or start out really good and slowly go down hill. This Friday was jam packed full of an emotional roller coaster ride.

At one point in my past life I was in therapy (admitting is half the battle to recovery)! One of the parting gifts that I received (of course other than mental health) was an facial emotion recorded. For those of you that don't know what that is I will explain. It is far less complex than it sounds but here goes. Picture if you will, a magnetic piece of paper (about 7x7) with all sorts of faces with different emotions: Happy, Mad, Sad, Glad . . . .etc. Each day while in therapy (and since then) you are supposed to put a magnetic circle over the facial expression that best describes your mood or day, etc. You are supposed to do it twice a day (morning and night). Then towards the end of the day you are supposed to once again put the circle over the emotion and if there was a negative change, think about how it could have been better. If there was a positive change, you are suppose to record the steps that you took (if any) to get there!This morning I came in and was happy! I didn't oversleep (chronic insomnia will do that) and was early for week. I woke up to an adorable and loving puppy (Coley) giving me a facial! I guess the buzzing of the alarm clock was bothering him! So I get to work and am thinking that it is a good day, I am early for work, in a good mood, and it is Friday! So my day begins. . . . things went weird for awhile and then got bad, stressful and then good again. I had some really weird but informative meetings, got yelled at again by Mr. Mean and got all stressed out about upcoming stuff that my team is not ready for and then got good again! For those of who don't know who Mr. Mean is, he is my boss. Sometimes he is nice, cool and easy to get along with but lately he has been a major jerk! This title was previously bestowed by Queen B on her boss who is no longer working in her office. I got sad when I realized that yesterday was my friend Chiquita's birthday (yes, like the banana) and I forgot to call her or send a card. Then I got even sadder when I found out that Evel Knievel died today. It got good when Travis called me and reminded me that when I get to his house later on we get to assemble my somewhat cranking new PC! He was kind enough to go to one of my favorite geeky electronics stores (Fry's) and buy some neat things to put into a machine that is being built for my gaming pleasure! Finally glad came along when I once again realized that it is Friday and I have two days of rest and relaxation ahead of me.

On a side note - Happy Birthday Doogie!

Teddy Bear Blasphemy??

Those of you that know me well, are aware that I am a teddy bear fanatic. I have been collecting them for years and years and love them to this day! When I first got Cole, the first toy that I gave him was a tiny stuffed teddy bear. When I found that bear chewed and torn beyond recognition I actually teared up. Imagine my surprise when I was out surfing today and found this article. The title: Sudan charges teacher for teddy bear name


For your reading enjoyment: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sudan_british_teacher


In reading the article, a British woman was teaching 7 year olds in the Sudan and she bought a teddy bear into school. She had the children suggest and vote on a name for the bear and wound up naming it Muhammad which is a very common name among Muslim men and is also the name of the prophet. One of the things that she had the children in her class do was take the bear home for weekends and write about their time with the bear. This is a normal elementary school activity. Apparently parents took offense The apparent offense is being referred to as a "act of misconduct against the Islamic faith". If found guilty of the charges she will receive: 40 lashes, six months in prison and a fine. No where did the article talk about the teacher naming the bear or the name being placed anywhere on the bear.

I really can't imagine being a teacher who is working in a foreign country and being prosecuted for an what seems to be harmless activity for your class to participate in. Just seems so sad.

Happy Birthday Frankenboot!

As you get older, you find that you can usually count your true friends on one or two hands, not more. So today is the birthday of my true friend, who also happens to be my best friend: Heidi Ho. She is my best friend for several reasons:

• I can always call on her for advice or a shoulder to cry on.
• No matter how much I irritate and annoy her she still wants to be my bestest bud.
• No matter how mad she got when I told her that I was moving half a world away, she still spoke to me.
• She doesn't get older, she gets better!
• She is the most fanatically NY Islanders fan I have ever met in my life!
• She loves Disney movies even more than I do. Anyone that has Disney Trivial Pursuit must!
• She understands why Eeyore has High Hopes and Low Expectations.
• Knows how gross Budweiser really is since Coors Light rules!
• She loves hanging at Tri-County looking for dumb stuff like new scrunchies!
• Loves getting new pocketbooks made by hot designers such as: DK and Y or Kada Spada.
• Knows that Beauty and the Beast is the greatest Disney movie ever!

So here's to the bestest bud in all the world: Heidi! Hope you day is a groovy one and no lizards try to kiss you!

All Time Cheesy Ballad Playlist??

I was so busy at work today I had no free time. I worked thru lunch and found my lunch, partially eaten, still on my desk at 5:30. I did get a small reprieve and was listening to a BORING conference call while surfing the Internet. I came across this great article on Entertainment Weekly about "all time cheesy ballads" . . . This made me chuckle since we frequently come up with lists like this at work frequently. Some of the previous list include: Greatest Superhero of All Time; Greatest Action Hero; Stupidest Movie of all Time; Greatest Movies of all Time, etc.

The article can be found at the following link for your reading enjoyment: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20034199,00.html

One thing that I find laughable at work is that the people that tend to come in for interviews to work in my department are fetuses. Half of them are barely 21. It is crazy. I know that when my girlfriends and I go out we laugh about how most of the guys that are out looking for girls are fetuses. They are actually young enough to be our own children. Scary Thought! My great friend Tiz whom I happen to be lucky enough to work with, who is also my brother from another mother, is the same age that I am. When we have new people start that are born in 1985 and 1986 we laugh and remember what good years those were. We recently had a guy start that celebrated his 21st birthday. I laughed with Tiz, I actually have shoes that are older than him. Anyway, back to the point. Most people that are born in the 90's and after have no idea what a ballad is. In my mind, that is a term from the 70's and 80's. Funny enough, the theme song from my Senior Ball in High School made this list.

Please read the article and enjoy the stroll down memory lane. I may just have to go home and get the photo album out and take a look at my high school yearbook and look at the horrible 80's hairstyles. Just for the record, the theme song for my Senior Ball was: Phil Collins, One More Night. Oh the memories.

My personal favorite all time cheesy ballad: Take My Breath Away by Berlin. I mean wasn't Top Gun the greatest movie of all time and Tom Cruise just the dreamiest??

Think You Have the Worst Job?

Many moons ago, my good friend Queen B blogged about the worst job. I came across this article today and actually paused and said Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Work recently has been completely insane. We had a huge round of lay offs and lost five people from our team. Has the workload been reduced you ask? Of course not, it is just now more work dispersed among the few, the proud, the remaining??

Anyway, today I am feeling particularly down about work. We are shorthanded to begin with, there are three people on vacation, one out sick and one dealing with a family emergency. Our dwindling team, seems to be smaller and smaller. Never the less, I came across this article and decided, I do not have the worst job ever! Feel free to read the attached and agree for yourselves that no matter how crappy your Monday is.... it could be sooo much worse!

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1177&SiteId=cbmsnhp41177&sc_extcmp=JS_1177_home1&GT1=10563&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=4c0b7df27ab04a6d97402d2c4354401d-248795888-RO-4

Blog Gone Bad???

Okay, So I haven't been the most dedicated blogger in the world. I can however, think of a million and one excuses as to why I haven't blogged lately:

• Work has been insane! The last thing I want to do when coming home after a 13 hour day is sit in front of the PC again and write about my day!
• I was sick! Upper respiratory infection that kept me at home and in bed for a week. Barely had the strength to read email, never mind blogging about my state of health.

I could go on and on with excuses. I will spare you that and leave with this note - If I am not blogging, what you are reading so intently on your monitor??? Are you in fact, checking your eyelids for holes?