I don't care as long as you don't make me a part of The Body exhibit.

Charles Manson


And....no

LMAO

I'm seeing Valkyrie on Christmas Day. I get too excited every time I see the commercials. It's kinda ridiculous to get excited over seeing a WW2 movie on Christmas that doesn't even have a happy ending, but that's me, LOL

I also want to see Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, Tale of Despereaux, Marley and Me and Revolutionary Road. Somehow though, I think Valkyrie is the only movie I'll get out to this month.

I can't think of anything that's coming out that looks so bad I wouldn't see it if you paid me. I'd probably see almost anything if you paid me, but it would also depend on how much you were paying, lol

I'll Fly Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101124)

*sniffles* I wish they'd at least put it on DVD, like they do everything else. I absolutely LOVED that show. Awesome cast (gotta love pre-Law & Order Sam Waterston, heh), awesome story.

They put so much crap on DVD and yet they can't put a great show like that out there for people to buy? How dumb.

So working at the library on my birthday wasn't so bad. Let's review....

First, there is this little old Russian lady, Miriam, who works there shelving books, DVD's, etc. Her husband comes in everyday to pick her up. He comes in and Tracy tells him it's my birthday. This is how our conversation went (and he speaks in a very thick Russian accent)...

HIM: "Oh...so you going to have wild party tonight?"
ME: (toss my hands up in the air, looks around the library) "This is my wild party."
HIM: (shaking his head) "If this is your wild party....then this is very bad."
ME AND TRACY: (laughing)
HIM: "I come back tomorrow to make sure you had wild party."

Then Miriam comes by the desk and wants to know what we're laughing about and he goes, "I'm just setting this lady straight in life."

LMAO. He cracks me up.

Then Blair, one of the YA librarians, withdrew a bunch of YA books and put them in the back so I ran back and got my first pick. I got a Frank Peretti book that I was going to buy. :) I also got two other books that looked interesting. The last time she withdrew a bunch of YA books, I wasn't working and by the time I got there two days later only three books were left.

Tracy's stalker came in and even he didn't annoy me. I actually spoke to him. Oh my...that could be bad, lol. Although, he had this huge red dot on his forehead, and Tracy and I wondered afterward, "what was THAT?" I so wanted to say to him, "What happened? Did Dick Cheney shoot you?" Hey, if he can crack political jokes then so can I! lol

Pat, our boss was talking to me about her daughter who is my age and has THREE Master's degrees and a PhD. Uh yeah, that won't be me, lol

But Pat was like, "You know, if you don't find anything in your field, you could always write those romance novels." LOL. She said her daughter's friend does that and it's very lucrative. At a recent high school reunion, everyone wanted her to sign their books, lol. Tracy was hysterical when I told her Pat said this to me. I don't know why. I mean, you can see me writing trashy romance novels, can't you?

LMAO.

Then at 4pm, Tracy goes, "wow, this day has been uneventful" and I said "Yeah, but we still have an hour, give it time." About 15 minutes later, it happened...

Blair starts yelling at and reprimanding this teen patron for something. I notice a guy watching them and I thought it was the girl's father, but it turned out it wasn't. He goes over to Blair and is like, "Yo, just give the girl a break" and Blair busts out at him with, "Sir, get away from here." And he's like, "I'm just looking at this book" (which was on her desk) and she's like, "No, get away..NOW!" and she's pointing and going off on him, lol. He comes over to Tracy and is like, "I wanna use the computers" and Mary Jean (who had witnessed him butting in to the Blair situation) was like, "Sir, you can use the computers over there" and he said something about Blair and Mary Jean (who already has a reputation for being an angry old lady) was like, "that's none of your business" and was arguing with him all the way to the computers. LOL. She comes back and tells Blair that she smelled alcohol on his breath and Blair said, "oh he's definitely on something." And he was. His hair was all a mess, he was walking kinda funny and acting all weird. I seriously think the man is medicated and I don't think it's a legal medication, LOL

I looked at Tracy and said "see...I told you...just give it time. " LOL

Finally, a cute guy came to the desk and yeah, we both swooned over him. Until he left and Tracy looked up his account...and saw he was born in 1990! We were both like, "Oh my gosh!" cause he looked older than that. Then as we discussed how old we were in 1990, we both said, in unison, "damn!" hehehe.

Oh, and Tracy even asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner (her treat) but I couldn't because I seriously need to write this stupid script for tomorrow and do a storyboard for a TV script. Blech. But it was so nice of her to ask!

...and that was my day at the library, on my birthday. :)


And thanks to all for the birthday wishes here and on Facebook. They are much appreciated! (((hugs)))

I have a co-worker who is a McCain and Bush supporter and who is a Republican atheist (yes, they exist!)

I just had the friendliest exchange with her over on Facebook.

And THAT is what gives me hope for this country. :)

I actually work with two atheists....I've never even known one personally, let alone two at the same work place! LOL. Then there's Tracy who isn't an atheist but has major issues with religion because she was raised Catholic and adopted into a very screwy home (and that's all I know...that's one thing she won't get into). She tends to say stuff like "I already did my time in Jesus jail." Or, like she said about Ted Dekker's work: "I like the atmosphere he sets up but then it gets so...Jesus-y, and I already did my Roman Catholic time behind bars."

It's sad when people see faith as jail and not as the freedom that it truly is.

But praise God for allowing me to be a witness through my actions and not necessarily my words. And thank you Lord for giving me these people to pray for and helping me to hopefully show them that not all Christians are whack jobs, lol

Yeah, I know, another post and it's a political rant, but who knows, maybe you'll agree....


I can already tell from Facebook statuses that people will not put their bitching aside. I already see McCain supporters talking about how horrible Obama is and how the people who voted for him are dumb. And if McCain was ahead, I know there would be Obama folks saying the same crap towards McCain supporters.

I wish people could understand what such negativity does to you, spiritually, mentally and physically. Like I have told others, I'd love to see people calm down after today and respect each other, but I can already see from Facebook statuses that ain't gonna happen and people will still bitch because their guy didn't get in.

THANK GOD that I trust God. I'd go crazy if my entire trust and faith was in a political candidate to make things right. I couldn't imagine being so negative about the other side all the time. I'd get depressed constantly bitching about how bad the president is. If everyone spent the same time praying for politicians that they do complaining about them, think of the mountains we'd move. :)

An example would be Bush. Can't stand the man but ya know what? I didn't spend the last 8 years harping on how awful he is. And when people in my family would do so, I'd cringe because even if I may agree with the complaints and while they may be justified, just hearing that negativity again and again and again drives me insane. It makes me almost as depressed as the issue your complaining about! That's why I won't listen to a lot of the local talk radio hosts who are very pro-Republican and anti-Obama. I know that there are liberal pundits too but not on KDKA which is what I usually have on (cause Marty Griffin ROCKS, heh) and when I have listened to liberal pundits on cable news, I still cringe.

Sometimes I'd agree with the pundits (conservative and liberal) BUT I still would feel depressed after hearing them because the name calling, the mocking, the constant complaining about how horrible they are and how they're dragging America down....WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO? Does it change things? And sometimes I swear people give too much credit to the President. He isn't as powerful as everyone would like to think he is. I could never be a talk show host who harps on politicians EVERY SINGLE DAY for THREE HOURS A DAY. My gosh, that has got to mess with your soul, lol

I just wish people could come together and try to support whoever does win (doesn't mean you have to support every decision they make) instead of dragging everyone down by not only complaining about the politician but by calling their supporters names and acting like the world is ending. If the world is going to end, it'll be because of the crap spewed out by political supporters and not because of the politician.

And for the record, I know that I have at times, been negative and snarky towards politicians, but I'm usually joking about it and not THAT angry...and if I complained everyday and treated their supporters like garbage, I'd be a very miserable woman.

Tomorrow will be a new day, we will have a new President, but my God is the same today and everyday and he's still the one in control. :)

And again, this is a must read for all:

My Journey from being a Reagan Republican to an Obama Democrat by Donald Miller (author of Blue Like Jazz)