Ninjababe's Ramble

This Just In...

Ith is currently making crepes, with a little help from me (Ok... I basically cut up the frozen fruit and defrosted it... I did open the wine though!).

Just said: I am Titanium Chef Frying Pan!

We're watching Iron Chef and making crepes during commercials.

Iron Chef is just too funny... Especially the guy that talks to the chefs off screen. I don't know the announcer's actual name, but for some reason, every time the guy talking to the chef goes "Hoji-san!" it's hilarious!

Convo from Work

So, I called work from home to leave a message on my voicemail about something I had to do tomorrow. A co-worker answered the phone.

"Hi. I'm leaving a message for myself. Who is this?"
"Ummm... no one."
"Why you pick up my extension?"
"Ummm... I didn't."
"I called my extension. You picked up."
"Ummm... ok... Goodnight!"

Oh, he is so going to get it tomorrow!

(I emailed myself instead)

A Month's Worth of Quotes

Here's the newest batch of work quotes. I seem to be putting these out about a month apart... Again, names are withheld to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.

Hold on one second. Well, more like three seconds. Realistically, fifteen seconds. Hold on fifteen seconds.

I need to put some lipstick on so I don't look, as my mother would say, dead.

I've never been broken. I'm a wild stallion.

Please forgive us, we lack the testicular fortitude to make this go.

I am so sorry I wore my small bladder today.

"I wonder if that's why Medicare will cover thumper pumpers."
"No, that's because Medicare is run by flaccid old men."

The day I become omnipotent, let me know. I'll quit working.

I bring mistakes to the person who made them because the last time I looked, my shit stinks.

He's like a gay salesman selling gay sex toys.

"You're dishonest."
"Of course I am. I'm Mexican."

All I asked for Christmas was for California to fall into the sea.

I love this stapler. Oh god. Your mother was a hole punch!

That's just how I act when I'm stupid.

You're not blonde. You never have those problems. You're too intelligent.

So, Ith and I got to meet Jay and Deb in real life tonight.

We showed them around Carmel, went to dinner at Ith and my favorite mexican restaurant, then went to play pool for a few hours.

We had fun.

By the time we stopped playing pool, Jay was quite the pool shark. Supposedly, I'm really good at it as well. I don't see it...

Of course, many funny things were said, but I didn't have a notebook on me.

One I do remember, which was actually said before Jay and Deb came...

I can't find my bra!

(See, Jay, I posted! Now, will you leave me alone?)

[Squeal]

So, Christmas has come and gone.

Not only did I get some Kevin Smith movies (My brother and I both share a liking for them... I got Clerks and Dogma), and a few video games (Dark Cloud and Orphen), but, Ith got me a Justin Timberlake CD!

Yes, my deep, dark secret is that I like boy band type music.

Since I worked Christmas day, I got today off, and I'm going to spend the next few hours playing Dark Cloud and listening to Justin blare out of my speakers.

It hasn't come in yet, but I'm also getting the Evenstar pendant of Arwen's.

Life is good.

Woo Hoo!

So, I decided to check my Blog Ecosystem rating.

I'm a Marauding Marsupial. Yes, I am one step below a Large Mammal. Beware! I am a kangaroo with wanderlust and probably a bat with glass bits stuck in it. Bwahahahahahahaha!

I'm averaging 20 visits a day. Booya!

I am a happy little blogger...

Quake! (And, not the game)

So, I was at work, just minding my business, when we had an earthquake. Oh, no, not just any earthquake. A 6.5 magnitude quake. To put it into prespective, Loma Prieta, the last major quake in this area that did major damage, was 6.9 magnitude.

I was one of the few at work to actually feel the quake. It was like I was standing on one of those vibrating beds.

I clutched the counter I was standing in front of and watched the shelves in the public area of the pharmacy sway. I was ready to pull the trash cans from under the counter and crawl in there. But, I luckily work in a former bank and as such, it has great earthquake protection.

We're currently watching FOX News. People in Paso Robles died.

They're currently checking out a collapsed building for survivors or bodies. And, the collapsed building gives a very vivid picture on why you don't build with brick only in California. The building was brick. In this state, you can't even build brick only buildings anymore. There can be brick facades, but the Earthquake Code makes it virtually impossible to get away with building in brick.

A vote...

for the New Blog Showcase.

Keyboards

I've used my keyboard at work so much, that the little bumps used to properly place your fingers to touch type have been worn off. That's including the keypad. So, I now can't blindly place my fingers in the proper place on the keypad or the F and J key.

That's a lot of typing!

LotR, Shopping, Work Woes

So, I was one of the lucky ones to go to Trilogy Tuesday. BOOYA!

It was great to see all three movies back to back. Especially the extended versions of the first two!

Ith and I were the last of our group of five to arrive. We got there at 1130am. We spent the next 2 1/2 hours eating lunch, ordering dinner, and watching contests in the front of the theater (They had a costume contest and impression contest. I didn't go for the impression contest. I don't do a very good impression of any character in LotR (Even though, I do a mean mime of the movies...). My only claim to fame is my Jack Sparrow impression. Don't think that would've gone over well with that crowd...).

I also got to take a bunch of embroidery thread skeins and put them onto bobbins so they don't get tangled when I use them in future projects (Still have about thirty colors to do).

The first movie started at 2pm. There was a thirty minute break between Fellowship and Two Towers. Luckily, since we ordered our food at be picked up at 530pm, we had time to eat our food and get back into the theater.

We had awesome seats. Center of the aisle, center of the theater. Great view. But, bad if you have to go to the bathroom.

Two Towers started at 6pm. After the movie, we had a 20 minute break till Return of the King started.

Yes, we got to see Return of the King starting at 10pm. Go us!

We noticed a pile of boxes saying 'Sideshow Weta' on them in the front of the theater.

Turns out that New Line Cinema was giving us a gift for coming to Trilogy Tuesday. Will explain when we get to that part of the tale. I got out a pack of kleenex just in time for Return of the King to start.

Well, considering it's been out three days and I've already seen it twice, I'd say it's pretty good. But, I do agree, the ending is rushed. It's like "bam! bam! bam! bam!" A whole bunch of cut scenes. There seems to be a few threads that are just dropped and never picked up again (Eowyn and Theoden, for one (Spelling brought to you by the Tolkien spelling guru, Ith)). And, Jackson got fade to black happy. But all in all, very good.

On the way out, everyone picked up a picture frame that had imbedded in it a film cel from each of the three movies. They took film reels of each movie, and cut it up into cels for the frames. I got a cel from the scene of the four hobbits hugging and laughing in Rivendel for my scene from Fellowship, a close up of Aragorn as he, Legolas, and Gimli were being surrounded by Rohan riders from Two Towers, and Merry swearing allegiance to Theoden from Return of the King. (No, I haven't seen the movies too many times to be able to recognize the scenes from one frame!)

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Today, I went to get a Christmas gift at the mall. I reach into my wallet to pay for it, only to discover that I had left my debit card in my smock at work! I had used it this morning to buy coffee. Luckily, the store was able to hold the gift for me and I'm going to be leaving in a few minutes to pick it up.

Today was hell at work. For some reason, everyone decided that today would be a great day to come into work and scream about their insurance, medication, and accounting problems. K and I came very close to sharpening out counting spatulas and hunting twits down. The receptionist (Who is right next to K and I) spent the whole morning complaining and whining about how sick she was. At lunch, she went home for the day, so we didn't have to worry about that anymore. The clerks couldn't think today without being led around by their nose. The printers went down right before the network for the computers went down. Luckily, I was able to bring the network back up without having to call tech support. Last time I called tech support with the same problem, they wouldn't listen to me. So, I had to sit on the phone for an hour before they said "Well, why don't you try this." It was what I wanted to try at the beginning of the damn call!

ARGH!

OK... enough talking and typing. This is becoming a novel... TTFN!

Business

Here's my vote for the new blog showcase this week.

Vergoofin der flicke stoobin mit der brk-brk!

You are the the Swedish Chef. You are a talented individual, nobody understands
you. Perhaps it's because you talk funny.

FAVORITE EXPRESSION:
"Brk! Brk! Brk!"
HOBBIES:
Kokin' der yummee-yummers

FAVORITE MOVIE:
"Wild Strawberries...and Creme"

LAST BOOK READ:
"Der Swedish Chef Kokin' Bokin'"

QUOTE:
"Vergoofin der flicke stoobin mit der brk-brk
yubetcha!"


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YES!

Ith and I are avid Survivor watchers.

We've watched every year for the last eight years.

And, I just have to say, (As Ith just said) "Revenge is sweet!"

The guys were stupid and smug enough to go off on the reward challenge together, never thinking that the women would compare notes.

Well, the tribal council proved them wrong.

I so hope that the next episode (Yay! It's only a few days away), Jon gets kicked off. I loathe that man! Ever since he faked his grandmother's death.

I do not want him high enough to make a lot of money on this. Ith came up with a good point. If Jon becomes one of the last two, he'll lose, but he'll be high enough up to make the whatever thousands of dollars that second place gets.

Get That Needle Away From Me!

Meant to write about this a few weeks ago.

I volunteered to work on Thanksgiving. On that day, the pharmacist decided I could show a guy how to use a prefilled pen injection for the drug Caverject.

I protested. "I don't know how to do it!"

"Just read the directions and show him. He can't read the writing, it's too small."

Umm... All right.

I get half way through the directions when I discover something.

[ahem] from the drug information we give the patient This medicine is a prostaglandin (PGE-1) used to treat impotence. It may also be used to diagnose impotence.

And, the injection part?

It's injected into the base of the penis.

Oh yeah, I had a great time telling a patient how to do an injection to his penis.

Oooo! Possible Side Effects: headache, dizziness, penile pain, bruising or bleeding at the injection site. CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you experience redness, lumps, swelling, tenderness, or curving of the erect penis.

Wooo.

not

Word!

This is via Dave, a friend of mine.

Gollum Rap Video

It's Flash...

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Worship Me!

It's my birthday!

Worship me!

Today, I turned 10!

(Well, if you add the two digits together, I am 10...)

Sorry for not many posts lately, haven't been feeling like posting for some reason...