If you haven't gone to see The Dark Knight yet, what are you waiting for? Go see it now. Stop reading this blog and go see it now!




I wonder how many people I just drove away.

Anywho in case you are wondering I thought the movie was AWESOME! I went to see it Friday and again on Monday. I haven't seen a movie in the theater twice since Return of the King.

Not much going on with me, except being really busy at work.

Warning Mini Rant Warning

I worked for 9 1/2 hours today and I felt like I got nothing done. Except maybe raising my blood pressure. One of the people I get stuff from is transferring that part of her work to another group as of tomorrow. I don't know why she is bothering to submit stuff, she has obviously mentally check out of the job. It seems she is making every careless error possible and must not even be bothering to check her work. She has no idea how lucky she is that she works in an office 1500 miles away.

End Rant

Also tomorrow, or today depending on your time zone, is my 2 year anniversary here at TV.com. I know I should do something special for it, but I worked hard today and my pillow is calling me, not to mention my bed, sheets and blanket.

So Happy Anniversary to me and thanks to all of you who keep me coming back for more.

Now I leave you with the final installment of the bored list. I haven't been practicing any of tihis lately.

Really Bored, Part 3 - Things you can do with another person: ...

Have a water drinking contest:
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) While the competition is fun, you probably won't feel too good afterward. To give your event an old western theme, slam the cups upside down on the tables after you have emptied them.

Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around:
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment--does this really work?

Have a "Who is less competitive" competition:
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view:
(Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes) Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60 cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking at things from its point of view, too.

Pull out a hair, stick in someone's ear:
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) Best done to sleeping people. Added challenge in having no one else around, because then you can't blame it on anyone else. Try to beat your record number of times before the person catches on.

Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck:
(Amusement Potential: 5-15 minutes) Always a good gag. For an even bigger reaction out of the person, act like you're not sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.

Hugs & cookies,
Greta

Guess what I'm going to see at 12:45.


***SPOILER***


If you are going to be bored cause you are stuck at work, you are in desparate need of a life, or for not particular reason here are some more things you can do...

Really Bored, Part 2 - Things you can do with very little: ...

See what's in your neighbour's trash:
(Amusement Potential: 20-30 minutes) You can learn a lot about people by what they throw out. You might uncover some dark secret about them. Plus, they might be throwing out something with value that still works, like a VCR.

Watch TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent:
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) Sort of entertaining. Fun to pretend the people on the screen are actually talking that way.

Call up people who write editorials you disagree with:
(Amusement Potential: 15-60 minutes) I'm surprised no one has thought of this before. Unleash your fury on the person who had the nerve to write a letter like that! I'm pretty sure it doesn't qualify as a prank phone call, too.

Make prank phone calls:
(Amusement Potential: 20-60 minutes) Very entertaining, but requires discipline. Remember - vulgarities don't make a call funny, but getting the other person to believe a ridiculous story will. Even more fun if you get a bunch of people on the line using a Wonderphone and take turns making the calls. One to get you started off: Call McDonald's, try to make reservations.

Pretend all humans will die except for people in the room with you:
(Amusement Potential: 10-20 minutes) What would you do if this really happened? Would the group stay together, or would there be factions? Who would join what group? Remember, there would only be power for a few days before the plants ran out of fuel or broke. To travel, you would always have to be near cars to siphon gas out of. Best to do with people you know.

Step off a curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff:
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) To get any benefit out of this one, you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off immediately, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Feel the winds at that altitude. Step off and... AHHHHHH!!!!!

Burn things with a magnifying glass:
(Amusement Potential: 5-30 minutes) Ants are always fun to use for this, but burning the face of someone you don't like, under some circumstances, can be just as entertaining.

Part 3 will be in a future blog.

Hugs & Cookies,
Greta

Today is a whole lot better at work, except for one person who apparently can't follow directions and sent in the same things wrong for the second time, after I sent them a detail explaination on what they needed to fix. *sigh* I'm not gonna dwell on that because the office park I work at is having an "Ice Cream Social" for it's tenants today.

So now the question is how much ice cream can I eat before it all melts, it is 87 outside today, luckily they set up a big tent in one of the parking lots so we can stay out of the sun.

So what is your favorite way to have ice cream?

Hugs & Ice Cream,
Greta

That is the phrase of the week, at least in the billing department that I work in. However the good news is we have finally got the project done, all those revisions I was talking about in my last blog all 300ish of them, and now we can all get caught up on our work that we've had to push aside for 3 days. Ugh! Of course I don't think I can get 4 days worth of work done tomorrow, so I'm still gonna be quite busy next week. But I still have my 4 day weekend coming up so I should be well rested. I should actually be doing some of it right now, but I have fricken' brain drain going on so that's not gonna happen. Well maybe a little but not too much. I'm just gonna count down the minutes till I get to go home and veg out for the night.



Just in case you hadn't heard there is a nasty rumor going around that it is France's birthday today. It's also Liv's birthday, that one isn't a rumor, she's not in denial about it. So stop by and wish them both a happy birthday, of course one might throw a tomato at you.

I hope that both of them are having good birthdays today. I have to apologize for not having any presents, but that would require some thought and I just don't have that kind of brain power right now. So hopefully they will be appeased by these cakes, guess which one is for which.





Hugs & cake,
Greta

PS. I only have to figure out what to do for another 40 minutes now.

Nothing much going on with me right now, I've been very busy at work. Sometimes working in a billing department is a real pain in the ass. We had a lovely system error that is a big ole pain, I'm going to be spending most of the day on Monday revising invoices. Hopefully I won't be completely suicidal when it's all over. I do have something good to look forward to, a 4 day weekend. Through the summer we are being allowed to have "Gas days" (Yup there is no end of jokes to the name.) My company is letting us do 4 day work weeks because of the price of gas. It will be sad when it ends at the end of the summer. It hasn't taken me long to get used to working 4 9.5 hour days a week. It will probably take me longer to readjust on the other side, but after all I am nuts.

During my 4 day weekend (I have this Friday and next Monday off) I might be going to the movies a few times. I thought about going to see this…
this weekend, but I'm going to wait and see it with my brother next weekend.
I will definitely be seeing this…
I might even go to the midnight premier with my friends from the comic store, I'm sure we will be talking about it tomorrow at the store.

Now I leave you with this, enjoy.

Really Bored, Part 1 - Things you can do with absolutely nothing...

Push your eyes for interesting light show:
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out things - is your subconscious trying to send you a message? Can you control what you see by pressing different areas with different forces? Would it be possible to somehow see the same effects on TV? Or for that matter, watch TV with your eyes shut doing this?

See how long you can hold your breath:
(Amusement Potential: 4-20 minutes) Not that much fun, but it sure passes the time. Play with a friend, or try to beat your own personal best. Some tips: hyperventilate before hand, and stay as still as possible.

Try to not think about polar bears:
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) This is especially hard, because by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about polar bears anyway.

Scratch yourself:
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good?

Hurt yourself:
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) What is pain? Why is it unpleasant? There's nothing physical about it - it's all in your mind. Plus, after pinching yourself for awhile, boredom will seem nice next to being in pain.

Try to swallow your tongue:
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) There's not much to say about this one. It is possible.

Look at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image:
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) Another great time waster. It takes about 30 seconds of staring to create an after image, and the image is then viewable for about the same length of time. Fun to combine this one with pushing on your eyes.

Get yourself as nauseated as possible:
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) Best achieved by looking straight up and spinning around. Try to be so dizzy you can't even stand up. This is also entertaining due to the "makes boredom seem a lot better" effect (see "Hurt Yourself").

I'll have parts 2 and 3 in future blogs.

Hugs & Cookies,
Greta

I have something on my mind.



Can you figure out what it might be?



Cause I'm clueless.



I can't figure out what it is.



If you know can you please help me find it?



I'll give you a & a ,
Greta