and the weather said, "i tricked ya bitch"

this weather is a hot mess.

I am not looking forward to this (see pic on left) on my way home today

1 AM rolled around and there were no signs of snow. I'm woken up this morning to be told, again, that there is no snow. No more than 15 minutes after K left - snow. Stupid snow. So then, half (more like 1/6) awake I'm debating with myself whether to trek into work or just shower and put PJs back on. it's like debating if you should go look at your dad's stash of playboys when you know he's right downstairs. you know you want to (stay home in this case) but do you? I know Hugh would. But, instead, I did the responsible thing and got ready for work and came in. Talk about your all-time backfires. I get here and it's like the opening episode to Kid Nation. No one is here. You'd swear the 'white noise' track they're playing is on full blast. Oh well. It's not that interesting of a story. I still get out at 1 and I can't complain about that.


There isn't much of interest on my plate right now. Easter weekend never pans out as the weekend to be remembered. Sunday is jam packed w/ family adventures. Brunch with Kim's parents and the small army they invited and then heading up to Gtown for dinner with my parents. Fat, fat, delicious fattening foods all day. I am excited for one thing, though. Getting to eat the furry, white guy you see in the picture (not Hugh) YES, lamb. No mint jelly. Just delicious, well-cooked lamb. But bythe time I see him, or her, on my plate he'll look like this picture on the right. Once so fuzzy, warm and cute...and then turned into deliciousness. The only way to make that better is to enjoy mr. lamb on a hot summer day instead of a hot dog, as a big juicy, delicious gyro!

Friday night should be entertaining if the weather eases up. A trip to the comedy club is in order or the 'stay local' approach will be fine too. Wii, bowling, or just nothing at all.

My bracket sucks. I'm terrible at them. I'm sort of glad that I don't invest as much time into it as others. I wouldn't want to be one of the 6 people who ruin office pools. I have 2 brackets. One is where I make my best educated and incredibly wrong guesses and the other is one that took me to almost 200th in the country in the ESPN brackets a couple years back. I decide - Which mascot can kill the other mascot - and make my picks from there. This year it isn't working out so well, but you can't take these things too seriously. Otherwise you'll also be a part of the $1.7 Billion dollar industry drain. All because we can't stand work and would much rather engulf ourselves in a sports competition that none of us really knows anything about. But hey - who wants to actually do work while at work? No one I know. Maybe porn stars, but that's still a big maybe. "alright Julie, get ready for another facial" --Another one? That last segment of 30 consecutive guys wasn't enough? WHAT does it take around here!?"

So much talky, talky and no videos. I know, you're tired of reading my relentless rambling. Blah, blah, blah is all you see. So - here's a video for you -


A fresh take on the whole slow motion thing. It's worth a watch or 6.
I read this morning that the guy who sang "Chocolate Rain" won a youtube award. It goes to show you - anyone can become famous.


I'll find something funnier for a final post. Hmm - Though I'm at work, it doesn't mean that I want to DO work today. As little as possible would seem like the norm around here today. Everyone around me, that actually came in, is talking about NCAA, their babies or they're just talking to themselves. So - a quick thought on the Fantasy Baseball draft - good work to everyone. We had 9/10 participants at the actual live draft. A record. There were some interesting picks but all in all it should be a good year. Fantasy baseball or not - this is the year for the cubbies. It is. You'll see. Yeah. I'm worthless on blogging today. I didn't want to go a week w/o blogging. Not because I think you'll miss what I have to say, but because this is much better than work.

If you're looking for a good new CD to check out - I'd have to go with the new The Hush Sound CD - "Goodbye Blues." It's catchy, it's fairly long, in terms of track amounts. I mean, if you liked the first CD then you should def pick this puppy up. Or, if you have never heard of them - tsk, tsk - go pick it up! AND the one before it (which is called "Like Vines") There is a lot of good music coming out soon and I'll comment on it once it does or once I get my hands on it. Otherwise, it's the same ol, same ol.

Alright, that's enough rambling for one sitting. Here's another video or 2. Enjoy, stay out of the snow, and have a great weekend and a super happy Easter!
Video #1 - Enjoy Some of The Hush Sound

This is just the song with random pictures put up through it, but it's my favorite track off the new album -


And finally - a fun video to kill some time watching. HUMAN TETRIS! (I love Japan)

I lied. 1 more
The other fun Japanese game show (as if there could only be just one, there are a ton, but many others to be shared on another day). I don't know it's real title, but here in the states we like to call it the "if you don't say it fast enough you get hit in the nuts" game. ENJOY!