I'm usually pretty optimistic... I try not to see the bad in people, but rather I'm almost involuntarily compelled to seek the good.

It is difficult to do so, however, when being sassed by a snotty library patron.

Me: Could you take your call outside, please?
Patron: (cell phone to her left ear, finger in her right) WHAT??
Me: (a bit louder this time) ( Read more... )

At 5:29, I pulled into the perfect parking spot downtown, on the same block as my destination! I glanced into my wallet, and seeing only pennies, ran in to the cookie shop to buy cookies so that I might have change for the meter ( Read more... )

I ripped this off from Pete (
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Let's begin with highlights from the extended weekend ( Read more... )

I'm taking the morning off to go meet with my major professor... and I decided to resurrect a few old traditions, too. So I'm at Blue Sky right now, having coffee and a bagel. Someone that I used to work with at UGA just came in and said hi, asked me how I like my job. I told him that I like it a lot- and here's the thing: it was true. I really do ( Read more... )

Today, I am trying not to hate people. So far so good.

Olives
Cabernet sauvignon
Steak
Balsamic grilled onions

Serve. Feel the tingle on your lips from the salty olives.

Repeat as often as desired. But preferably on payday.

:)

Okay, wait a second... what??

A shooting spree in Montreal???

But, it's Canada. Besides everyone in Canada, am I the only person who's totally shocked and dumbfounded by this?

Lookie.

As I sit here at the Information Help Desk in the Library where I work, looking at the young faces around me, I realize once more that sometimes you can just tell when someone has used too many drugs.

It is 7:11 pm, and I still have an hour and nineteen (19) minutes left in my work day.

I have officially run out of work-related things to do.