Friday
Time for the Friday Random Ten, the trapped in city deeds hell edition.
It don't mean a thing [if it ain't got that swing] - ella fitzgerald
return to sender - elvis
3x5 - john mayer
bohemian polka - weird al
what you need - inxs
i heard it through the grapevine - marvin gaye
fingertips [13] - they might be giants
summer swim - george clinton
burrito - pete yorn
eweb encounter.
I kept forgetting to blog this, so I'm doing it now while I still remember. Friday morning TheBoy dropped me off for my eweb-adventure, pulling up to the front entrance of the eugene water and electric board headquarters. As we were pulling in, a young guy [my age--early 20's] was getting into his car next to us. I noted that he had a bumper sticker that read "support president bush and our troops" [which is an oxymoron]. He backed out of his space and then hovered there, behind our car. TheBoy has an "i did not vote 4 bush" bumper sticker on the car and as I stepped out of the door the young man next to us pulled forward and sneered at me. "I voted for Bush," he boasted. I was in a hurry and not looking for a confrontation [or a bashed in bumper] and leveled a glare at him while tossing off the words "I'm sorry" as I rushed into the building. TheBoy didn't hear or see any of this interchange, and later on I realized that what I ought to have said was "That's nothing to be proud of." However, my wits appear to not be fully with me at 9.30am on a Friday.
pool party
here's the promised photo of the guy hauling out the plastic pool furniture in his slicker.
you might be able to tell from the texture of the pool how hard it was raining.
we are nippersinkers.
i have lived in my apartment for almost a year [i moved in on the 19th last year]. This morning TheBoy and I were remarking on how full the pool is because we've gotten a large amount of rain recently. the pool is not open yet. when i moved in last year the pool was already open. not ten minutes after we were remarking on how if it kept raining the pool would flood a young man wearing a yellow rain slicker and yellow rain pants starts hauling the plastic patio furniture out of the pool storage shed. so, they're working to get the pool open, in drenching rain. we both enjoyed that fact a lot and i took photos, but they're at home on the camera. update later.
Quote of the week
my boss is fantastic, like a second mom to me, so I invited her to my bowling birthday shindig and her response to the evite was as follows:
"Bowling does for geeks what golf does for management types. Bowling presents these advantages: .. Not physically demanding, so staring at a computer screen all day is not a serious handicap, as in basketball or tennis. .. Good exercise for wrists. Strong wrists prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! .. Goes great with beer! I'll be there."
and people have to ask why I love my job...