excess verbiage

So one day last week, my coworker walks into my office wearing navy blue shorts, a blue plaid shirt (if I recall correctly), an olive green zip-up hoodie, brown socks pulled halfway up his legs, and.... brown moccasins. Uh, yeah. I asked him exactly what was going on with all of that, and he was like, what's wrong with this? And I didn't mean to, but I wound up laughing hysterically in his face. (I'm so mean!) I think I laughed at him a few more times that day whenever I saw him. I should've taken a photo of that particular outfit that day.

He wore something similar another day and another coworker and I laughed at him again, and gave some fashion advice. hehe. No black socks if you're wearing shorts. The moccasins are another story but I won't go into that here. (Apparently they're like his comfy "work slippers" that he changes into after arriving at work.)

But anyway, this morning, he came in and I was happy to see that he'd taken our fashion tips. He wore white athletic socks with sneakers (still shorts and tshirt). Yes! Victory for fashion! See how normal and good it looks in the photo?

While at Steveston recently, a few of us went to Blue Canoe to eat and drink out on the patio. It was a perfect warm, sunny day. All the food passing by us looked really good, and I probably should've gotten the fish and chips, since it was Steveston and all. But I wound up trying the burger, all in the name of research. ;)

This one came with the basics - lettuce, tomato, red onions, cheddar cheese, and a few deep fried onion straws. Served with both fries and a pretty boring salad. It wasn't a bad burger, but there was nothing particularly great about it. Was just good, or okay. And that's really all I have to say about it. *shrug*

Have you ever? If not, would you? I was on the phone with my sister yesterday and she was going on and on and on for a solid hour and a half, ranting and venting about something. It was taking so long that I had to pee real bad. For a second, I contemplated whether or not I should just go while she continued to talk. But then decided I couldn't do it. So I had to end the call. What would you have done?

I've actually done it a couple of times before, only with family on the phone. Once, it was while talking to my other sister and she stopped what she was saying and said to me, "Um, are you peeing right now?! What's the matter with you? That's gross!" And I was like what's the big deal? If we were in a public bathroom in adjacent stalls you'd have heard me pee too. What's the difference? But she said the phone is different. So I dunno, I guess ever since then, I've haven't really done it.

I know in some hotels they have phones in the bathroom right next to the toilet, but I've never used it there. It must be common though, if they actually install a phone in there. It's not like you can use it while you're showering. So you'd have to be doing number 1 or number 2. I would definitely not talk on the phone while doing number 2. And apparently I can't even do number 1 anymore, even with family.

What about you?

And I mean geeks in the friendliest way. I'm a tv geek too. This show Flash Forward intrigues me like Lost did. Potential to be really good. Got a good cast too. Read about it here - http://tv.ign.com/articles/992/992341p1.html.

Okay, before this time times out on me again. I'll make this quick. Driving yesterday, turning left at light. I'm the 2nd car. Motorcycle in front of me, car behind me. Motorcyclist wasn't turning when clear. Really annoying but I just waited. However, impatient person behind me honked. Motorcyclist turns around and gives me evil glare. (Dude looked like a Helll's Angel.) I shrugged my shoulders and said, it wasn't me! Motorcyclist proceeded to not turn when it was perfectly clear. No idea why. Guy behind me honked again, and Hell's Angel glared at me again. I shrugged again.

I was also getting pissed at the guy behind me. It's like, STFU, you're going to piss on the Hell's Angel enough that he'll get off his bike and shoot me! Seriously, I hate when the people behind you honk the first guy, but you're the one getting blamed for looking like the impatient asshole! It's not fair to take the blame! It's happened before. Some guy gave me the finger because a person behind me honked. Fucking hell! These bastards are brave because they know they're not directly behind the offending driver. So if you're in that situation, just sit there and STFU.

Every time I'm halfway through a long paragraph, this p.o.s. keeps timing out and I lose everything. Fuuuuuuuuuuck!!! It may be time to find a new home.

So get this. As I was driving home from work today, I was on a single-lane street and there was a left-turner, so I went to pass that car on the right side. The left-turner wound up turning at the exact same time, so the car behind it went straight ahead and parallel to me. This means I had to merge back into the regular lane. The car behind that car was being a total asshole and kept speeding up so that I wouldn't be able to merge. I tend to let people in most times, but I know that a lot of people are just assholes for whatever reason. But this person was really pissing me off because I was signalling way ahead of time and wasn't cutting anyone off.

Anyway, I wound up flooring it to get in front of this asshole, and I have to say, it was really satisfying, and I did NOT give a wave of thanks for letting me in front of them. I normally do that because it's polite. So I'm continuing driving along, and at another intersection, this asshole decides she wants to pass me once and for all. I don't know why, since I wasn't driving slow or anything. Just pettiness. She even went in the lane that was supposed to be a right-turn only lane, just so that she could floor it as soon as the light turned green. I pulled up my car slowly so that I could look and see the face of this asshole who was strumming my pain for several blocks.

Turns out it's this woman who works in my building on another floor. I saw her and was like, oh really? Figures. I won't name names, but I know her and do not like her. Never have. I've made efforts to be nice but all I ever get is a scowl in return. I'm not sure if she saw me, but I was just shaking my head. SO not surprised that it was this person. It's funny - you can sort of tell someone's personality by the way they drive. This scenario... yeah, sounds about right.

Anyway, I'll be prepared to give her a little cut-eye and a mental fuck you when I see her next in her sad little office.

There's no way this wasn't staged. The camera panned to eminem just before Bruno tea-bagged/69'd him. Plus, if it were real, and you were sitting there, wouldn't you have gotten out of your seat when you saw his balls flying towards your face? Nice try, MTV. You're not pulling the wool over my eyes. And don't forget, folks - the Bruno movie is coming out soon, and Eminem's new album is out and he's trying to recapture the glory like it's 2001 again. Staged.

Another classic......