I love the movie Night at the Museum. I have yet to see the second one but my favorite character from the movie is one of the old guys, Gus (Mickey Rooney), who used to be one of the security guards before Larry (Ben Stiller). He's hilarious! He has all these nick-names that he uses for Larry and some great one-liners. He's just hilarious and it cracks me up because he's like this 80 year old man. A couple of my favorite quotes of his are:
Listen up, Lunch Box!
Do you want the job or not, snack shack?
Sweet dreams, cupcake.
Sleep tight, hotshot.
Keep a lid on it, butterscotch.
Do you want to dance, hot dog?
Look here, Hop Scotch!
There are a couple of other funny things that I've discovered this week. They are fantastic time wasters!
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/
http://www.wikiality.com/
People of Walmart has pictures of people from Wal-mart.
Wikiality is The Truthiness Encylopedia by Stephen Colbert.
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 20, 2009
Always Changing
Previously I wrote a post about change and how the only constant in life is change. I think that it's mostly a good thing even though it's usually hard to understand. This week, my plans changed. Quite a few times. Thanks go out to my boss who can't make a decision until the last minute and who is unconcerned with the plans of anyone else.
So this weekend I had plans to be in Johnson City with friends. I was super excited about seeing these friends, who I haven't been able to spend much time with lately, and going to Rhythm and Roots...a music festival in Bristol. Well, that didn't exactly happen. I was totally bummed. But it turned out to be a pretty good weekend in Knoxville anyway! I went to dinner with a long time friend Friday night in Market Square to a new Knoxville restaurant and then walked around World's Fair Park, which is awesome. It just made me realize even more how much I love Knoxville! Saturday, I shopped with Mel and then went to....are you ready for this....Dixie Stampede. I hadn't ever been before and it's every bit as cheesy as I thought it was going to be, but it's pretty fun and entertaining and the food is really good, except that you have to eat it with your fingers.
So, even though things didn't go as planned, it turned out to be a good weekend!
So this weekend I had plans to be in Johnson City with friends. I was super excited about seeing these friends, who I haven't been able to spend much time with lately, and going to Rhythm and Roots...a music festival in Bristol. Well, that didn't exactly happen. I was totally bummed. But it turned out to be a pretty good weekend in Knoxville anyway! I went to dinner with a long time friend Friday night in Market Square to a new Knoxville restaurant and then walked around World's Fair Park, which is awesome. It just made me realize even more how much I love Knoxville! Saturday, I shopped with Mel and then went to....are you ready for this....Dixie Stampede. I hadn't ever been before and it's every bit as cheesy as I thought it was going to be, but it's pretty fun and entertaining and the food is really good, except that you have to eat it with your fingers.
So, even though things didn't go as planned, it turned out to be a good weekend!
Sep 13, 2009
Weekend Update
Well,this probably won't be as funny as Weekend Update from Saturday Night Live!
This has been a pretty great weekend! I worked in Johnson City all week and got home around 6 Friday night, went to dinner and then to see The Breakfast Club! They're an 80s coverband and it was awesome! I've seen them perform a lot but it is always so much fun! I went with a bunch of Carson-Newman friends and saw a bunch of other Carson-Newman people there too! It was great! Saturday I went to lunch with Nancy and Jerry - who were stopping by on their way to Kentucky. It was a great visit with Greenville friends. I watched the game (Tennessee) nd cooked dinner with Whit. They lost but it was good to hang out with her and just relax!
It has been a good weekend with friends and so much fun! I'm back to JC this week for work. Hoping to hang out with friends while I'm there too!
This has been a pretty great weekend! I worked in Johnson City all week and got home around 6 Friday night, went to dinner and then to see The Breakfast Club! They're an 80s coverband and it was awesome! I've seen them perform a lot but it is always so much fun! I went with a bunch of Carson-Newman friends and saw a bunch of other Carson-Newman people there too! It was great! Saturday I went to lunch with Nancy and Jerry - who were stopping by on their way to Kentucky. It was a great visit with Greenville friends. I watched the game (Tennessee) nd cooked dinner with Whit. They lost but it was good to hang out with her and just relax!
It has been a good weekend with friends and so much fun! I'm back to JC this week for work. Hoping to hang out with friends while I'm there too!
Sep 9, 2009
Thankful Thursday
So it's Wednesday night but this is my Thankful Thursday List...
Work
text messages/stories from friends about great experiences (even though I'm insanely jealous)
new friends
old friends
visits from out of town friends
The Breakfast Club!!!!!!!!!!!
friends from Johnson City
Cootie Browns
Work
text messages/stories from friends about great experiences (even though I'm insanely jealous)
new friends
old friends
visits from out of town friends
The Breakfast Club!!!!!!!!!!!
friends from Johnson City
Cootie Browns
Sep 4, 2009
Loving Knoxville
Well, as of this coming Monday, September 7, I will have been in Knoxville for 2 months! Kind of unbelievable.
Things I love in Knoxville:
1. Home: I love my new home. It's a great neighborhood, some-what odd neighbors, but great location and great space.
2. Friends: I love being so close to college friends. I've had something to do every weekend that I've been here and it's because I'm so close to so many college friends. It really is fantastic. I love meeting new people but there is something about old, comfortable friendships that is special.
3.Work: Work is going great. I am really enjoying the work, my co-workers (most of the time) and manager/boss. We all work well together.
4: The City: Knoxville is a great place to live. It is overrun by college students though! I think campus is part of what makes Knoxville so great. There's this extra energy in the air! Especially this week with it almost being "Football time in Tennessee!" They'll be playing Rocky Top on the radio starting this afternoon. I'm going to the game tomorrow and am expecting to hear it at least 50 times :)
Things I love in Knoxville:
1. Home: I love my new home. It's a great neighborhood, some-what odd neighbors, but great location and great space.
2. Friends: I love being so close to college friends. I've had something to do every weekend that I've been here and it's because I'm so close to so many college friends. It really is fantastic. I love meeting new people but there is something about old, comfortable friendships that is special.
3.Work: Work is going great. I am really enjoying the work, my co-workers (most of the time) and manager/boss. We all work well together.
4: The City: Knoxville is a great place to live. It is overrun by college students though! I think campus is part of what makes Knoxville so great. There's this extra energy in the air! Especially this week with it almost being "Football time in Tennessee!" They'll be playing Rocky Top on the radio starting this afternoon. I'm going to the game tomorrow and am expecting to hear it at least 50 times :)
Aug 31, 2009
Fallish Weather and Pet Peeves
As I write this, I am sitting on my lovely back porch on this cool summer night. It did get warm today but there's no humidity and it felt like Fall first thing this morning. Fall is my favorite season - it's getting cold, not too cold but sweater weather, there's college football, and the Holidays just around the corner....can life get any better???
I decided to write about my pet peeves today. I have two - people who don't return phone calls and people who blow their nose in public. Originally I intended this blog to not be a personal journal or complaint column but I feel that this post is more of a PSA (Public Service Announcement). A lot of you know that my number one pet peeve is people with poor communication skills. This applies not only to friends but in business relationships as well. Freakin' call somebody back already! I have wonderful friends. I have friends all over the country. And I have friends who don't like to return phone calls. How are you supposed to manage relationships if friends won't respond to phone calls, emails or text messages. Currently, I have a two call limit on my friends. I will call a friend twice without a return phone call in a reasonable amount of time then (usually a month or two), I will not call them again, unless I forget because it's been so long! There is hardly anyone who falls outside of the two call limit, except my family and maybe a college roommate or two! When people don't return phone calls, you know what it says to me...."I don't care". When I don't hear back from you, I automatically think that you, who refuses to return calls, don't care about my friendship and that it's not important to you.
This two call (and now text) limit may sound ridiculous but friendships are so important to me that I work hard to maintain them. I also feel like I shouldn't have to chase down my friends. When I lived in South Carolina, I was always driving back and forth to Knoxville and all over the country and spending counltess hours on the phone with my friends who weren't around. My friends are some of the most important people in my life.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now but I hope you know that the two call limit is not in place because I'm demanding or being ridiculous but because I value relationships with people that I love.
That being said - Happy Fall and Happy Football Season! College kick off is just a few days away! :) I guess I'm a Tennessee fan now that I live in VOL Country.
I decided to write about my pet peeves today. I have two - people who don't return phone calls and people who blow their nose in public. Originally I intended this blog to not be a personal journal or complaint column but I feel that this post is more of a PSA (Public Service Announcement). A lot of you know that my number one pet peeve is people with poor communication skills. This applies not only to friends but in business relationships as well. Freakin' call somebody back already! I have wonderful friends. I have friends all over the country. And I have friends who don't like to return phone calls. How are you supposed to manage relationships if friends won't respond to phone calls, emails or text messages. Currently, I have a two call limit on my friends. I will call a friend twice without a return phone call in a reasonable amount of time then (usually a month or two), I will not call them again, unless I forget because it's been so long! There is hardly anyone who falls outside of the two call limit, except my family and maybe a college roommate or two! When people don't return phone calls, you know what it says to me...."I don't care". When I don't hear back from you, I automatically think that you, who refuses to return calls, don't care about my friendship and that it's not important to you.
This two call (and now text) limit may sound ridiculous but friendships are so important to me that I work hard to maintain them. I also feel like I shouldn't have to chase down my friends. When I lived in South Carolina, I was always driving back and forth to Knoxville and all over the country and spending counltess hours on the phone with my friends who weren't around. My friends are some of the most important people in my life.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now but I hope you know that the two call limit is not in place because I'm demanding or being ridiculous but because I value relationships with people that I love.
That being said - Happy Fall and Happy Football Season! College kick off is just a few days away! :) I guess I'm a Tennessee fan now that I live in VOL Country.
Aug 26, 2009
Life is Ridiculous
This week has been ridiculous.
This week I have forgotten:
1) My purse, in the grocery cart, in the parking lot of kroger, on sunday night at 8 PM. I didn't realize it until I got home BUT thankfully it was still there when I went back. Ridiculous.
2) My keys. I locked the door knob, closed it and walked out while my keys were on the kitchen counter. Ridiculous.
I have gotten some fun things accomplished. Well I dont know about fun.... I got a Tennessee Drivers License and a Tennessee license plate.
I'm SOoooo tired. Hoping for a mental health day Friday. Tomorrow is going to be CRAZY busy trying to get ahead so that I dont have to work Friday :) Hoping for a nice relaxing weekend with few plans...chillin with friends and hanging out.
This week I have forgotten:
1) My purse, in the grocery cart, in the parking lot of kroger, on sunday night at 8 PM. I didn't realize it until I got home BUT thankfully it was still there when I went back. Ridiculous.
2) My keys. I locked the door knob, closed it and walked out while my keys were on the kitchen counter. Ridiculous.
I have gotten some fun things accomplished. Well I dont know about fun.... I got a Tennessee Drivers License and a Tennessee license plate.
I'm SOoooo tired. Hoping for a mental health day Friday. Tomorrow is going to be CRAZY busy trying to get ahead so that I dont have to work Friday :) Hoping for a nice relaxing weekend with few plans...chillin with friends and hanging out.
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