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Nothing is really going on here. My mom is still a pain in my ass, my dad is still awesome, Thanksgiving came and went.

Upside is that now that me and the sister-in-law are awesome, today seemed a lot more fun. Even when her sister showed up (who I don't care much for ... I don't DISLIKE her, I just don't have any reason to be like 'yay! Jamie's here!). The kids are still effing adorable and we played charades. Ryan scooted down to the floor, up on his feet and hands and just stayed there while we guessed spider and all kinds of dumb things. He finally was like "NO! I'M A HOUSE!' HAHAHA WTFEVER KID. I love little kids.

Work is alternating between awesome and awful. Wednesday sucked, but considering I'm on a four-day weekend, I'm feeling okay about it all. Plus like six glasses of wine will make anyone feel good :-D

OH SO. Two weeks ago, I had Friday off, and stayed late at bowling. Wound up talking with the ex-crush, but really, he just talked my ear off for two hours. UGH. He showed me this video on his phone of a dude in a Transformers costume for Halloween, was all excited, saying it was a buddy of his from the Yamaha dealer he works for. Next day ... a friend of a friend who doesn't know ex-crush AT ALL had posted same video and I'm like, WTF? Find out it originated in TEXAS? So ex-crush lied about this ... and then I remembered all the weird, random, dumb shit he lied about all of last year and Bob even reinforced it by being all 'I asked you tons of times last year why you wanted to be with him when he told all these stupid stories.' I laughed, all, "Well, hind sight and all, I don't remember those stories that well because I LIKED HIM, and ignored it." So now I realize that he likely lied for the whole two hours I sat there and listened to crazy drama about his parents. Whatever, he's a total douche. But at least I can be all 'whatever, you're lame' about it instead of just outright ignoring him.

My brother and dad are trying to talk me into joining their team for the second half of their league since they're short a bowler. I kind of want to and am trying to negotiate with my dad 'I get one Wednesday off a month and you can't complain.' He's hard core about bowling responsibilities and doesn't like that idea, but he needs me to bowl more than I need to join that league, so who knows. I REALLY like having my Wednesdays back - I started that league in 2001 and this is the first year I didn't bowl on a Wednesday. It's nice to come home and and chill and only have Thursdays taken from my week. So, I dunno. It's tempting. I'd see my brother and the kids and our friend Linda A LOT more. And I wouldn't have any of the responsibilities I had before as President, so I dunno :(

Richard Dreyfus is a douchebag. I will recount why tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, I made these today because they made me laugh the second I considered them.

It's amazing that the right hair style and clothes can make you feel uber-happy, right?

( Today is a good day )

He's in 35th place now! May 4th is the first elimination, May 18th is the second, and it all ends on the May 25th. We're fairly sure he'll make it through them all (he's already in the top 4%. But, he needs to be in the Top 20 by the end! Videos and new pics will be posted shortly, so keep up on his profile!

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Here are my online music links, for me, really, but of course you can use.

Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"

Backstreet Boys "Unbreakable"

The Eagles "Long Road Out of Eden: Disc 1"

The Eagles "Long Road Out of Eden: Disc 2"

Bruce Spingsteen "Magic"

Jay-Z "American Gangster"

Pearl Jam "Live at The Gorge"

Carrie Underwood "Carnival Ride"

Leann Rimes "Family"

Eric Clapton "Complete Clapton Disc 1"

Eric Clapton "Complete Clapton Disc 2"

Babyface "Playlist"

Eddie Veder "Into the Wild"

Jordin Sparks

Genesis "1983-1998"

Led Zepplin "Mothership (sampler)"

John Fogerty "Revival"

Goo Goo Dolls "Greatest Hits"

Michael Jackson "Thriller"

Leona Lewis "Spirit"

The Band "High on the Hog"

The Band "Jericho"

Gavin Rossdale "Wanderlust"

Jakob Dylan "Seeing Things"

Adele "19"

Billy Joel "The Stranger (release)"

Elvis Presley "68 Comback Special"

Raphael Saadiq "The Way I See It"

Wayne Brady "A Long Time Coming"

Darius Rucker "Learn to Live"

Scarlett Johansson "Anywhere I Lay..."

Brian Wilson "That Lucky Old Sun"

Jennifer Hudson

James Taylor "Covers"

Ray LaMontagne "Gossip in the Grain"

John Legend "Evolver"

Queen "The Cosmos Rocks"

Seal "Soul"

Cadillac Records

Kristin Chenowith "A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas"

Tony Bennett "A Swinging Christmas"

"This Warm December" (Jack Johnson Label)

Elvis Presley "Christmas Duets"

Soundtrack: Benjamin Button

Booyah!

I was going to post a few days ago on my birthday, but kept getting sidetracked. Katie bought me this card, I love it!

In short it was really fun, I might have restless leg syndrome and definitely have carpal tunnel.

So typing may not be so much in the future.

I had no idea that Coldplay did Diana Ross?

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Well, it appears I could be a judge, given half the stuff they said, I did, too, just moments before they did.

Relatedly, I kind of love that there are some big girls on the show. Big ups to big gals! And I absolutely love Melinda's personality and Kiki's voice. Her performance was absolutely amazing.

I normally dislike the girls and adore the guys, but they bored me tonight. Girls win.

MIKE AND KARLA ARE ENGAGED.

KILL ME NOW.

GO BEARS!

Go here and click the play button for the Bears Fight Song. It kicks my ass, your ass and Dennis Green's ass. Pffft!

I decided to steal Katie's idea for a lyrics meme and here's we go. I'm not doing things at random because I don't have THAT many new songs since last I did this. I will tell you, some are quite recent - the last year - and the others are old from a mix CD I made my dad for Christmas. So yeah, think of some classic peeps that my dad may have grown up listening to. And by the by, the CD rocks, so you should download the songs and make a CD for yourself.

I'll even be nice and only use the opening lines. How's that?

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I'm going to list all movies I've seen this year. Because I realized it's a lot. I will memory this, too, and update, so that should be fun, eh?

Note: These are movies that are new to me, not rewatching favorites or anything.

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Yesterday it was in the mid-60's. Right now it's in the low 30's with tons of sleet on the ground. We have a winter storm advisory in effect, starting at 6pm (yes, I know it's well after midnight) with 6-12 inches of snow welcome. AWESOME.

That was sarcastic, but I have to admit. With a bit of white on the ground, and on my car, it feels oh-so-Christmas-now. No kidding.

I have been watching tons of West Wing Season 1 and I LOVE JOSH. Why did Bradley become oh-so-boring-Danny? Seriously.

I just got in from Dallas tonight and I'm so tired, have to finish laundry and am watching SNL.

All I have to say is, GO WATCH THIS! House of Carters parody from SNL and OMG NICK IS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT AARON!

Watching Celebrity Duets Finale and A) omg Jon Secada. I used to have the HUGEST crush on him. B) Hal Sparks and Dennis DeYoung are so cute together. They need to have a tv show or something.

I worked on my resume today and I know I totally BS-ed most everything on them. I mean, I wrote the truth but I built it up so much that I truly miss writing communications and shit. It's pretty awesome to read.

Turns out Kristina's mom isn't actually mad at me, like I thought she was. She was just giving me shit. And Kristina is mad at Miguel and that's pretty awesome. For real, it is.

I have bowling tonight. I want to wear these new jean capris I bought this week, but I wore them last night and they're not long enough for me to rub my sliding foot on - makes no sense but really, I do this before every frame. That probably explains why I shot so horribly last night (169-170-181). It was sick.

My dad says he's going to talk to my mom to see if they can help me with some of the dental stuff. That'd of course be awesome, but I feel bad because they've helped me SO MUCH over hte years. It's hard.

THE OFFICE! TONIGHT! YESSSSSSSSS!