today at work

I cleaned the coffee pots
just so you know
It seems that I have been working so much lately and at such an odd shift that I never get to see the people that mean the most to me. Luckily, I got to spend this morning with my mom. We went out to breakfast and went shopping, not the boring kind, the girly fun kind.
When I sit here at this hour, the sunlight slants against my face so i can't see

executive terminal

first the definition of a word we take for granted. :terminal-occurring at or forming the end of a series, succession, or the like; closing; concluding.
The door to my place of working says executive terminal. You tell me what that means.
As some of you know, I have met my new arch nemesis. What is life without an arch nemesis, the person that balances. What most people don't realize is that bad things must happen...hence an arch nemesis. It has been awhile since my last one. I am one of those annoying people that cringe at the very thought of being unliked. If confronted with this strange obstacle to my happiness, I am at a loss. Luckily, I have only had one before. She was in band with me and she challenged me for my second chair rights. Anyone whose every been in a band knows what a slap in the face this is. Anyone who hasn't been in band is free to mock/laugh/and or point in my general direction. Anyway, she didn't play the game like a gentlewoman becuase she completly bypassed challenging third chair. There are rules of etiquitte even in band. Especially in band. I played the song for an entire night until I could play it with my eyes closed. I played it way too fast, but I still won.
My new nemesis takes the cake.
Did you know that I get to sit next to a police radio at work and that I hear about every stabbing/siezure/disaster that happens in redding?
Ya.
In other news, check out this shark about to eat someone.

keep on the sunny side

Today was a day of smiles and light cascading through large open windows. Classes start soon and I just signed up for mine online, feeling a slight apprehension as i clicked the register button. 400 dollars for classes this semester and i still can't get my certificate until next semester.
I bought a plain white comforter from target the other day, planning of buying bright colorful pillows to accent it and now I am searching through my shopping sites for one I like.

Nix that idea...i've decided to just make a pillow cover myself. Now I'm on the hunt for some great fabric to do it with.

I used to wonder who did various jobs, like painting the colorful shell onto an M&M. Our society, alas, has turned to a machine driven world. It makes it less magical.

self examination

I have examined myself and found myself wanting

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=21771

sick

Being sick at work might be one of the worst things in the world. You try to hide your sickness behind plastic smiles and generic replies, "I'm fiiiine, how are you? Good." All the time you are watching the clock bidding it to go faster so you can get home and go to sleep.

"The miracle fruit, or sweet berries, is a very strange berry native to West Africa. What makes the fruit strange and miraculous, is miraculin (a sugar substitute), which is found in large quantities in the fruit, combined with a glycoprotein. The fruit itself does not contain a lot of sugar, and tastes only mildly sweet but when eaten, the glycoprotein binds to the tongues taste buds, which, for about an hour after eating the fruit, distorts any other taste into sweetness. With that effect you could technically eat a lemon, and it would taste like a ball of syrup. Although the definite reason for this occurrence is not fully understood, it would seem as if the miraculin distorts the shape of the sweetness receptors in the tongue so that they pick up on acid instead of sweetness. The sweetness receptors on your tongue then transmit to the brain to taste sweetness when they come in contact with any acidity. In the 70s attempts were made to commercialize and sell the fruit as a diet aid, as it has the potential to turn any meal sweet, without affecting your calorie intake. These attempts were shattered when the FDA declared it a food additive, due to pressure from sugar companies who could foresee big losses in profits. In the last two years the berries have been making a comeback, by being the guest star of many tasting parties in the states. The berries are dried and exported, and the party guests each have one and then taste all kinds of common foods to experience a new taste sensation with every bite."

http://listverse.com/2011/07/08/top-20-fruits-you-probably-dont-know/

night time ponderings

today I am pondering about flight - conquering gravity, in an ever present human desire to accomplish what seems to realistic minds as imposible. I wonder if some people see with eyes covered with math instead of eyes screened with color as mine are. Or if some people do not hear music everywhere, but hear the loudness and softness of noise instead. I think that every person views the world in a different way. Sometimes a person can be trained to see the world differently. A person who learns about art begins to see color as something that is blended instead of a solid color in its own right. Is it only a certain person that could have created a device to take humans into the air, or was it something that was inevitable? Am I making any sense today? I wonder

Ghibli

For all you Ghibli fans out there, a new movie is being released in Japan on July 16th.Here is the rather abrupt trailer for it. No word yet on if Disney is going to release an English version.

end of the day

today I:
bonded with work people
babied my cat
found a sewing class for $15 dollars
looked up a recipe for clam chowder
watched drunk people fall over on youtube
looked at clothes on modcloth (my favorite clothing site)
made a list but only got to number two
ate a hamburger
cleaned
made coffee
went on a bikeride
saw a baby snake
didn't get bit (though I should have)
watched the beginning of Hello Dolly
listened to Pandora
saw an f-18 land
answered a call and told someone that the airshow wasn't today even though an f-18 landed
and blogged about the things I did today

a busy plane day

I didn't bring anything to eat today and my stomach is grumbling uneasily. I glance through recipes looking for something easy to make tonight, and half heartedly wish for food to just appear on my desk. One of these days my wishes will come true. Disney says so.
"It's really hard to focus on anything while your hungry. It's almost like your brain switches into instinct mode and your eyes start darting around all crazy like. Drinking coffee didn't help," I muse to no one in particular.
It was too hot today. 101

22 Years later

While glancing through the various online articles in the Record Searchlight, I come across an interesting one. A month before I was born, A Mount Shasta man was accused of firing shots into a police station. He posted bail ($10,000) then took off and has been on the run for the past 22 years. That's my entire life time. He was recently found in Oregon. "It puts my life span into perspective," I muse to myself silently.

Pandora hums lightly in the background and the sunlight streaks through the windows casting light halway across my face. I twist in my chair to block it.

The summer is waning on and my life is beginning to take a clear path.