tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post3224317268786019667..comments2023-11-16T08:21:33.975-08:00Comments on Let me tell you what I think: Stupid Ways i am Overly Cautiousjojo cucina cucinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-51858378647708827442012-06-30T13:37:02.451-07:002012-06-30T13:37:02.451-07:00You're sick, louie? Are you better now?
Aman...You're sick, louie? Are you better now? <br /><br />Amanda, we haven't played Stratego yet cause that's a game played outside on the patio in the summer with wine and now that i'm on vacation we'll play.<br /><br />I'm almost finished with "Wild". I think i will be done by tomorrow, so i'll give it to Brian to get to you probably Monday. I have never hiked any kind of trail ever, nor do i want to. But i do think this is a good read, even if i do get pissed at her for different things, that seem so easily avoided if she had prepared herself better. But in the end what she is accomplishing is amazing. <br /><br />For me, this book sort of does for hiking what " Into Thin Air "did for mountain climbing. I was very interested in all things Mt. Everest after reading that book, but yet i have no desire to do these things at all. That's why i love books so much. They make me feel like i did. <br /><br />I think you will like it, i think you might get frustrated with her at times, but i think you will like HER too. The people she meets along the way are so cool. For that reason alone, i could sort of see the allure of setting out on such a trip.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-65669884675586811272012-06-28T18:40:38.996-07:002012-06-28T18:40:38.996-07:00Think I can’t talk about Jack – a professional eva...Think I can’t talk about Jack – a professional evaluation thing. Let’s just say I once knew a guy who reminds me of Jack, who called in sick every Thursday my first year in that school. Told him if I knew he was calling sick and he wasn’t sick it would be against the law for me to sign off on the sick leave request and I would lose my job. You know, knowingly falsifying a leave request – maybe a gift of public funds? My memory he then switched up his golf games so it wasn’t every Thursday.<br /><br />The party with my teachers was just last week – I won’t be their program supervisor anymore as of today. Apparently they liked/respected me more than they let me know.<br /><br />I am home now, sick actually. Moy mom recommended Irish Whiskey and Cheeetos. So far working well, plus Ron brought me hot and sour soup; Feel pretty good right now except for the runny nose. Hope I’m not hung over in the morning.louielouiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358745375978986565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-21343224720032493912012-06-27T09:21:30.854-07:002012-06-27T09:21:30.854-07:00How did the Stratego coupon go over? Has he alread...How did the Stratego coupon go over? Has he already cashed it in?<br /><br />Thanks in advance for lending me the book. You're the best!Amandahttp://amandahaines.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-75292068459287162912012-06-26T20:50:38.320-07:002012-06-26T20:50:38.320-07:00i did not mean to make an apostrophe on 'workm...i did not mean to make an apostrophe on 'workmates'. I don't know where that came from , but i blame it on Brian who came in and interrupted while i was writing the comment.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-68781426398507050692012-06-26T20:49:29.755-07:002012-06-26T20:49:29.755-07:00I knew you would weigh in on this louie about grou...I knew you would weigh in on this louie about group lunches. I think you and Amanda and I could have a group lunch just fine! hahahahaha. We would be bitching the whole time about group lunches, baby showers. and fund raisers that our workmate's hit us up for their kids. <br /><br />Are you talking about when you quit being a principal with the party? Did i tell you i met one of your former math teachers at Gary and Sherry's house last week? His name was Jack i think. I will remember the last name if you tell me.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-45108994360645101452012-06-26T19:39:06.051-07:002012-06-26T19:39:06.051-07:00Work lunches
I would almost just as soon (is that ...Work lunches<br />I would almost just as soon (is that a real expression, “just as soon”? can’t remember ever typing it before) eat lunch at my desk than in the break room. I like the people I work and eat with just fine (maybe because they’re all secretaries) but they’re like fake-friends. We’re nice enough to each other (I watch what I say) but would never go anywhere after work together or see each other off-site. Although I think they all go to each other’s Sensaria or Party Lite or Pampered Chef’s parties – just not me.<br /><br />The worst thing is work baby showers. I don’t want to go to a shower for people I really like and/or am related to, much less work folks. It’s always so weird sitting around in a conference or training room while someone you only sort of know opens up gifts and everyone tries to make small talk.<br /><br />My teachers did have a sort of surprise goodbye party for me in the bar of a Mexican restaurant last week. I’ve got to say it was fun. Maybe it was because I was getting the presents, and they were saying nice things, but maybe it was the booze.<br /><br />I don’t know what I’m overly cautious about. I don’t think I’m overly anything, not cautious but certainly not risky.louielouiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358745375978986565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-70518309768490456782012-06-25T21:01:35.445-07:002012-06-25T21:01:35.445-07:00Amanda writes: "When I think of Duncan bein...Amanda writes: "When I think of Duncan being born in the boredom and the chowder, I think of a really quiet, seaside home with no one talking and everything being white and gray. I think it would drive anyone crazy. It's no wonder he left home."<br /><br />i like the white and gray reference. And maybe they had chowder all the time which added to the boredom burden. I like how that sounds: boredom burden. <br /><br />Anyway, Amanda, i am reading two books at a time (i do that often) but i'll send this WILD over with Brian as soon as i finish it. I may have different thoughts about the book as i get deeper. But my knee jerk reaction is that i think this is a book you might like. <br /><br />I posted a photo on Brian's facebook of the presents i bought him and he is emailing from his iPhone with the plane in the air. Now i'm afraid he'll get bored and decide to check my blog too. Probably wondering how many parties i had and how many men i entertained in the 6 days he was gone. And now he is going to see his favorite present : the Stratego Coupon.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-4942388988886707202012-06-25T20:36:21.693-07:002012-06-25T20:36:21.693-07:00Brian comes home from his Arkansas trip tomorrow. ...Brian comes home from his Arkansas trip tomorrow. He did manage to find some cool places there in spite of it being a dry county and the origin of Walmart. (He actually visited a Walmart museum!) <br /><br />Tomorrow is his birthday. I bought him a lot of presents. (It's so easy to shop for him. And though i hate shopping for anything, i keep finding stuff for him.) <br /><br /> I doubt he will be checking this blog, so i can say this: i bet one of his favorite gifts is the stupidest one. I made him a coupon that said i would play THREE games of Stratego with him at his request. (Though i added a disclaimer that i can refuse a second game in a row if i lose the first one. And i put an expiration date as the end of summer.) <br /><br />He's a nut about games like this. I like Scrabble. Cause i sometimes win. I have never won in Stratego. <br /><br />Anyway, he'll love this gift. I won't say any more in case he does check this out on his iPhone.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-88388521235530298882012-06-25T20:05:21.928-07:002012-06-25T20:05:21.928-07:00Amanda, i think the writing is very good. Don'...Amanda, i think the writing is very good. Don't buy it, i'll loan it to you. I think this book is probably just what you would like. And i could see you maybe writing this book. Though i say this very early into it. <br /><br />Thank you for saying that about group lunches. I have never ever been a work group lunch person. The dynamic is too weird to be in the same place all at once. We can work together for years and years and turn into strangers over the teriyaki special, just like that. Don't feel guilty. I imagine louie will weigh in on this one too. <br /><br />Every single year i get out of my own birthday dinner with The Family Louvrak. (That's how i'm going to keep referring to them.) I love them all. Especially my two brothers and Marie my sister in law and my nieces Kylee, Ashley and nephew Brian. But i just don't want to do a birthday thingie. I'm the only one that gets away with it. My mom plans these birthdays for her kids like it's HER birthday. But mine is far too close to Mother's Day and i can't tolerate that much alcohol anymore so close together to get through it. <br /><br />My summer vacation starts Monday. I'm off until August 6th. I bought 8 books (not on the Kindlefire cause i can't read by the pool our on the patio if i do). And i have a few more in mind. Like the new Augustus Burroughs book. <br /><br />Leaving my lamps plugged in is a fire hazard? Shit, you should see all the crap plugged in behind our TV/stereo armoire.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-23887456559589201092012-06-25T11:42:55.146-07:002012-06-25T11:42:55.146-07:00I'm very curious about the Wild book. I think ...I'm very curious about the Wild book. I think she hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail with no backpacking experience. I'm curious if the writing is any good. I think she wrote the book 20-some years after she did the hike, so that makes me cautious. If she's anything like me, how I remember things is not always how they happened.<br /><br />I do the garage door thing, too. Same with the flat iron. It's safer for me to come to work with wet hair.<br /><br />Another stupid cautious thing is that I unplug everything except my alarm clock and the phone every single time I leave the house. I worry about my dogs burning up in a fire. If that ever happened because a lamp shorted out or something equally trivial, I'd never forgive myself. I also won't leave my dogs in the car anymore.<br /><br />When I think of Duncan being born in the boredom and the chowder, I think of a really quiet, seaside home with no one talking and everything being white and gray. I think it would drive anyone crazy. It's no wonder he left home. I like it, even though Paul Simon isn't my favorite.<br /><br />Brian probably already knows this, but I hate group work lunches. I love everyone individually and in small groups, but when everyone is in one place, at one big table, and there's so much noise…I kinda lose my shit. My brain can't process that much stimuli. I turtle up. I feel guilty hating the lunches, but it's nothing personal about anyone. It's totally me being a weirdo. I try to get out of my own birthday lunch every year. Never works.<br /><br />When is your summer vacation?Amandahttp://amandahaines.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-44190828383417008182012-06-23T22:48:23.259-07:002012-06-23T22:48:23.259-07:00eque...what does it mean...the boredom and the cho...eque...what does it mean...the boredom and the chowder? I totally don't get that lyric!<br />I think i remember you and i talking about the garage door.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-27452966565029956492012-06-23T08:23:48.256-07:002012-06-23T08:23:48.256-07:00hahahaha!!! i do most of those, too. especially t...hahahaha!!! i do most of those, too. especially the garage door and the online banking every day. at least i'm in good company. we had a really nice argentinian mendoza wing last night. filini or something like that. drank the whole think and then opened a bottle of rioja. too much. so i had a headache this morning. i should be more cautious about that!<br /><br />i will have to look up that movie and the duncan song. i love the line about being born in boredom and chowder. <br /><br />~eque/BB :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-42547161537885591612012-06-22T21:04:01.510-07:002012-06-22T21:04:01.510-07:00Happy almost birthday, amulbunny! in case anyone w...Happy almost birthday, amulbunny! in case anyone wonders what are talking about, i posted on HER blog asking when was her birthday and was it a big one! <br /><br />Ok, not so big!jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-24758769343036863002012-06-22T20:27:25.198-07:002012-06-22T20:27:25.198-07:00IT's 6/28 and I'll be 59. Ach.I said it. 5...IT's 6/28 and I'll be 59. Ach.I said it. 59.amulbunny's random thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621932038345682056noreply@blogger.com