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Movies 2012

It’s official.. I need to find a movie buddy that has off the same days as me and is willing to pay 50/50. So many movies, so little time.

Movies to See 2012

1. Contraband

2. Underworld: Awakening – okay, I admit, I’m a little sad that Michael is dead, but meh..

3. One for the Money – I loved Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, so I’m taking my mother and we’re going to watch it.

4. Man on a Ledge – I’m not sure if I really want to see this, but I’m going to add it to the list simply because I’ve seen the trailer for it about 200 billion times.

5. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menance in 3D – Lucas totally should’ve went with Episode IV as the first one in 3D.

6. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

7. The Raven – I’m a big fan of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry, so this sounds like it may be interesting.

8. Scary Movie 5 – I’m a sucker for train wreck movies.

9. The Avengers

10. Dark Shadows – Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter – need I say more?

11. Snow White and the Huntsman

12. G.I. Joe: Retaliation – I grew up in the 80s.. can’t you tell?

13. Total Recall

14. Resident Evil: Retribution

15. Rise of the Guardians – this just sounds like it’s going to be comical.

I read there’s going to be a Kill Bill: Vol 3 (estimated 2014), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013), and a Ghostbusters III (unknown, but shows Anna Faris, Eliza Dushku, Bill Murray, and Sigourney Weaver – sounds hilarious). Along with Thor 2 (estimated 2013), a new Highlander (2014), Mortal Kombat (2013), and The Lone Ranger (2013 – with Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter).

Movies I want to see that are already out – Season of the Witch, I am Number Four, Drive Angry (I have this movie and cannot find it since I bought it!), Red Riding Hood, Your Highness (sounds like a stupid plot, but comedic), Dylan Dog, X-Men First Class, Green Lantern, Ironclad, Cowboys & Aliens, Contagion, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Colombiana.

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Christmas

I have a very large family. My mother was the oldest of 10 children. Most of those children have 1 – 2 children and most of their children have 1 – 3 children. Trust me… it’s a really big family.

Every Christmas, however, it’s normally me, my mother, my mother’s sisters, and part of their family. AKA, me, my mother, my aunt Kathy, her husband Charles, my aunt Carolyn, her granddaughter Janiya, my aunt Tammy, her husband Chris, and their daughter Taylor. Definitely not the Christmases of old when EVERYBODY was there. Imagine cramming close to 70 people in a tiny house. Don’t know how my grandparents did it..

I’ve noticed, as we’ve drifted further apart over the years, that the family that still makes an appearance for Christmas are the only ones that I still associate with. I won’t cut off (most) of my family if I see them, but I won’t stand around and talk, either. The family that still makes it into my life are hilarious, though. How many families do you know that will argue over video games (the adults, not the kids) and go from talking about drugged out wife beaters to how most beauticians are sluts? I really do love what’s left of my little family. They will most definitely keep us all entertained.

Customers

My day started off very well.. awesome customers. I was complimented twice on my politeness and how much they had enjoyed talking to me. Then we get to the final hour.. yelled at twice over the website not working until one man got ‘very angry’.

There’s not really much I can do over a website that I agree sucks. So my day was headed a bit downhill, then I got a phone call from a New Yorker. He decided to carry on a conversation with me about buying bullets and as he was hanging up the phone, I heard him telling his wife ‘nice lady’. Thank you, sir, you made my day much better!

End of the Year…

I can’t believe it’s already December. Three more weeks until 2012. So much has happened this year… Now is the time to forget all the bad stuff and think about the good stuff.

1 – Back to work, with insurance again! Yay.. which led me to getting my teeth fixed. (Long story short, infection in my gum line thanks to stupid former dentist.)

2 – I also got to spend time with my mother, who finally retired.

3 – Finally got all my finances straight, and my bills are all caught up.

4 – Got a Kindle! Love my Kindle. <3

5 – I turned 30. Honestly, I never even imagined myself past 20 long ago.. turning 30 was … wow.

6 – I got a raise at work. That was very nice.

7 – Finally got to start THE book in NaNoWriMo! (THE book is the one I’ve been writing in my head for the last 11 years.) Unfortunately, I was unable to finish it, but it has a nice start.

There's a ton more, but I'm at work and can't type it all right now..

Giggle Worthy Hijinks

Just some things that have gone on at work that make me shake my head and giggle.

Tuesday 12/06/11

Customer emails us to find out what amount she has on her gift cards. (These are old gift cards and our new, improved website now prompts you to enter a PIN, which the new cards have, but the old cards do not.

I email the customer back and let them know the amounts on the (old) gift cards.

Less than 3 minutes later..

The CFO of the company has emailed my boss with a question.

“Just curious, where did we get this info?” Attached to the body of the email is the email between myself and the customer for the gift cards.

My boss has attached the CFO’s email with “Where did you get the info from?”

I replied “From the Check Gift Card Balance link.”

I explained to my boss how you could get the old card balance and he sent up my response to the CFO, who responded with “Oh.”

I’m not a stupid person. If there’s a flaw on the website that will allow me to help a customer without a lot of headache (i.e. emailing up to corp), I will exploit it. Watch them remove it now. /sigh Just leave it alone, people!

The second email is just too mind-boggling to go into, but it dealt with a customer that had his wrong order cancelled and the one he didn’t want was still being processed. Corporate never received the information for them to cancel any order, but magically one was cancelled. Corporate also couldn’t pull up one of the orders, but I could see it just fine. I’m still not entirely sure why they emailed me and told me whatever it was they told me, but I still don’t get it. Reminds me a bit of one of my free writing attempts. :S

Monday, 12/05/11
This email was simply copied and pasted with all information taken out. As a note.. it takes about two minutes to check to see if a card went through.. per date. Unless maybe you have a really outdated system?

From: Boss
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 01:34 PM
To: Me
Subject: FW: Customer

At the bottom you have Dec 3rd Sunday. Did this take place Saturday or Sunday?

Thanks

From: Head Guy at Company
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:25 PM
To: Boss
Subject: FW: Customer

See below.

From: Finance Guy
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:05 AM
To: Head Guy at Company
Subject: RE: Customer

Was the attempt on Saturday Dec 3rd or Sunday Dec 4th?

From: Head Guy at Company
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:58 AM
To: Finance Guy
Subject: FW: Customer

From: Boss
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 8:19 AM
To: Head Guy at Company
Subject: FW: Customer

Head Guy at Company,

Could not locate any order under the below information. Can you please research.

Thanks
Boss

From: Me
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 2:48 PM
To: Boss; Boss 2
Subject: Customer

Customer Information
Item# ——-
American Express ending in —- exp. 01/17

The money was taken out of the card, customer is sure that it was a [company] order, but he has received no confirmation and it’s not in CSC. Can we see if an order was attempted and didn’t go through or anything? It was placed between 8:30 – 9am EST on Sunday, December 3.

So..

Randomly, pictures of my car smashed all to pieces can be found here. They may not be pretty for the weak at heart. Just kidding… mostly. The fireman in a couple of the pictures is my ex. He was cutting the battery cables since there was a large hole in the battery and he didn’t want to get acid on himself. Thus, the fireman suit. Yes.. he is a fireman. :P Yes.. I like men in uniform.

They still don’t know if my wrist is broken. Apparently it was too swollen for it’s 3 xrays. I’m 99.99% sure that it is not broken. I can move it and it doesn’t cause extreme pain you’d associate with a broken bone. But I’ve never had broken bones before. Except my toes, but toes don’t count.

I have subdermal hematoma. Not subdural hematoma which is a brain injury, but Subdermal. Per Wikipedia – A hematoma is a localized collection of blood outside the blood vessels,usually in liquid form within the tissue. And Subdermal, of course, is under the skin.

In layman’s terms, I have a giant ball of blood on the left and right side of my stomach from where the seat belt was. The right side is the worse. It’s about the size of a softball (okay, maybe baseball.. just feels like a softball in my stomach). The one on the left side is about the size of a quarter. Apparently, it’ll take 4-6 weeks for the blood to disperse.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t internal bleeding bad? Anyways, not gonna think about that right now..

Another Year .. Almost Gone

I didn’t finish NaNoWriMo this year. Once again, circumstances beyond my control. I did get a really good start, though! Pretty sure I would’ve hit those 50k words had I been able to type for a week. One good thing came from my downtime. I was mentally reviewing the book(s) in my head and realized the characters had been writing it for me. I also discovered the Sound Recorder on my computer. I can think and talk and record and then listen and type later.

Speaking of typing later, I swear it freaking takes me an hour to type what used to take me 10 minutes. Ended up jerking off my brace yesterday thanks to a super busy Cyber Monday, so I could type faster. I regretted it later when the pain kicked in. Lessee… another 7 weeks of having to wear a brace? Or 6 weeks, 4 days. 46 days.. January 14th, I think? At least that’s before my birthday, so yay!

Wow… typing that made me realize how close we are to the end of the year. Less than 4 weeks until Christmas. I haven’t bought anyone anything. =/ Had my mom’s present figured out, but don’t have the cash to buy at the moment. Had a somewhat idea of what to get a friend, but once again, no money. Was going to give 2 aunts, 2 cousins, 1 uncle $20 / each. And was going to knit my cousin a scarf because she wanted one and liked my normal wild designs. I could probably do that, but it’d take longer than the normal 2 days. Decisions, decisions..

In other news.. I have subdermal hematoma on the left and right side of my stomach. In layman’s terms.. I have two giant balls of blood under my skin on either side of my stomach. They’re supposed to dissolve in 4-6 weeks. *grumbles*

The Twilight Saga

Stephenie Meyer must be on cloud 9 right about now, despite millions of people wishing they’d never heard of Twilight.

I was brought up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dracula, and tons of other vampire-y things going on, and I love the idea of vampires. (Not in real life, mind you, just on the silver screen and in books.) I also believe that the books are always better than the movies. So, I was rather enthusiastic about the movie coming out when I first heard about it. Why, no, I didn’t know it was a book first.

So.. a guy I knew figured we would watch it one night. No idea what was going through his mind, and don’t want to know now.. So we watched the first movie. Best scene of all: baseball scene. So there. I confessed to watching the first movie. Back to one of my previous statements “I also believe that the books are always better than the movies.” I read the book. /sigh

Might as well get it all out. I read ALL of the books. I’ve read much, much worse, but they’ll never be on my favorites list. It is one of those “check out from library, read, and forget about” books that I go through frequently. I will very loudly protest against seeing ANY of the rest of the movies, while that weird part of me wants to see them just to see if it’s a total trainwreck. And to stare at Taylor Lautner’s naked chest. I think I’m a little too old to be drooling over naked chests.

While some vague part of my mind remembers the happily ever after between Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the BellaEdward offspring, the movie buff in me just wants to pop popcorn, get comfortable, and see if there are any more parts like the baseball scene. Someone tell me… is it completely horrible?

All About…

Don’t blame me if you start yawning around #5 and drifting off to sleep by #12.

1. I’ve always wanted to be in a band despite the fact that I’m tone deaf.

2. I wanted to learn to play the drums in said band.

3. At the young age of 10, I wanted to join the school band and play the flute. My parents couldn’t afford the cost and I had no way of getting home from after school band practice which led to …

4. Piano lessons. Yep. I took them. I can pound out a mean Silent Night as long as the sheet music is in front of me.

5. I’ve always wanted to be able to draw. I suck at it.

6. I watched cartoons until well into my late 20s. I’d probably still watch them if I ever found the right TV station.

7. I was a Sailor Moon addict. Yes, I watched all the episodes. English subtitles. I used to stay up at night to watch the episodes.

8. I loved the Ronin Warriors cartoon. I had a huge crush on Rowen (my lovely blue beta fish is named after him.)

9. I’ve had a bunch of beta fish. The first four were Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewy. I swear Han ate Luke and Chewy. Next came Lina (red beta), Gourry (yellow beta), and Zelgadis (light blue beta). Anyone watching The Slayers anime will know how they got those names. Finally there was Rowen (dark blue beta) and Ryo (red beta). So yes, my betas were named after Star Wars, The Slayers, and the Ronin Warriors.

10. My favorite food is a rutabaga. A rutabaga is a vegetable that is a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.

11. My second favorite food is green bean casserole. I will fight you for it.

12. Neither of my favorite foods are in my favorite meal. My favorite meal is: barbecued chicken (on the grill!), mac & cheese, and green peas.

13. I’m superstitious. Think that goes fitting with #13, eh?

14. I’m scared to death of spiders.

15. I was born a blonde. My mother loves to remind me of that fact when I have my ‘blonde moments’, which lately are quite frequently.

16. I love fruitcake. And by fruitcake I mean the Icebox Fruitcake my mother makes that’s probably a family recipe that’s older than dirt.

17. I’ve had my own ‘fantasy world’ that I’ve created and lived in since I was 16. Usually the only way for me to sleep at night is to start drifting into that world. There are no fairies, werewolves, vampires, etc involved. But there are super heroes! :P

18. I have 3 books going on inside my head. But when I go to write them down, my brain freezes up on me.

19. My favorite color is green, then orange, then purple, then blue.

20. I’ve always wanted to go visit Mardi Gras, Chicago, Illinois on St. Patrick’s Day, the Sydney Opera House, the sphinx of Egypt, Stonehenge, and anything in Ireland.

21. I want to travel to all 50 states at least once. Preferred method of travel is a motorhome, so I can have my dogs with me.

22. I want to see how the Amish live for at least a week.

23. I want to learn to ski. (Yes, that’s an accident waiting to happen.)

24. I know how to crochet using a loom. It’s actually very easy.

25. I want to visit The Louvre and The Van Gogh Museum.

26. I love tomatoes, but don’t ketchup.

27. I don’t like eggs, but love deviled eggs and egg salad.

28. I like watching NCIS, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, and Good Eats.

29. My first dog was a cocker spaniel named Corky and my first cat was named Morris.

30. Most girls dream of marrying Prince Charming when they get older. I dreamed of marrying a rancher so I could spend my day around animals. (I was so random, even as a child. -.-)

31. The first few years of my life were actually spent on a farm. My grandfather had horses, pigs, chickens, goats, and fields full of corn, peas, etc.. Later on, I stayed with my grandmother who lived beside of my uncle. My uncle had horses and goats.

32. I like to try and grow different fruits and vegetables. A mid-summer hurricane flattened everything I tried this year.

33. I had 2 pet chickens as a teenager. They um… flew the coop and became chicken stew for my neighbor.

34. Now that I’m typing all this out, that whole thing about marrying a rancher and living on a farm sounds interesting again. (Yes, I know. Hard work, not fun, blah blah blah. Read #31 again… and 32… and 33.)

35. I can’t sew. I can’t even be let near a sewing machine. I can break the needle just by looking at it. (They banned me from the sewing class in high school.)

36. I don’t like asking for help because I don’t want to sound stupid or needy.

37. I have a horrible habit of listening to people long enough to get the gist of what they’re saying then completely tuning them out. It’s caused the end of one relationship, and I’m working on fixing it, but right now I’m blaming the whole customer service thing. Usually after the first couple of sentences, you can solve the problem, but people still continue to drone on… much like what I’m doing now.

38. Most days I feel like a robot. Same thing, over and over again. I tried to add a little variety by going against the norm. Unfortunately, going against the norm gets old and starts becoming the norm. I need to find new things to shock with.

39. I hate these type of lists because they make me feel like it’s constantly “I want, I want, I want, I want..”

40. I’ve finally reached the age (and thanks to the accident I had) that the word marriage and kids don’t sent me high-tailing it off fifty miles away. That doesn’t mean I’m going to marry the first guy I meet, but the thought no longer scares me.

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