Cereal and chips.
Does anyone else get the songs ‘All That Jazz’ from Chicago and ‘Come On, Get Happy’ from the Partridge Family mixed up? It’s easy for me, because the only words I know from All That Jazz are “Ba da ba… chhhh… and all that jazz!” So here’s what I have stuck in my head:
Hello, world, here's a song that we're singin'
Ba da ba… chhhh… and all that jazz!
A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin'
Ba da ba… chhhh… and all that jazz!I really didn’t know that ‘Come On, Get Happy’ was from the Partridge Family. I’ve never even seen the show. I just know that song from the
Crispix ad. Oh, Crispix are yummy. I haven’t had them in ages.
My other favourite breakfast cereal is
Nutri-Grain. Not because I want to be an Iron Man. No sir. I just listen to my tastebuds. Tastebuds can only whisper, so you have to listen very, very intently... What’s that? You want corn chips? You got it, mister!
The Corn Chips I’m eating at the moment are Basics Brand, i.e. the no-frills, cheapest ones in the store. But out of the two major brands,
CC’s and
Doritos, Doritos win for me. A while ago, I bought a small pack of each of these brands (both the original flavour), and taste-tested. Doritos are victorious!
My throat is not better yet, and I have a runny nose. But it'll be better by tonight! Yay! And I can still sing alright, no high-note problems, so it's all good.
Siths, throats and Chicago.
I wonder how many people in the world are married to someone with whom they also work? I wonder what percentage of those couples actually met while at work? I don't know of anyone who fits into either of those categories, but I'm sure there must be quite a few. We spend a lot of time at work, us working people. Oh, and remember, my office has three middle-aged guys, and I'm already married. So I was just wondering for wondering's sake, not for any other reason. Gross.
On Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith - 1. It was good. Maybe even TOO good.
2. My favourite composer, Mr John Williams, wrote the music for this movie! The music had recurring themes from his work on the other Star Wars movies, so I was humming away happily to the tunes I knew.
3. It should have had a surprise ending, like making Darth Vadar, Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda all die. Sure, it wouldn't make any sense to the rest of the movies, but no-one would be expecting it.
4. It didn't end the way I thought it would. I honestly expected the very last shot to be of a black leather chair turning around to reveal Darth Vadar, who is just sitting there breathing really loudly (as he does). But it didn't. It ended on some scenery shot, or something. I really don't remember. Mustn't have been very memorable. My idea is SO much better.
5. Even after Anakin turns evil, he still has a blue lightsaber. He probably didn't have time to get a new red one from the shops. Too busy killing people, and all that jazz. Y'know how it is.
6. Here is a comic explaining the real reasons Anakin turned to the dark side:
My husband says the phrase 'and all that jazz' now. It's cool. Every time he says it, I sing 'ba da ba... chhhh... and all that jazz!' like in the song. Ha ha ha, I'm a funny chicky.
I have a bad throat at the moment. It's all blocked and weird-feeling. Not good. But these are the things I'm doing to combat the problem -
1. Praying.
2. Drinking hot water mixed with honey.
3. Taking 'Echinacea, Garlic, Zinc & C' tablets.
4. Using my vapour inhaler every morning and night.
5. Drinking lots of water.
6. Going for a walk at lunch (i.e. exercise)
7. Eating a whole bag of corn chips. Oh, my bad. That's not for my throat, it's just 'cause they're yummy.
Hopefully my throat will be all better and wonderful for singing on Friday night and Sunday morning and Sunday night. And singing at music practise tomorrow night. So basically it has to get better today. Come on God, do your thang. :o)
Really, I'm not interested.
Help me! I have a serious problem. I am sick of the way I handle telemarketers. Case in point:
Him: Have you heard of So-And-So Printers & Toners?
Me: No.
Him: So you don’t read your junk mail?
Me: Sometimes. (thinking: there’s a reason they call it ‘junk’ mail!)
Him: (kind of accusingly) But you just gloss over the printer and toner section?
Me: Umm, well we’re actually pretty happy with the toner company we use at the moment.
Him: (defensively) I didn’t say you weren’t!
Even after this, I just listened patiently, answered all of his questions truthfully, and stayed on the line when he put me on hold.
Another guy came on the phone after I was on hold for a couple of minutes, saying he had more expertise with the printer we have. He kept going on and on about the toner (for about ten minutes!), giving examples of companies who used their products. But in the end, instead of him trying to convince me why I should get the product,
I had to try my hardest to convince
him why I
didn’t want it. It was really frustrating. Every time I said I’m not interested, he’d ask why. When I told him, he’d find some reason why my point wasn’t important.
He was like “I know we’re more expensive, and you can just walk into your local stationery shop and get the toner you want for a cheaper price, but ours lasts longer! Instead of needing six toners in a year, you’ll only need four or five!” Woopdedoo.
Even after all the explaining of why I didn’t want them, he’d say “So when I send the pack of six toners, should I attention it to you?”
They were just so persistent, and even though I didn’t give in (I would never, EVER give in to a telemarketer, even if they had the best product in the world. You just don’t know what you’re getting over the phone. And it’s a principle thing, too), I felt like such a failure. Like I couldn’t stick up for myself, say ‘Not interested’, and hang up on them. Like I have to waste my time listening to some guy blabber on about something I don’t care about, just because I’m worried about possibly offending them (even though I’ll probably never speak to them again in my life).
I need to change. Right now. Next time a telemarketer calls, my finger is going to the ‘hang up’ button quicker than you can say “How many can I put you down for?”
I know, I am a slacker.
Slack, slack, slack. I don't know why I haven't been posting... just one of those things, I guess. My bad.
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We're going to see Star Wars Episode 3 in
Gold Class tomorrow night! I love Gold Class, even if it's a movie I'm not particularly interested in. But I am quite intrigued with Anakin's transition from good to evil in this movie.
I was always shocked that after his killing spree in Episode 2, Padme/Amidala just comforted him. It’s important to display loyalty as a wife, but I don’t think I’d be so supportive if my husband did something that drastic. I wonder how long it takes before she kicks him to the curb in this movie. Hmmm…
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Seen in my travels (aka lunch-time walks):A mother teaching her 3-year old son to ride a bike without training wheels. He made it a couple of metres, and she said “Great job! That’s awesome!” etc. The son, sounding shocked that he made it so far, said “Oh my gosh!” On the way back, I saw them again. This time, he made it probably about 25 metres!
A person laying on the ground. I looked intently as I approached, wondering whether it was a male or female. Turns out, it was both. A lady laying on top of a man. They were just talking, and were fully clothed, but come on! Not in public, people.
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Last week on the Apprentice, Tana SO should have gone. Alex didn’t make any mistakes at all, but Tana…
(a) Didn’t properly allocate the tasks {i.e. marketing}
(b) Brushed off Alex when he wanted to talk about the marketing aspect of the task
(c) Made
both her and Alex take a trip to Staten Island to find some jewels to put on the shirts. In my opinion, they did NOT need the jewels (Bedazzlers are SO eighties!), and therefore the trip was a complete waste of time {everyone agreed}.
(d) Sat there in the store, hand-gluing jewels to the shirts after the people had bought them. Very unprofessional.
Anyway, Mr Trump was all set to fire her. It was obvious that’s what was going to happen… but then came her speech. She basically sold herself back into the game! It was awesome. She really proved her worth. Alex tried to get the focus back on Tana’s failures, but it didn’t work. The Don changed his mind about firing Tana, and Alex left.
That being said, I was inspired by what Alex said at the end, as he was leaving in the taxi. Most people would say that they shouldn’t have been fired, sounding all bitter. But Alex was great. He said that he used to think it took years to set up a business, but now he’s confident it can happen within 24 hours! He has heaps of ideas about things he wants to do, and he’s going to get out there and make it happen for himself. The world’s his oyster. With that attitude, I really do believe that he can do whatever he sets his mind to.
Meanwhile, I would fully buy one of Tana & Alex’s shirts. They were awesome. Not for US $54.99 though!
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I am obsessed with MahJong.
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Bah to computers.
The keyboard port on my work computer is not working. When I start the computer, it says that there's no keyboard there. The keyboard's fine though, because I swapped it for another one and it still didn't work. So the silly port is being all crazy and stuff. That means I can't use my computer at all (I have to use another one), so I can't access my files, and I can't sit at my desk.
On a positive note, my husband's meeting me for lunch today! I think we're having fish and chips.
I have nothing to say. Man, what has happened to me? I'm usually choc-full of things to blabber on about. But not today.
Oh well. :o)
