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some comedy from one of our sister papers:
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/loc
i laughed and laughed.
http://www.starexponent.com/cse/news/loc
i laughed and laughed.
July 29th, 2008
July 22nd, 2008
June 12th, 2008
sometimes things on youtube make me laugh and laugh:
i'm such a simple girl.
simplicity example number two: today in a story i was supposed to type the word "door" but i left off the "r." good thing i re-read. that made me laugh and laugh too.
it really is the little things.
and i really am doing laundry.
i'm such a simple girl.
simplicity example number two: today in a story i was supposed to type the word "door" but i left off the "r." good thing i re-read. that made me laugh and laugh too.
it really is the little things.
and i really am doing laundry.
June 8th, 2008
so apparently, in indiana, it rained a lot.
my brother's house flooded. and is pretty much a total loss. like... the foundation is now crumbling and the house is going to fall down. that's nuts. my brother really truly has the worst luck. seriously. they are usually not doing so well financially anyway. but my brother just got a newer higher paying job. which would have been great if they didn't suddenlt need a new house and all new things.
i'm most worried about my nephew kyle. he's 11. and just moved down to his cool new bedroom in the basement. whoops. basements flood. first and most. so absolutely everything he had, from his playstation and zillions of games and his treasured hand-me-down computer, to his little bowling trophies and school projects he wanted to keep for ever, is gone. he's not taking it very well from what i hear. heck, i wouldn't either! i would be so so devastated if i suddenly lost everything. my parents don't seem to think it's that big of a deal. kyle will get new stuff. but... he's 11. and even though most of his things were used and hand me down and etc, they were his things. and he had everything in his cool new room exactly where and how he wanted it. he's very meticulous about things. so... i'm currently scouring the internet to see what i can send him. i found a ps2 on ebay for $10. i don't know if i trust it. but i might buy it. it says it works and if it doesn't they'll refund your money. i just feel like this should maybe be filed under "too good to be true." i don't know. thoooough aren't all the cool kids playing wii now? so maybe they are selling their ps2s like they're yesterday's news. i don't know. BUT i might buy it and see what happens. any other ideas on what one should buy an 11-year-old newly homeless nephew? :-/
my brother's house flooded. and is pretty much a total loss. like... the foundation is now crumbling and the house is going to fall down. that's nuts. my brother really truly has the worst luck. seriously. they are usually not doing so well financially anyway. but my brother just got a newer higher paying job. which would have been great if they didn't suddenlt need a new house and all new things.
i'm most worried about my nephew kyle. he's 11. and just moved down to his cool new bedroom in the basement. whoops. basements flood. first and most. so absolutely everything he had, from his playstation and zillions of games and his treasured hand-me-down computer, to his little bowling trophies and school projects he wanted to keep for ever, is gone. he's not taking it very well from what i hear. heck, i wouldn't either! i would be so so devastated if i suddenly lost everything. my parents don't seem to think it's that big of a deal. kyle will get new stuff. but... he's 11. and even though most of his things were used and hand me down and etc, they were his things. and he had everything in his cool new room exactly where and how he wanted it. he's very meticulous about things. so... i'm currently scouring the internet to see what i can send him. i found a ps2 on ebay for $10. i don't know if i trust it. but i might buy it. it says it works and if it doesn't they'll refund your money. i just feel like this should maybe be filed under "too good to be true." i don't know. thoooough aren't all the cool kids playing wii now? so maybe they are selling their ps2s like they're yesterday's news. i don't know. BUT i might buy it and see what happens. any other ideas on what one should buy an 11-year-old newly homeless nephew? :-/
June 4th, 2008
dude. barack obama is coming to nissan thursday! how sweet would it be to cover that? though i bet you dollars to donuts (what does that mean anyway?) i won't get to go/cover. saaad. i didn't even vote for the dude. but i've heard/seen that his rallies are pretty darn ...enthusiastic? i don't really know. i just think it would be neat. and i will respond with bitterness and quiet jealousy to whoever gets to cover him.
it would be far more convenient for me if he had decided to come to nissan on friday. i will be camped out there all day for high school graduations. though i'm 99% sure no one around here would invite him to speak at a high school graduation, citing concerns about the speaker overshadowing the very unimportant high school seniors or something. lame.
but oh man, the flip side of course is that traffic going to nissan on thursday will be INSANE. that's a poorly planned two lane road. it's awful. under normal circumstances. plus this will be rush hour+big event+lots of onlookers/rednecky protesters+rubberneckers. so maybe i don't envy whoever has to get stuck in that mess. well, yes i do.
ok. i think that's all the rambling i have for you this morning. stay tuned.
it would be far more convenient for me if he had decided to come to nissan on friday. i will be camped out there all day for high school graduations. though i'm 99% sure no one around here would invite him to speak at a high school graduation, citing concerns about the speaker overshadowing the very unimportant high school seniors or something. lame.
but oh man, the flip side of course is that traffic going to nissan on thursday will be INSANE. that's a poorly planned two lane road. it's awful. under normal circumstances. plus this will be rush hour+big event+lots of onlookers/rednecky protesters+rubberneckers. so maybe i don't envy whoever has to get stuck in that mess. well, yes i do.
ok. i think that's all the rambling i have for you this morning. stay tuned.
March 4th, 2008
this survey thing looked fun. it wasn't. but i didn't figure that out until half way through so i felt stuck. maybe there's a reason i don't usually do these things. also you're supposed to use movies but i couldn't think of 15 movies i was willing to call "favorites." so i tried tv shows instead. and then i got stuck again so i think i'm just not thinking clearly. i must have more preferences than this. so i ended up just picking shows and not all of these are my favorites, i swear. but oh well. here goes. also i looked everywhere on the internet and could not find any quotes from greek. so, in protest, i'm only doing 14 of these and leaving the 15th symbolically blank in tribute to my favorite abc family show. yes, i did just say that. ok... here!
Meme Rules:
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies. (tv shows)
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING / using IMDb search functions. Totally cheating, you dirty cheaters.
Mine:
1. What? Journalist? You do the little fluff pieces at the end of the news: old people, babies, monkeys. That's not journalism. That's just things in a diaper.
2. I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.
3. I do one thing, I do it very well, and then I move on.
4. In the fourth grade she campaigned against making the school handicap accessible. She said it was reverse Darwinism.
5. Anna Banana would like to hear 'Venus' by Bananarama... Banana.
4. In the fourth grade she campaigned against making the school handicap accessible. She said it was reverse Darwinism.
5. Anna Banana would like to hear 'Venus' by Bananarama... Banana.
6. Let's look Death in the face and say, 'Whatever, man!
7. No, I think it's the opposite of funny. I think it's... wood.
8. [this number intentionally left blank]
9. It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
8. [this number intentionally left blank]
9. It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
10. If it weren't for the rotten things that happen in this world we couldn't put on the news show. We should be grateful to all the people who do those rotten things. We should stop them in the streets and say, "Thank you Mr. Mugger, thank you Mr. Thief, thank you Mr. Maniac."
11. All right, look if you absolutely have to tell her the truth, at least wait until the timing's right. And that's what deathbeds are for.
11. All right, look if you absolutely have to tell her the truth, at least wait until the timing's right. And that's what deathbeds are for.
12. I like school. It's just too bad classes get in the way.
13. You know what they say: you can lead a herring to water, but you have to walk really fast or he'll die.
14. What is it with steel wool? Is it steel? Or is it wool?
15. Now is only the time!
ok, that's done
14. What is it with steel wool? Is it steel? Or is it wool?
15. Now is only the time!
ok, that's done
November 6th, 2007
ahhh. most depressing thing of the day: this really, really nice principal i sort of new apparently DIED on monday. or sunday. no one knows. yesterday, an 8-year-old girl and her grandpa were hiking in prince william forest park and they FOUND HIS DEAD BODY. is that not the saddest thing ever? i'm incredibly sad about it. it's not like i knew this guy well. he probably would not even recognize me. but i worked with him. in my schools reporter capacity. so i'm sad. and i keep thinking about how traumatizing this will be for the little children. i think i probably would have been devastated if my parents had to tell me that my elementary school principal died. suddenly. with no warning. how traumatic. not to mention how traumatizing this clearly would have been for the 8-year-old little girl who found the body. dear god. how very very awful. plus, because i make everything about me, one of my greatest fears is dying alone. literally alone. and that's what happened to this guy. man, what if someone COULD have saved him. if he had been with anyone. they don't know what happened to him yet. but it sounds to me like he was hiking alone. and something happened to him. maybe a heart attack or something? and he died. which is unfortunate to me personally because hiking alone recently became one of my favorite pastimes. yeah... i'm gonna discontinue that habit. right this second. see how i make everything about me? why do i do that? but anyway, i find this depressing.
in news that is depressing for other reasons, this is election day. i hate election day. it will be a late late night. it's not a good night to be an impatient person, either. which i clearly am. because all there is to do is wait around allll day until election results come in. and then try to call five people, and write two stories in like fifteen minutes. it's bad news.
sadAugust 3rd, 2007
http://www.startribune.com/10136/gallery/1
one of my former co-workers was in the red car in the third picture from the end. eek.
he's ok we think, but hurt.
but eee. that is scary.
i mean looook at that. the bridge in that picture is like... crumpled. that shouldn't be able to happen.
scary stuff.
one of my former co-workers was in the red car in the third picture from the end. eek.
he's ok we think, but hurt.
but eee. that is scary.
i mean looook at that. the bridge in that picture is like... crumpled. that shouldn't be able to happen.
scary stuff.
worriedApril 13th, 2007
holy crap. i just talked to one of my favorite childhood authors. on the phone. INSANE. she's the first author who made me want to grow up and be a writer. damn her. :-P but.... I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW. I HAVE HER CELL PHONE NUMBER. i could call her to chat! that would be weird. but i COULD. and i said something during our conversation and she said "that's a really good line. let me write that down." an author wrote down something i said! holllly crap.
ok, back to work, amanda, back to work.
SO nerdyApril 4th, 2007
that v8 splash guava and passion fruit juice is delicious. i highly recommend it.
February 14th, 2007
so i may have spent nearly two hours chipping ice off my car and tires this morning, only to slide slightly out of control, nearly hitting my mean neighbor's car while he was standing right there and then spinning and swerving all over the road until i finally got to the parkway BUT when i did get to work my editor announced "free lunch for everyone!" and so, today is good.
exhaustedFebruary 6th, 2007
creamer of the month: white chocolate macadamia nut. DELICIOUS.
*this has been a public service announcement*
*this has been a public service announcement*
January 16th, 2007
so today i packed a lunch annnd dinner to bring to work. geez. why don't i just bring a pillow too? i could set up a mini bedroom under my desk and then i'd never have to go home. that'd be swell.
listlessNovember 20th, 2006
(that's twilight zone music.)
sooo...i'm trying to figure out which american legion post helped me out on friday so i can mail them a thank you card. annnd there are none on joplin road. according to the internet and the phone book. really weird. there's one in triangle... but definitely not where i was... and they said we weren't in triangle. there's none in quantico. which is where the bartender said we were. um... bizarre!
i want to thank them!
maybe the american legions only present themselves when you need them. maybe it was a mirage. maybe i'm like gar-field in that one tv movie where he's wandering around the desert and he keeps seeing lasanga where there is none so he's eating cactus. or something. what movie was that? not the christmas special. and not the hawaii special. mystery!
i want to watch a charlie brown christmas special. immediately.
sooo...i'm trying to figure out which american legion post helped me out on friday so i can mail them a thank you card. annnd there are none on joplin road. according to the internet and the phone book. really weird. there's one in triangle... but definitely not where i was... and they said we weren't in triangle. there's none in quantico. which is where the bartender said we were. um... bizarre!
i want to thank them!
maybe the american legions only present themselves when you need them. maybe it was a mirage. maybe i'm like gar-field in that one tv movie where he's wandering around the desert and he keeps seeing lasanga where there is none so he's eating cactus. or something. what movie was that? not the christmas special. and not the hawaii special. mystery!
i want to watch a charlie brown christmas special. immediately.
July 25th, 2006
well, i didn't dooo that. but i waaatched it. it was this bizarre cat training show at the library. this lady trains cats professionally. and brought them to the libary to show the children. the picture is of the kitty walking across this tight rope thing. they also jumped through hoops. and walked on top of poles. and played on a see-saw. and rode skateboards. it was awesome. and i don't thiiiiink it was cruel to them. at least she told me it was not. because sheee said that cats really like to learn to do tricks. because they get lots of attention that way. and also food. because she bribes them with treats. but of course the cat trainer is gonna tell the reporter that cat training is ok. so i still have my doubts. but it was cute. EXCEPT there were exactly three million screaming children there. they were terrifying the cats. and me. i was kicked by bratty toddlers in two completely seperate incidents. that was not at all super. and a mom stepped on me. ah, the glamorous world of community journalism.
ok. off to write about the kitties.
July 5th, 2006
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in Berlin said on Wednesday they had arrested two men on suspicion of placing cement-filled soccer balls around the city and inviting people to kick them. At least two people injured themselves by kicking the balls, which were chained to lampposts and trees alongside the spray-painted message: "Can you kick it?"
Police said they had identified a 26-year-old and a 29-year-old and had found a workshop in their apartment where they made the balls. The two are accused of causing serious physical injury, dangerous obstruction of traffic and causing injury through negligence, police said.
Police said they had identified a 26-year-old and a 29-year-old and had found a workshop in their apartment where they made the balls. The two are accused of causing serious physical injury, dangerous obstruction of traffic and causing injury through negligence, police said.
June 15th, 2006
"CBS executives have decided there is no future role at the network for Dan Rather, making it certain that the man who sat in the anchor chair for 24 years will depart by this fall."
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
that is all.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
that is all.
distraught!May 2nd, 2006
it's almost 2 p.m. there are only two of us who have showed up for work so far today. my boss is nowhere in sight. we haven't seen her since friday.
this could really only happen in my office.
there are some things i don't hate about this job.
this could really only happen in my office.
there are some things i don't hate about this job.
May 1st, 2006
so i'm beginning to think that running for office is really just a grown up excuse to get trashed on a tuesday.
interesting.
interesting.
intrigued
cranky