i jinxed myself last week. when i was leaving work on friday, i had all these plans for the weekend. projects i wanted to work on and such. and i had a list of things i wanted to talk about, here. i even remember telling someone, in an email, that i found blogging to be addictive. which it is. and then i got home and … nothing. i had less than no inspiration. i couldn’t even get near my computer. i tried to write something a couple of times this weekend and i had bupkis. zero zilch nada.
so i read some books. and the last two books i read, or tried to read, sucked so much, that i lost my taste for THAT! which left me bored.
the following is a PSA conversation between myself and my cousin kirsten:
scene: the cheesecake factory. kirsten and i are both eating the lemon raspberry cream cheese cake. this is a layer of lemon cake, then cheesecake, then another layer of lemon cake, and the whole thing is smothered in raspberry sauce.
kirsten: oh my god….
me: mmmphmbmm…..
kirsten: mmphbosfmmm!
me: this is SO GOOD!
kirsten: so incredibly good.
me: i cannot believe how good this is… and i almost didn’t chose this flavor! sooo soo uberdelightful good.
kirsten: it’s so fucking good that you have to swear to tell how good it is.
me: uhh… ok… swear to who?

which means she took quizzes, which means i’m taking quizzes. which means YOU get to take quizzes too.

STAND UP: You are a natural stand-up comedian. You
watch the news with people, and when you give
your opinions, people start laughing. They are
not laughing at you, they are laughing because
what you say is so TRUE. The world is a very
funny place, full of natural comedy. All you do
is repeat various humorous things that you
notice from everyday life. Your unique
perspective on the world is what makes you so
funny. Of all the various comedy types, you may
be the funniest of them all!
How funny are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

I did it in 3 seconds.
I deserved an A++!!
Take the How Dexterous Are You? Quiz!!
although, to be fair, my first score was a B+.

this is just something to tide you over until i have time to play…

click to enlarge the picture of the most defeated cat ever.

bonjour bÈbÈs digitaux!
so i’m back at work now. well, i’ve been back since tuesday. and, true to form, i’m completely lost. as far as i was concerned, my job was now to lounge on the couch and read, or sit at my computer and write. oh, and sleep in and eat pumpkin pie. that was my job. and then i came back here. there is no couch in my cube, but there is a bean bag chair. but people keep asking me to do things. asking me questions and wondering when i am going to be able to get to this or get to that. so not a lot of time for writing. and there is no pie anywhere. i have managed to sleep in, more about that later.
but it’s not all bad, kids! the most amazing thing happened to my workplace while i was gone. my first day back, i immediately went offsite on a field trip. walked in the door and 15 minutes later was walking back out again. i walked into central services to get a bev for the road and GUESS WHAT!! they’ve added new soda pop flavors! previously it had been coke, diet coke, caffeine free diet coke, root beer, 7-up regular and diet and ginger ale. well now there is also pepsi and diet pepsi [which i like better than diet coke] and DR. PEPPER and DIET DR. PEPPER!! yes! it’s true. after nearly five years here, they finally came to their senses. i think everyone around me is worried that our stock price will go down due to losses felt by the incredible volume of free dr. pepper i will consume. but i’m working on the water thing. so they need not worry. i’ll only have a can or two a day. unless it’s a bad day. or friday. or monday.
i need to conduct une petite survey for my friend mollymonster. please to tell me if you are a fan of lip balm. and if so, what’s your favorite brand. and if you feel like it, you can say why it’s your favorite brand. i’m a huge fan of the lip balm. i always have some with me. molly wants to open a little web store. i’m going to be in R&D. maybe R&D&R. research, development and review. but i will probably not really develop anything. so maybe i am just R&R. which is rest and relaxation. which is fine with me! my title is lip balm scientist. i like being a scientist. BACK OFF MAN, i’m a lip balm scientist. so, anyway, please answer my lip balm questions. it will bring you good karma, and i will think happy thoughts on behalf of you as well. thanks for your support.

from judes