When the Wind Blows... When the Wind Blows... When the Wind Blows... Today started out as such a crappy day. It was gloomy and raining so hard. But then, later on in the afternoon, the sun came out, and it looked as if it hadn't rained at all. It looked gorgeous outside. But then I walked to the train station, and it was windy. It was FUCKING WINDY! I could hardly walk, and a couple times almost blew over. And it's getting cold. Really cold. I was waiting for the bus forever. Ack! Today was a pretty blah day. Work was really busy again, which is fine for me. I know that there are some people waiting for me to make a mistake. I hate having to be absolutely anal about everything, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Now I have to master the art of ass kissing. - Yano, 9:40 PM |

Unleash the Dragon Unleash the Dragon Unleash the Dragon Watched the premiere/sneak preview for Red Dragon. If you loved Silence of the Lambs, you'll like this too. Great performaces on all sides, Ed Norton as the pre-Clarice FBI agent, Antony Hopkins was intense as Hannibal, and Ralph Fiennes was amazingly creepy as our bad guy of the day. There's enough jumps and tension to make it hard for me to sleep tonight. Eek...to much scary imagery. But it was good....and a great story. The Room Test is one of the neatest tests I've taken in a long time. It's pretty interesting. Try it out. I'll post what options I chose in the comments, so I don't bias you as to what you pick. - Yano, 3:32 AM |

Thursday, October 3 Thursday, October 3

How Low Can You Go How Low Can You Go How Low Can You Go Ack. I messed up my archive links. And I can't figure out what I did wrong! Grrr.... Anyway, I'm the late shift at work today, so I started at 10:30. It's so pleasant! The only negative thing is that I get off of work at 7. Can someone out there tape Thursday night for me? I can't miss Must See Thursday! Yesterday, I didn't get as much cleaning done as I wanted to. Surprise, surprise. I'm so awful! So tonight I'm going to be a cleaning machine, right after I watch the movie. Meaningless, but Highly Entertaining Conversation of the Day: We were discussing the Wills and Will Not's of my wedding, and we were on the topic of what dances I was going to allow. Like, there's no way we're going to have a conga line. My feet always get stepped on. And no Cotton Eyed Joe. However, me and Bryan at the same time mentioned that doing the Limbo would be fun. It's always fun to watch the uncles and aunts do the limbo. But then I found out that Bryan had ulterior motives for the Limbo. Way back when, when the quality of the emails sent between friends was still good, I send him email of this picture of a girl at a company party that was doing the limbo, and from the angle of the picture, you could see that she had no underwear on. I guess he's hoping for some of that action at my wedding. So if you see a guy at the end of the Limbo line with a camera at my wedding, you know why he's there. - Yano, 3:29 PM |

Wednesday, October 2 Wednesday, October 2

Meaningless, but Highly Entertaining Conversation of the Day: Discussing cell phone use in movie theaters. Which evolved to a lively re-enactment of the scene from 'Scary Movie' where the girl is in the movie theater and her phone rings, and she's talking to her friend on the phone. I guess it's one of those 'shoulda been there' moments. CD for the Commute to Work - The Jackson Five Greatest Hits - Ahh, how I loved Michael Jackson back when he was black. This CD has got so many feel good tap your feet songs on it. I just remember some of the guys from college dressed up in fro's doing their little Jackson 5 impression. Oh the memories! Work is getting busier and busier for me, which in a way is good, as long as I'm not dealing with irritated customers. I like to keep myself busy because it makes the day go faster. I just need to schedule my time better. I'm horrible at that! Tomorrow, I've got the late shift, which is WONDERFUL, because I get to sleep in. Whoo hoo! Then I'm going to watch the premiere of 'Red Dragon'. I'm pretty excited about that. I had always wanted to read the book, but I guess I'll read the book after watching the movie. Tonight, I clean my room. I've got relatives from Canada coming this weekend, and they're staying in my room. Which means the place must be spotless. I haven't seen my floor in a couple months. I must trick these people into thinking that I'm neat and clean, rather than the hopeless slobby packrat that I really am. I've got a big closet. I'm sure it will all fit in there. I'll MAKE it fit in there. Man, I hate cleaning. - Yano, 4:41 PM |

God's Diet Plan God's Diet Plan God's Diet Plan Since I have such a fixation on food, I thought this would be appropriate for my page. It's not rolling on the floor laughing funny, but it brought a smirk to my face. Sometimes, Satan isn't too bad of a guy... And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach and green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. And Satan created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 99-cent double-cheeseburger. And Satan said to Man, "You want fries with that?" And Man said, "Super size them." And Man gained pounds. And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that man found so fair. And Satan froze the yogurt, and he brought forth chocolate, nuts and brightly colored sprinkle candy to put on the yogurt. And woman gained pounds. And God said, "Try my crispy fresh salad." And Satan brought forth creamy dressings, bacon bits, and shredded cheese. And there was ice cream for dessert. And woman gained pounds. And God said, "I have sent your heart healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them." And Satan brought forth chicken-fried steak from Cracker Barrel so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained pounds, and his bad cholesterol went through the roof. And God brought forth running shoes, and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds. And Satan brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2. And Man gained pounds. And God said, "You're running up the score, Devil." And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fat fried them. And he created sour cream dip also. And Man clutched his remote control and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And Satan saw and said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest. And God sighed, and created quadruple bypass surgery, angioplasties, and stints . . . . . And Satan created HMO's... - Yano, 10:57 AM |

Tuesday, October 1 Tuesday, October 1

Don't Get the Large Coke When You Watch a Movie Don't Get the Large Coke When You Watch a Movie Don't Get the Large Coke When You Watch a Movie I saw Sweet Home Alabama today. It was a pretty typical storyline - girl gets engaged, goes home, confronts the love that she used to have but now despises, but then figures out that she might love the guy from the past. However, it was still a pretty entertaining movie, with some good laughs. Reese Withershpoon did a great job carrying the movie, she's got such spunk! Unfortunately I missed a couple minutes of it because I got a large Coke (which was only 25 cents more than a medium) and halfway through the movie, I had to run to the bathroom. There are few feelings in life better than when you finally get to the bathroom after holding it for an hour. Work was blah blah today. I'm starting to get tired of meetings. Half the time I'm sitting there thinking to myself that there is so much more I can be doing during this time at work. Sure, meeting break up the day, but after a while, my attention span wanders. But the good thing about today's meeting was that there was chocolate and Jolly Ranchers. Yum yum. Pet Peeve of the Day - People who waste paper. In this day and age, with email and word processing programs, you don't really need to print out as much as you used to. Just send out a document and have people look at them at their leisure. There is no need to print out 25 pages of data I'm only going to look at once, and never again. Much less printing out 25 pages for a room of 15 people. I swear, my company goes through so much paper during the day, when so much of that paper can be saved if it's just emailed as documents. Today, I believe I heard a tree die. I played around with my comments pages. I came up with a pretty fun design. Check it out when you can... - Yano, 10:53 PM |

Monday, September 30 Monday, September 30

I Don't Think I'm Ready for that Jelly I Don't Think I'm Ready for that Jelly I Don't Think I'm Ready for that Jelly Ahh...Mondays are always such tough days, especially when you've been away for the weekend. Anyway, I had a 2 hour meeting today (I thought it was only going to be 1/2 an hour). BORING! Geez. And it became one of those moments where you're in a conversation with someone, and you realize that there's something about that person that you can't keep your eyes off of. Well, I noticed that this person was quite well fed, so while he was talking, on and on, I couldn't help but have my eyes wander to his tummy. Then my mind wandered, and he was one of those types that looks everyone in the eye when he's talking to them, so I was trying to maintain contact, while I was thinking of what I was going to do once I got out of the meeting, what I was going to watch on TV when I got home, if I had any brownies left at my desk, etc. Anything BUT what he was talking about. And I would nod my head in agreement, knowing that at any moment he might ask me a question, and I would have no idea what he had said. And the belly was a magnet for my eyes. I'm so bad! I'm just happy that I didn't fall asleep. Recommended Reading - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. I've always loved fairy tales, and Grimms' Fairy Tales is on my top 10 list of favorite books. Confessions is a nice twist to the Cinderella story that we all know and love. Maguire gives us some insight on what really happened, through the eyes of the 'evil' stepsisters. It's definitely a magical and beautiful story, set in Holland many centuries ago. AND....it's a really fast read. It's a big book, but the words are big. *wink* And I love these stupid web tests that they have out there. This one comes from the lovely Linda... I am 48% evil. Take the test :: koolplace.com - Yano, 9:00 PM |

Adventures in Du Bois Adventures in Du Bois Adventures in Du Bois Well, I had been pretty much in the dark about my trip to Pennsylvania for my cousin's wedding. I let my parents make all the arrangements, so upon leaving Chicago, I didn't even know what city we were flying into. Which I later found out, was a town, not city. It was a fun weekend, it was a beautiful wedding, and I met a lot of nice people. So we left O'Hare, and flew to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has got to be the best airport I've ever been in. In the middle of the terminals is this mini-mall, with about 100 shops. The Gap, Victoria's Secret, Clinique, Wilson's Leather, they had it all there. And the creme de la creme of it all was the Ben and Jerry's shop. It was standing in line at that shop, trying to figure out which of the wonderful, glorious flavors of ice cream that they had, that I came to a realization. These guys are my heros. You know when people ask you who your hero is, you usually say a family member, or a famous politician or movie star. Normally, I say Martin Luthor King. But at that moment, standing in the Pittsburgh airport, Ben and Jerry moved into my top five heros. Not only do they make some of the best ice cream this side of the Milky Way, but they are also social activists, trying to make the world better for everyone, be it by giving out free ice cream, speaking out against child labor, or creating 'One Sweet Whirled' - ice cream that will make people aware of the threat of global warming. And they make my tummy happy. What swell guys. Buy their ice cream! After Pittsburgh, we had a connecting flight to Du Bois. Now, I travel all the time for work, but this was the smallest plane I've been on. It was a little propeller plane, that seated a mere 20 people. Tiny! The weather was pretty awful, so you could really feel the bumps in the tiny plane. But we landed safely in Du Bois. I didn't know how small the town was. Our ride was running late, so I asked if I could get the number of a cab company. The lady said that the closest cab company was 30 miles away! Did you ever watch that old show 'Wings'? The atmosphere was kinda like that. OK, but the town isn't THAT small - they've got a Walmart and an Old Navy. The wedding itself was nice, my cousin looked beautiful walking down the aisle. He husband had such a wonderful and friendly family. His mom baked all these little desserts for the reception, and they were absolutely scrumptious! The dancing was fun, my dad had a couple shots of Jim Beam and was a mad man on the dance floor. Luckily, the reception was at the hotel we were staying at. But there was much dancing to be had, like the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey. As always, I'm keeping an eye out as for what I want for my wedding. However, if I hear the phrase 'So what we're going to do for your wedding is...' one more time, I think I might scream and claw my own eyes out. I mean, I still haven't picked a date! Let's go one step at a time! The day after the wedding, we went to the family home of my cousin's husband. His dad gave us a tour of his auto shop, which was really cool. I didn't know that the equipment used in a body shop could be so interesting. I got to stand in the 'oven' where they paint and dry cars, and he showed up how the paint is mixed and all that other groovy stuff. I never knew it was so complicated! I feel like there's so much more that I wanted to write, but I just don't remember. Maybe I'll remember tomorrow! - Yano, 1:36 AM |