Spring has sprung March 31, 2006 ~ 2:53 pm
Posted by Julie in : In Da Hood, Random Insanity , comments closedSpring has hit the NYC area, folks, and we’re all a little shell shocked by it. Jordana called me on our lunch hour to say “Holy shit! It’s gorgeous out!” Don’t I know it; I was sitting outside in the sun reading a book and eating Chicken McNuggets. Chicken McNuggets aren’t particularly spring-like, but the sprawling out in the sun with a good book definitely was.
The magnolia outside my work window is in bloom now, which makes me very very happy. I thought I had a picture of it somewhere, but I guess I don’t. Look at this instead and you’ll get a feeling of what outside is like today. (Note: that is not a magnolia. The tree in this picture is not actually in bloom yet this year. Sue me. I wanted a picture of spring and this is what I had in Photobucket.)
On the agenda for this weekend: ushering for an off-Broadway show with my friend Eugene tomorrow (ushers get to see the show for free baby), and then Jordana and I are going to spend Sunday afternoon at Grand Central celebrating Tartan Week. Woohoo! Men in kilts!! Rick has been informed that if I see his clan’s kilt, he’s getting one. Because he has verra bonny knees that should be ogled by women everywhere. But only I would get to know what that particular Scotsman wears beneath his kilt.
Alright, I’m planning on leaving early to enjoy some more sunshine, so I’d better get back to work. Or something that looks like work.
Gah. March 30, 2006 ~ 4:53 pm
Posted by Julie in : Random Insanity, Reviews , comments closedI checked the Def Leppard tour page a few minutes ago and saw that the Leps are going to be playing Jones Beach on Saturday, June 24. This is good, in and of itself. Jones Beach is a fantastic place to go see a band play, since you can spend the whole day on the beach swimming and sunning before you go to the concert. And I wouldn’t even have to take the day off of work for the privelege.
However…they’re touring with Journey. Fucking kill me now. I only break out the Journey CD in my more maudlin drunken moments. I’m not sure I could stand a whole set of Journey. And co-headlining means we get the abbreviated set-list of last summer’s Lep/Bryan Adams tour, not the two hours that I like to see. Gah.
I am a huge Lep fan. If you know me, you know this. For God’s sake, I even have a Def Leppard tattoo. My fandom is permanently etched on my body. But a tour with Journey??? We’ll see.
Well, that was…weird. March 30, 2006 ~ 11:30 am
Posted by Julie in : About a Julz, Random Insanity , comments closedYesterday Rick went up to Massachusetts to take care of some things, and I figured, naively, that he would stay there over night. I called his brother’s house, where he always stays when he’s up there, and ended up having a very bizarre conversation with his brother, Jeffrey. It went something like this:
Jeffrey: This is Jeffrey.
Julie: Hey, Jeff, how’re you doing? Is Rick around?
Jeffrey: I’m fine, and no, he’s not here, he decided to drive home.
Julie: Oh, okay.
Jeffrey: I learned something about you today.
Julie: Yeah? What’s that?
Jeffrey: That you’re pierced.
Julie: Oh, my belly piercing? I thought you knew about that.
Jeffrey: No, Rick and I were talking about the places women can be pierced and he told me you had a belly piercing. We decided that’s okay. There are other places where a woman can be pierced that are not okay.
Julie: Definitely. I’m not pierced in any of those places. And never will be.
Jeffrey: Well, that’s good. I’m glad.
Julie: Me too, Jeffrey.
Now Jeffrey had had a couple of drinks by this point, so it was kind of like drunk dialing except that I was the sober one. But it still cracked me up. And of course I had to call Rick and tell him about the conversation his brother and I had. Good times, man. Good times.
My furry child March 29, 2006 ~ 12:52 pm
Posted by Julie in : Da Cats , comments closedLast night the Piss Crusader was quite insistent that he wanted to sit in my lap. It was kind of like the old joke “Where does a 300 pound gorilla sit?” except substitute in, “17-1/2 pound cat” for 300 pound gorilla. The answer is the same: “Anywhere he wants to.”
The fat cat sat in my lap and buried his head in my arm, like he always does when he’s feeling cuddly. After a while, he looked up at me and I saw that his left eye was shut and watering, thought “great, we really need another trip to the vet,” and continued petting him with the idea that if it was still shut this morning, I would make an appointment. Piss Crusader started purring, and about five minutes later got up off my lap, sat down on the couch beside me, and looked at me with both eyes wide open like nothing had ever been the matter with his left one.
Apparently he and Joe had started yet another round of WWF, and when Jesse got kicked in the eye, he came to tell on Joe and get comforted. When he felt better, he was back to his normal independent self and left me faster than a just-used litterbox.
Animals. Who says they’re not like kids?
Office abuse March 28, 2006 ~ 4:45 pm
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Shorty , comments closedMy boss just came through and told me she wanted me to learn how to do something.
I’ve had my fill of this place today, so I said “I don’t want to learn anything now. I’m busy.”
She threw a wadded up paper towel at my head.
I almost think we deserve each other.
When angry, count to 10. March 28, 2006 ~ 10:48 am
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Rants , comments closedExplain to me, why is something a waste of time if I ask you to do it, but if I have to do it, it’s not a waste of time? Why is it a waste of time if it’s not what you want to be doing, even if it is something that must be done?
Let’s just clarify, little office monkeys. The program for Commencement must be proofed by our office. I have done it the past four years. This year, I am too busy doing degree audits (which I have to do myself, because you invariably fuck them up when you do them), so I have given you the job of proof-reading. I know it sucks. I repeat, I have done it the past four years. I was the one who had to gather all the lists to put in the Commencement program, I know exactly how many names are on it. But it still has to be done. It’s not optional, unlike the busy work I gave you to do before.
Get over it, Martyr. Just do your fucking job and stop complaining so I can do mine as well.
Are you hungry? March 27, 2006 ~ 5:17 pm
Posted by Julie in : In Da Hood, Random Insanity, Story Time , comments closedWelcome to the new location. It’s still in the early stages of remodelling, as until yesterday I didn’t know my css from my elbow, but I’ll soon have it up to snuff. Or up to something less tobacco-like, if you prefer.
And now a story that could only happen to Julie. (more…)
Hello, Pot? This is Kettle… March 22, 2006 ~ 10:58 pm
Posted by Julie in : Coupledom, Rick, The Girls , comments closed
Sleepy Joey
Rick and I got into a wrestling match on Sunday. We do this occasionally because I am much smaller than him but have to prove that I could take him down if I wanted to. (We will ignore the fact that he outweighs me, is much stronger than me, and generally pins me down like a fly in about three minutes. It would probably be less than one minute if I would just give up, but I can’t do that.) It doesn’t lead to sex, it generally only leads to pain and Indian Rope Burns.
So anyway, we were wrestling during the March Madness viewing, and the girls were downstairs watching TV. For a brief second I was successfully holding Rick off by pulling his thumbs backwards and was imitating him in my most annoying whiny voice: “Stop that! Stop it!” Of course I couldn’t let it go at that, so I kept on: “Aw, poor little boy! Do you want me to call the waaaahmbulance for you? Would you like some french cries with your waaaaahmburger?” He had just broken free of the thumb-lock and was proceeding to kick my ass when the Oldest’s voice floated up the stairs:
“You guys are so immature!”
In the works March 22, 2006 ~ 2:39 pm
Posted by Julie in : Technobabble , comments closedSomething exciting could be happening for this blog as soon as this weekend. I’ve found a publishing platform I like, and although it has some little irritating quirks, I figure if I don’t get rid of my cats or my boyfriend for little irritating quirks, I shouldn’t be too picky about a blog publisher either. I’m working on the uploading and categorization and all that fun background stuff and while it won’t have all the perks of this blog template and the HTML coding I’ve gotten so used to just yet, I think it’s workable.
Watch this space.
Brangelina March 21, 2006 ~ 12:29 pm
Posted by Julie in : Random Insanity , comments closedSunday, while Rick was forcing me to watch College Basketball with him, I noticed the one thing that has made all of March Madness worthwhile for me.
Pitt was playing Bradley, which for scorekeeping sake was abbreviated to “Brad.” The scoreboard looked like this (XX represents the score, which I wasn’t paying attention to):
Brad XX
Pitt XX
Even the NCAA is fixated on Brad Pitt.
