Waterloo! Couldn't escape if I wanted to.
Ran into Walmart and I noticed they already have spring and summer clothes. And on MSN's homepage this morning, there was a link to the hottest sandles and wedges for spring.
WTF? Maybe in some other parts of the country it's getting warmer and spring is approaching, but in Maine? NO. And even when spring hits, we have mud season--so sandles and wedges are STUPID choices.
Heck, they're talking about 6-12 inches of snow on Friday. It's not even March. We don't get spring until the last week of April or the first half of May. Seriously. No joke. We've still got two months of winter up here, I don't care what the groundhog said.
Stop torturing me.
Also, I have to squee. My mom and I joined Weight Watchers a month ago this week, and I have lost 13 pounds. This is awesome in a zillion ways.
The one down side? I got a brand new barn coat from LL Bean for Christmas and it's GETTING TOO BIG! I haven't even worn it that much, it's been too cold! O_o
And this is day 2 of not being called to sub. I'm going a little batty. I need a job that's not per diem, that doesn't involve me going to bed at a decent hour and waiting for a phone call at 6 am that doesn't come. However, it makes more sense resume-wise for me to do this than to get a job that's not in teaching. Oi.
And then, I have to say that putting my iTunes on random is just an exercise in proving that I a)have no taste in music but I love it, b)have the most random and odd assortment ever, and c)have no idea where half of this stuff came from. But, I mean, how the heck does one explain having Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport on one's harddrive? Or anything from The Partridge Family?
Also, I squeaked when it played Battle of New Orleans, because Squeeee! War of 1812! Andrew Jackson! Gators! Oh, geek that I am. I would so love to do a whole history unit using songs like this and We Didn't Start the Fire or similar songs. Dude, Waterloo's an Abba song that's not about Waterloo, but I'd use it because if you don't know what the hell Waterloo is the song makes no sense. ...Right?
Speaking of "Waterloo," I confess to having an embarrassing fondness for ABBA. ::bops around::
But I think Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport wins for cracktastic reality-punching power. Because WTF and where did that come from? How do I have that?! If I still lived with Steph, I'd play it and laugh hysterically and she'd worry about whether she should have me committed again and then I'd play it for her and it would wind up being one of our drinking songs, because it's THAT cracktastic. (Also, thank you Wikipedia for telling me that the Wiggles put out a new version of this in 2005. This does not make me feel ANY better.)
Dude. Listening to Battle of New Orleans... I think they used a gator as a cannon. I'm disturbed now. O_o
And I have You Don't Mess Around With Jim which is notable for the lyrics "You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim!" I'd be more frightened to tug on Batman's cape or try to take his mask off. THAT would get you maimed.
I just made my mother squeal when I played Mercedez Benz for her. She went "JANICE!" My father loved Janice Joplin, apparently.
Hey, I never claimed to be a SNOB about my music. I AM the one everyone in college came to for the musical crack.
I think the subject of this post is highly appropriate. Oh, music, I love you.
WTF? Maybe in some other parts of the country it's getting warmer and spring is approaching, but in Maine? NO. And even when spring hits, we have mud season--so sandles and wedges are STUPID choices.
Heck, they're talking about 6-12 inches of snow on Friday. It's not even March. We don't get spring until the last week of April or the first half of May. Seriously. No joke. We've still got two months of winter up here, I don't care what the groundhog said.
Stop torturing me.
Also, I have to squee. My mom and I joined Weight Watchers a month ago this week, and I have lost 13 pounds. This is awesome in a zillion ways.
The one down side? I got a brand new barn coat from LL Bean for Christmas and it's GETTING TOO BIG! I haven't even worn it that much, it's been too cold! O_o
And this is day 2 of not being called to sub. I'm going a little batty. I need a job that's not per diem, that doesn't involve me going to bed at a decent hour and waiting for a phone call at 6 am that doesn't come. However, it makes more sense resume-wise for me to do this than to get a job that's not in teaching. Oi.
And then, I have to say that putting my iTunes on random is just an exercise in proving that I a)have no taste in music but I love it, b)have the most random and odd assortment ever, and c)have no idea where half of this stuff came from. But, I mean, how the heck does one explain having Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport on one's harddrive? Or anything from The Partridge Family?
Also, I squeaked when it played Battle of New Orleans, because Squeeee! War of 1812! Andrew Jackson! Gators! Oh, geek that I am. I would so love to do a whole history unit using songs like this and We Didn't Start the Fire or similar songs. Dude, Waterloo's an Abba song that's not about Waterloo, but I'd use it because if you don't know what the hell Waterloo is the song makes no sense. ...Right?
Speaking of "Waterloo," I confess to having an embarrassing fondness for ABBA. ::bops around::
But I think Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport wins for cracktastic reality-punching power. Because WTF and where did that come from? How do I have that?! If I still lived with Steph, I'd play it and laugh hysterically and she'd worry about whether she should have me committed again and then I'd play it for her and it would wind up being one of our drinking songs, because it's THAT cracktastic. (Also, thank you Wikipedia for telling me that the Wiggles put out a new version of this in 2005. This does not make me feel ANY better.)
Dude. Listening to Battle of New Orleans... I think they used a gator as a cannon. I'm disturbed now. O_o
And I have You Don't Mess Around With Jim which is notable for the lyrics "You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim!" I'd be more frightened to tug on Batman's cape or try to take his mask off. THAT would get you maimed.
I just made my mother squeal when I played Mercedez Benz for her. She went "JANICE!" My father loved Janice Joplin, apparently.
Hey, I never claimed to be a SNOB about my music. I AM the one everyone in college came to for the musical crack.
I think the subject of this post is highly appropriate. Oh, music, I love you.